Originally Posted by
zaphod424
Yeah this is a key point, for what is a business class lounge the VS clubhouse is far superior to BA's Club lounges, as is the check in experience when compared with BA's business class experience.
But where Virgin really falls down is in its route network, with BA you can fly pretty much anywhere from London, Virgin is much more limited, so if you're a loyal Virgin customer, whenever you fly anywhere they don't (especially short haul routes), you can't benefit from your ff perks, unless you're flying to a Skyteam hub, or you connect through one.
Also on the topic of IATA codes, the code for Mumbai is BOM (as in Bombay), not MUM.
As someone that does mostly intra Europe, with only 4-5 long haul's a year, and on average only 1-2 US trips a year, BA is a much more obvious fit for my travel patterns.