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Virgin Atlantic versus British Airways. Why I prefer BA!!

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Virgin Atlantic versus British Airways. Why I prefer BA!!

…idge. As I write this posting, I am on a BA flight from London Heathrow to Tokyo Narita airport and thinking about why I prefer British Airways. I fly long haul at least once a month and for a time started to use and try out Virgin Atlantic a bit more. However, although at first there are some unique and undoubtedly innovative elements like the amazing lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3. To see my photos, a video and commentary of the stunning V…

Virgin Atlantic: 10 minutes from check-in to lounge put to the test

Airlines / heathrow / London / Tips for Travellers / travel / Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic: 10 minutes from check-in to lounge put to the test

On Saturday, I flew with Virgin Atlantic out of London Heathrow for Tokyo Narita airport. I had not flown with them since they started advertising their new “10 minutes from limo to lounge” based on the new check-in and security set up they have put in place. If you fly Upper Class you can get collected by a limo and taken to the airport. You get met at a special drive-in area in Terminal 3 and then there is a special passage that leads to a dedi…

Brazil / Destinations / Sao Paulo

Travel Tips and Things To Do In Sao Paulo Brazil

…s it is to you as well. For unlike the others in the top like New York and Tokyo it does not seem to get the sort of publicity that those cities do. This, as I will discuss later, may be due to the fact that Sao Paulo is not really on the global tourists circuit. I have never thought of Sao Paulo as one of the “mega-cities”, but found that with at least 11 million people in its metropolitan area it is the biggest city in the Southern Hemisphere. I…