All booked now.
Flying with Virgin on a 747.
Thanks for all the comments/recommendations.
My credit card hurts 
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Good call. Would have been my choice on that route. Enjoy your trip!!
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can't be bothered to read all of the above, but being a very patriotic american and fairly frequent flier, may I recommend staying as far away as you can from american owned airlines. The planes are usually dingy, and staff have for the last few years concentrated on (perceived) security at the expense of cusomer service. The whole experience usually ends up being quite unpleasant. The european airlines I've flown with, particularly those that fly airbusses which for some reason I prefer (they feel more airy, I guess), are much better.
In my opinion, it is worth to pay a bit extra to fly direct. It's a long trip already, and adding another couple of hours with the added pain of worrying about connecting is terrible.
Virgin atlantic have an undeservedly good reputation -- I have found them a pain to deal with, and no payoff in terms of quality.
So my recommendation is a direct, non-Virgin, non-American flight on an airbus, although I usually end up using BA even though they fly Boeings... Have always had quality service from them.
EDIT: ha! had I read the thread I would have known that you've already chosen. Oh well, maybe this will help someone else...
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I use Virgin from Heathrow for west coast and BMI from Manchester for east coast.
US carriers are shocking.
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I flew Virgin LHR-SFO with bikes in October, well it was an AirNZ ticketed flight but its VS0019 which is the Virgin flight. Was OK, bikes free.
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Molgrips you do have to pay for bikes on BA it's £28 per bike per way, it's classed as excess luggage.
Posted 1 year ago #
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