070
Photo taken by: Will H.
Route: JFK-LHR, 21 Nov 2003
Ticket price: $333 (Fare, not taxes)
Flight duration: 6 Hours
Aircraft type & class: A340-600 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Cheese Tortellini, Roll, Salad (sorry, not pictured) Desert: Cake (Vegetarian Meal)
Drink: Virgin Diet Cola
Comments: Very good, as always with VS
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

069
Photo taken by: Karl Wood
Flying from London LHR to Tokyo NRT, 12 Jul 2000
Flight Duration: about 12 hours
class Economy
Meal type: lunch - bento box
Drink: red wine
Comments: I like Virgin Atlantic! I don't fly to Japan as much as I'd like.
Rating: 9/10

068
Photo taken by: Sam Vasudaven
Flying from: Orlando to London Gatwick, 28 August 2003
Flight duration: 7 h 50 m
Aircraft type & class: 747-400 economy
Meal type: Late Dinner - BBQ chicken, salad with dressing, roll,
cheesecake, water.
Drink: Apple juice
Comments: Not quite as good as the outbound meal. The food didn't
look too good but tasted very nice.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

067
Photo taken by: Sam Vasudaven
Flying from: London Gatwick to Orlando, 7 August 2003
Flight duration: 9 h 10 m
Aircraft type & class: 747-400 economy
Meal type: Lunch - Honey mustard chicken (sorry, not visible), salad with optional dressing, packet of cheese and crackers, roll, chocolate brownie, water.
Drink: Virgin Cola
Comments: This was really nice! The dessert was one of the very few airline desserts I've eaten.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

056-066
Photo taken by: Howard Long
Flying from: Tokyo Narita (NRT) to London Heathrow (LHR), 25 August 2003
Ticket price: $70 taxes + 100,000 frequent flyer points (Return)
Flight duration: 12+ hours
Aircraft type & class: A340-600, Upper Class
Meal type: Lunch
Starter: Seasonal leaf salad with Thai chicken strips, mushrooms and Thai yoghurt dressing.
Main: Braised lamb shank served with rosemary mashed potato, roasted courgette & carrot and red wine sauce.
Cheese: Coer do blue, Rouy, Red Cheddar with assorted biscuits and grapes.
Dessert: Passion fruit tart served with raspberry coulis.
Drink: Champagne Jacquart Brut Mosaique NV, Bombay Sapphire Gin & Tonic, Guest wine - Villa Maria Sauvignan blanc Marlborough 2002 (White), Chateau Cadillac Branda 2000 Bordeaux (Red), Baileys
Comments: Food good, service top class. Again the wine selection a little disappointing. No sweet white dessert wine. Next time I am tempted to bring my own and get the FA's to serve it for me. Upper Class cabin was 30% full. Had to wait two hours from boarding plane to seatbelt sign off, so I was bursting! Bar in A340-600 was a long slim one with stools but in the middle of the cabin. A row of passenger seats were either side of the bar, so I'd avoid booking seats as it could be noisy if you like sleeping on the flight. FA's were excellent. In the past I have found FA's on Virgin to be less amenable flying into the UK than flying out. This was not the case on this occasion - both ways I had exemplary service. Well done Virgin!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9 overall. 10 for service, 9 for food, 7 for drink.

055
Photo taken by: Howard Long
Flying from: Tokyo Narita (NRT) to London Heathrow (LHR), 25 August 2003
Ticket price: $70 taxes + 100,000 frequent flyer points (Return)
Flight duration: 12+ hours
Aircraft type & class: A340-600, Upper Class
Meal type: Afternoon tea - Selection of smoked salmon & cream cheese, roast beef & wholegrain mustard and teriyaki chicken sandwiches, Chicken salad wrap with mustard mayonaise.
Drink: Chateau Cadillac Branda 2000 Bordeaux (Red)
Comments: Food OK, service again top class. FA's were excellent. In the past I have found FA's on Virgin to be less amenable flying into the UK than flying out. This was not the case on this occasion - both ways I had exemplary service. Well done Virgin!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9 overall. 10 for service, 8 for food.

054
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: LHR to LAX, 27 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Afternoon tea - Herb foccacia filled with pastrami and horseradish cream and Peach frangipane
Drink: Hot tea
Comments: Foccacia sandwiches needed more flavor but frangipane was good!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6 & 8 respectively

053
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: LHR to LAX, 27 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Light snack - Flaked tuna nicoise tart with creme fraiche
Drink: Water
Comments: Good
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

052
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: LHR to LAX, 27 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Snack - Peach crumble ice cream
Drink: None
Comments: Light ice cream, very good!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

051
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: LHR to LAX, 27 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Dessert - Double dairy toffee ice cream topped with toasted almond flakes
Drink: Hot tea
Comments: Very good!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

050
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: LHR to LAX, 27 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Dessert - Chocolate raspberry marquise served with mango coulis with toffee ice cream
Drink: Hot tea
Comments: Good!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

049
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: LHR to LAX, 27 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Main - Codfish Tempura with Ankake Sauce with Bokchoi and steamed rice
Drink: Water
Comments: Excellent!! This was my special order.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

048
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: LHR to LAX, 27 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Main - Salmon fillet topped with tapenade served with olivette potatoes, asparagus, red onion, baton carrots and pumpkin coulis.
Drink: Water
Comments: Salmon was cooked perfectly!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

047
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: LHR to LAX, 27 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Starter - Parma ham and cantaloupe melon served with pineapple and black pepper chutney
Drink: Water
Comments: Excellent!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

046
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: LHR to LAX, 27 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Starters - Seasonal leaf salad with new potatoes, fennel, red onion and lime coriander vinaigrette
Drink: Water
Comments: Red onion was marinated with vinegar and coriander vinaigrette was perfect with fresh new potatoes!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

045
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: LHR to LAX, 27 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Chips & Pistachio
Drink: Virgin Coke
Comments: Good!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

044
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: LHR, 27 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: Club House Lounge
Meal type: Smaller bites - Sushi
Drink: Water
Comments: Rice was a little bit hard and cold. Just bad sushi.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5

043
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: LHR to LAX, 27 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: Club House Lounge
Meal type: Breakfast - Pear & Plum Danish pastries
Drink: Orange Juice & Hot English breakfast tea
Comments: Really good pastries and great tea!!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

042
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: SFO to LHR, 16 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Breakfast - Scrambled egg with chive, back bacon, Roma tomato, button mushrooms and potato latkes
Drink: Hot English tea and milk
Comments: Great breakfast!!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

041
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: SFO to LHR, 16 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Breakfast - Seasonal fresh fruit with natural yoghurt and Butter croissants
Drink: Hot English tea and milk
Comments: Very good!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

040
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: SFO to LHR, 16 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Snack - Haagen-Dazs, Caramel ice cream
Drink: None
Comments: Too sweet for me
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

039
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: SFO to LHR, 16 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Dessert - Chocolate torte with Zinfandel raspberry sauce
Drink: Hot English tea
Comments: Just O.K.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

038
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: SFO to LHR, 16 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Dessert - Cappuccino ice-cream with crushed chocolate coated honeycomb
Drink: Hot English tea
Comments: Excellent!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

037
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: SFO to LHR, 16 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Cheese - Camembert, White Vermont Cheddar and Maytag blue with Bath Olivers, water biscuits and grapes
Drink: Perrier
Comments: Good
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

036
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: SFO to LHR, 16 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Main Course - Grilled mahi mahi fillet served with mango sauce, asparagus spears, rice and peas.
Drink: Perrier
Comments: Mahi mahi was just cooked right and mango sauce went with the fish perfectly!!!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

035
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: SFO to LHR, 16 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Main Course - Braised beef short ribs served with chipolte BBQ sauce, buttermilk mash potato and steamed broccoli
Drink: Perrier
Comments: Beef short ribs were so juicy and tender. I did not like the sound of BBQ sauce but this sauce was very good!!!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

034
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: SFO to LHR, 16 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Starters - Creamy pumpkin bisque
Drink: Perrier
Comments: Very very tasty bisque, loved it!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

033
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: SFO to LHR, 16 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Starters - Seasonal leaf salad with mozzarella cheese, teardrop tomatoes, artichoke, red onion and white balsamic vinaigrette
Drink: Perrier
Comments: Very good salad!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

032
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: SFO to LHR, 16 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Upper class
Meal type: Chips & nuts
Drink: Virgin Coke
Comments: Loved their chips
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

031
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: SFO to LHR, 16 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: Club House Lounge
Meal type: Dessert - Mango sorbet with balsamic strawberries & Vanilla bean ice cream martini with warm Jack Daniel's caramel sauce and shaved chocolate
Drink: Hot tea
Comments: I did not enjoy balsamic but both of them were quite good!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

030
Photo taken by: Y. Sonoda
Flying from: SFO to LHR, 16 August 2003
Aircraft type & class: Club House Lounge
Meal type: Bigger bites - Roasted red pepper risotto with grilled asparagus
Drink: Perrier
Comments: Rice was a little bit hard but really good falovore!!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8