Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse LAX (Open March 2025)

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Here is a Youtube video of Virgin Atlantic's new Clubhouse in LAX.

https://youtu.be/6mbesrCu3fA?feature=shared

From the video,...

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Hi RedEyeflight! Thank you for reading!

Yes, the BA Lounge in SIN is pretty impressive, and the Oneworld/QF Lounge in SYD is also pretty...

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Thank you for reading, SQ218! It's actually quite rare to spot Uluru from cruising altitude. It took me 15 years! :-)

If you like sea...

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Final reflections...

I was very happy with my flights on BA. They have a good hard product, and I was very happy with their cabin service...

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90 minutes prior to arrival, a hot snack was served...



Not bad...



By then we were over the Java...

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I headed back to my seat, G&T in hand, and sipped it as I reflected on what I had just seen out the window.



It eventually...

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The ground below moved quickly past. Surely we were over it by now...I scanned the view in all directions.

There! At 7 o'clock, far below......

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I switched my IFE to the inflight map and tried to see where we were over Australia, relative to Uluru.

Whenever I flew from Sydney or Melbourne...

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Cabin service began wih drink service. What I liked about BA's drink service was that not only did you get a pre-dinner drink, but to save time, you...

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After take-off I browsed the IFE. There were several very interesting programmes about the history of BA, and the Concorde...


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Just under 8 hours flight time to Sydney today.



Ambience in the cabin was very good, despite it being a fairly full flight....

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On today's flight, my seat would be in the rear of the Y cabin, laid out 3-3-3.



Only 2 seats per row for the window-side seats...

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My flight home on BA16 was on Boeing 787-9 registration G-ZBKF, a 9 year old aircraft just a few months older than G-ZBKI, the plane that operated BA15...

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After several days in Sydney, I headed to Sydney Airport for my flight home.

First, a quick pit stop at the QF Business Lounge...
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My final stop in Australia was Sydney.

I couldn't resist revisiting one of my favourite running routes, along the coastline from the Royal...

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From Melbourne, I flew to sunny Brisbane for a few days to attend a business event.



There was a rugby tournament on at the...

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I spent the next 10 days in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney before catching BA16 from Sydney to Singapore.

I ate well in Melbourne, revisiting...

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An hour prior to arrival, a hot snack was served, along with your choice of beverage.



This was a ham and cheese puff.
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After take-off, drink service. Now this was they way to serve a Gin & Tonic. SQ please take note!



After drink service,...

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The sun was setting as we prepared to push back.



Take-off on Runway 20C...



Over the coastline......