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Old Nov 27, 2018, 1:38 am
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PaulH1
 
Join Date: May 2014
Programs: HH Diamond,Virgin Gold, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 248
Went out for dinner with some friends last week who flew to Barbados with Virgin as a family of four in Ecomony Delight.

I recommended they try Virgin Atlantic and they were glad they did.

On the way home they were ALL upgraded to PE and none of them have any status with Virgin.

He said he just got chatting to check in agent and he smiled at her and she upgraded everybody

I can't believe that was the reason
Best guess is -

1) The 3 men of the family are big built rugby players and Virgin agent upgraded them to make flight more comfortable for them or

2) Flying on a pricey revenue economy delight ticket got them the upgrade

3) They had never flown with Virgin before and it was a sweetener to get them to book again

i have been flying with Virgin since 2007 and have never had an operational upgrade

We did get very nice Gold recognition by cabin staff on the way back from Hong Kong recently though
Got welcomed by name and thanked me for being Gold
We was seated in row 25 of PE ( back row )
Was told as we was Gold they would start serving food from rear of cabin so we get our first choice.
We didn't eat dinner but thought that was a really nice gesture



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