Upper Class wing - how to advise car registration
Oct 18, 2018, 6:37 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: London, UK
Programs: IHG Platinum; Marriott Silver; Avis president's: Hertz President's
Posts: 226
Upper Class wing - how to advise car registration
Hi,
Virgin very helpfully say on the website that if arriving by taxi you should phone through the vehicle registration for the APNR to recognise the registration and allow them to provide the full Upper wing service. Less helpfully, they don't give a number, and I have just abandoned 20 minutes of musak and messages about high call volumes.
Can anyone help with the number, and/or details of where to find it?
Thanks
U
Virgin very helpfully say on the website that if arriving by taxi you should phone through the vehicle registration for the APNR to recognise the registration and allow them to provide the full Upper wing service. Less helpfully, they don't give a number, and I have just abandoned 20 minutes of musak and messages about high call volumes.
Can anyone help with the number, and/or details of where to find it?
Thanks
U
Oct 18, 2018, 8:06 am
#2
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Brighton. UK
Programs: BA Gold / VS /IHG Diamond & Ambassador
Posts: 14,196
You don’t have to provide the registration number. It is helpful but not compulsory. All the driver needs to do is use the entry phone and give your name and flight number.
Nov 1, 2018, 7:24 pm
#3
Join Date: Sep 2018
Programs: SAA Voyager, VAA Flying Club, IHG
Posts: 20
Car registration is not compulsory and not all VAA team members will enrol the vehicle by phone; but most will. Just call the normal reservations team and most of them will enrol. I've found the intercom system at the wing can be muffled and sometimes can face difficultly with Taxi drivers with an heavy accent.
Nov 2, 2018, 9:11 am
#4
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 242
Hi,
Virgin very helpfully say on the website that if arriving by taxi you should phone through the vehicle registration for the APNR to recognise the registration and allow them to provide the full Upper wing service. Less helpfully, they don't give a number, and I have just abandoned 20 minutes of musak and messages about high call volumes.
Can anyone help with the number, and/or details of where to find it?
Thanks
U
Virgin very helpfully say on the website that if arriving by taxi you should phone through the vehicle registration for the APNR to recognise the registration and allow them to provide the full Upper wing service. Less helpfully, they don't give a number, and I have just abandoned 20 minutes of musak and messages about high call volumes.
Can anyone help with the number, and/or details of where to find it?
Thanks
U
I dialed the number and it as a recorded message: 'If you are calling to arrange your arrival at the Upper Class Wing this is no longer necessary. Just arrive on the day and we'll get you checked in' (paraphrased.)