virgin or ba?

supermum4

Hi we are booking our flights from London to New York and wanted to know which is best BA world traveler plus or Virgin premium economy ? and also if you had the choice of flying into JFK or EWR which would you choose? we have never been to New York so all this is new to us and I just wanted to ask your advice as want to book as soon as the flights become available to get the best prices cheers

PeacefulWaters

Price up business class from Dublin.

Might be worth a positioning flight.

A useful thread here:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2230655

DTDfanBoy

IMHO the service on Virgin is leagues ahead of what is offered on BA.

BA :eek:


Virgin :beer:

kwmlondon

I've flown business class with both and honestly? Pretty much the same, in my experience.

supermum4

Hi I have check the Dublin flights and they return on Iberia?

supermum4

looking to fly premium economy really

PeacefulWaters

supermum4 wrote: »

Hi I have check the Dublin flights and they return on Iberia?

Owned by IAG who own BA.

looking to fly premium economy really

You will sometimes find that PE out of London cost a similar amount as business class out of Dublin.

You don't want to fly PE if you can get business class for the same price!

Not always convenient time wise getting yourself to Dublin. But our summer flights are costing £3k for three of us business class. Booking today we'd pay more for PE out of London.

PDC

Have flown the route on both a couple of times and found the service and entertainment on the Virgin flights better, though they also, both times I flew with them, overbooked the flight.

jackieblack

BA for the more generous hand baggage allowance (although that's economy/WT, I don't know about PE/WT+)

Obviously_the_best

WT+ to Newark would be my choice. brand new shiny planes operating that route and on the whole I prefer the service BA's crews offer.

Doshwaster

PeacefulWaters wrote: »

Owned by IAG who own BA.

You will sometimes find that PE out of London cost a similar amount as business class out of Dublin.

You don't want to fly PE if you can get business class for the same price!

Not always convenient time wise getting yourself to Dublin. But our summer flights are costing £3k for three of us business class. Booking today we'd pay more for PE out of London.

If I was flying to Oz, the Far East or the west coast of the US I would tend to agree but since New York is only a 7 hour flight I'm not sure it would be worth the extra time and hassle in going via DUB. 7 hours in World Traveller Plus is bearable. 12 hours is more of a challenge.

Unless of course you are chasing Executive Club status with BA where flying Club via DUB (hey that rhymes!) is a great way of earning extra Tier Points.