Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2013

mat5664

secretmachines wrote: »

a small thing, but quite handy!

Virgin Atlantic Launches Gate-to-Gate Inflight Entertainment

Air New Zealand let you watch a movie as soon as you sit down - it just stops for the safety demo). BA now switch theirs on straight after take off, rather than the longer wait there used to be.

photome

secretmachines wrote: »

a small thing, but quite handy!

Virgin Atlantic Launches Gate-to-Gate Inflight Entertainment

Is that with imediate effect and do the gatwick-Vegas flights have VERA

ratkarth

Anyone seen the travel zoo andres voucher- looks like a bargin to me, thinking of getting it but very aware already tied down for 3 meals during the week due to myvegas comps and mindful about being to restricted
Seems god though anyone else been temted

secretmachines

photome wrote: »

Is that with imediate effect and do the gatwick-Vegas flights have VERA

i presume it's with immediate effect, it's not like they've anything new to install.

all aircraft operating LGW-LAS should now be the upgraded aircraft with VERA

stoneman

mat5664 wrote: »

Air New Zealand let you watch a movie as soon as you sit down - it just stops for the safety demo). BA now switch theirs on straight after take off, rather than the longer wait there used to be.

BA switch theirs on as soon as you sit down but there are a couple of provisos. You have to use the headphones that BA supply and those in exit seats and bulkheads have to have them stowed for takeoff and landing.
More importantly those of us in the front of the plane have screens that extend, so we ALL have to stow ours during takeoff and landing, this is discrimination!

ferf1223

secretmachines wrote: »

a small thing, but quite handy!

Virgin Atlantic Launches Gate-to-Gate Inflight Entertainment

I like this a lot...a few times I've been getting close to the end of a movie and had it shut off before the end...I knew going into it it might happen but it is still annoying.

Actually really enjoyed the IFE last trip and watched quite a lot more than I normally do...never got my tablet out at all...being on demand make a huge difference.

Will be interesting to see if the headphone restriction that stoneman mentions on BA will apply here too.

Wendell_Pierce

" During taxi, take-off and landing, only headsets provided by Virgin Atlantic must be worn but once in the air, passengers are able to use their own headsets. "

Wonder what difference it makes ?
You can hear cabin crew messages either way.
Having the benefit of noise cancelling headphones makes a massive difference.

nvh

ratkarth wrote: »

Anyone seen the travel zoo andres voucher- looks like a bargin to me, thinking of getting it but very aware already tied down for 3 meals during the week due to myvegas comps and mindful about being to restricted
Seems god though anyone else been temted

Yeah, we have bought this. Has one bad Travelzoo related review on tripadvisor but done quite a bit of looking and it seems to be a one off as masses seem to have bought this on the last run last October and would expect more complaints if it was an ongoing issue

Restaurant in general seems to have a lot of positive reviews and its somewhere new for us

Don't forget the 18% gratuity on the full price!

nvh

Wendell_Pierce wrote: »

" During taxi, take-off and landing, only headsets provided by Virgin Atlantic must be worn but once in the air, passengers are able to use their own headsets. "

Wonder what difference it makes ?
You can hear cabin crew messages either way.
Having the benefit of noise cancelling headphones makes a massive difference.

strange you can do this... I'm guessing it will be hard for the attendants to police (ie. looks like they're listening to IFE but the headphones are really plugged into the MP3 player)

Unless the idea that you use their headphones makes this slightly easier to monitor (assuming they are red, it would be a quick check to see if they have headphones on, and whether something red is plugged into the jack)

I'm clutching at straws

pennylane99

ferf1223 wrote: »

I like this a lot...a few times I've been getting close to the end of a movie and had it shut off before the end...I knew going into it it might happen but it is still annoying.

Actually really enjoyed the IFE last trip and watched quite a lot more than I normally do...never got my tablet out at all...being on demand make a huge difference.

Will be interesting to see if the headphone restriction that stoneman mentions on BA will apply here too.

full entertainment system comes on after the safety video, monitors in Upper, bulkheads and exit rows have to be stowed away for take off and landing, but you can still listen to audio