STAM4NICK, to clarify for you, the front section of the aircraft that I was on had started with row six and ended with row nine. The second section started with row 11 and extended to row 15.

Door 1L separated the two sections. Also in between the two was the forward galley and staircase to the upper deck. The Inflight Therapy Station is in the forward section on the right side of the station partition located from rows eight to nine. In the lower deck there are no middle seats. The configuration is two-aisle-two. As I mentioned, I did not go upstairs but I assume the configuration is 2-2-2 because I was offered seats D,G which I was told were two aisle seats. That and the fact that A,C are the left side of the aircraft, and H,K are the right side of the aircraft.

The reason that I did not have more treatments at Virgin Touch was because they were booked solid. In fact, I was fortunate to get in at all because I booked the day before. I was originally schedule on CO29 from LGW-EWR, but switched at the last moment to spend more time in London and also take the VS flight. Even with the encyclopedia of services they offered, I would have probably only wanted the haircut anyway. We were also somewhat limited with their time slots, and consequently, my wife was only able to fit a half hour facial in.

That is true that there were not a lot of desserts on the outbound flight, and I am not sure if that was due to it being an overnight flight or not. There was not a deficit of food though, and they had various other pastries and chocolates that were not listed on the menu. They keep bowls of snacks at the bar for the duration of the flight for those just looking to pick something up to bring back to their seat.

As far as the meal(s) go, they take an initial order, prepare and serve that for you. Then, at any other time during the flight, you can simply ask them to prepare something for you, whether it be breakfast or the entree and they will make it for you. You could have the Alaskan halibut for breakfast and the Virgin's all day breakfast for dinner if you so choose. Also, you could have the same item multiple times so long as they still have it. I did not hear them run out of any person's choice(s). Freedom is a good name for their menu because it does allow you to eat what you want, when you want. The same goes for The Clubhouse.

With respect to the Air Canada Arrivals Lounge- I was initially told by a CO representative that I would be permitted access to the Revivals Lounge, but I wanted make sure so I called VS Flying Club to confrim, and was told that if I was traveling on a CO ticket (despite it being UC) I would not have access to the lounge. Naturally, in the abscence of a definitive answer I turned to the wisdom of FlyerTalk and was informed by someone (forgive me for not remembering at the moment) that I would have access to the AC Arrivals Lounge.

I believe that all CO (BusinessFirst) passengers receive the concierge service. The London-based CO staff was truly excellent and deserve commendation. It is difficult to say whether my elite status had anything to do with it, but I suspect that it did not. I did not notice any other "CO" passengers at The Clubhouse (on my flight at least, there were other CO/VS codeshares) or on the flight. When I was met at the gate, the concierge told me that she was there to meet me and my wife to drop off the business cards and see if there was anything that we needed. I thought that was a very nice touch.

Seat 2A, when the Inflight Beauty Therapist introduced herself to us before departure she asked us whether we wanted to be wakened for our treatment. I did not have the heart to tell her no . I had no problem falling back to sleep on the outbound flight, and was awake to begin with on the return.

If there are more questions, please feel free to ask.



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