{"id":78,"date":"2009-01-16T00:11:22","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T00:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.boogly.net\/?p=78"},"modified":"2019-05-11T09:29:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T16:29:24","slug":"review-of-virgin-airlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/otherchin.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/review-of-virgin-airlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of Virgin Airlines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the holidays, we took a trip through Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and California<\/a>. \u00a0When we were booking our Los Angeles-Seattle flight, we found that Virgin America was the cheapest flight at $80 per seat. \u00a0The next cheapest was about $110 on Southwest. \u00a0For almost all the cases that I’ve checked, Virgin has cheaper rates than any other airline. \u00a0I hadn’t really heard anything about them other than that they were fairly new, so I was pretty eager to see how they fared.<\/p>\n

Parts of the flight impressed me while other parts disappointed. \u00a0When we first got to the LAX airport, we found that there were three agents checking people in. \u00a0Luckily, nobody was in line when we checked in. \u00a0Checkin wasn’t particularly painful other than the less-than-eager attitude of the agents. \u00a0I felt like the process took a lot longer than it should. \u00a0A few minutes after we checked in, the line had developed to about 30 people and the throughput seemed to be really slow.<\/p>\n

The plane felt a bit newer and cleaner than others I’ve been on. \u00a0I know that doesn’t really matter to most people, but it’s something I notice. \u00a0Legroom felt like it was an inch more than normal. \u00a0This isn’t to say that it’s spacious–just that it was less uncomfortable than normal.<\/p>\n

I was impressed that all the seats have a touchscreen display built into them and the armrests have a builtin remote control. \u00a0The screen was pretty intuitive, but the large number of options might confuse people. \u00a0Among others, there are options to watch TV, watch movies, and play games. \u00a0The games are free but some of the shows cost money. \u00a0BTW I didn’t buy headphones because they charge $2 for them and I’m cheap. \u00a0I think<\/em> that if you brought your own, they’d work. \u00a0There were many features that you could click on, but it would just tell you that that feature hasn’t been developed. \u00a0One of these was the ability to instant message other people on the plane. \u00a0That would be the coolest (IMHO) feature of all! \u00a0I don’t know when or how they’ll implement that, but I look forward to seeing it.<\/p>\n

Talking about screens and displays, you can now get Visual Impact LED Screen Rentals<\/a> to suit your varied purposes. Check the website of LED Screen Rentals today.<\/p>\n

I recognized the games as ones made for Linux, so I assume that their systems are powered by Linux. \u00a0The remote control pops out of the armrest so you can use it as a game controller or type. \u00a0My guess is that in the future, they’ll let you browse the internet on those displays.<\/p>\n

The flight attendants came around midflight as most do and offerred the standard drinks. \u00a0However, they didn’t offer us anything<\/strong> to eat with the drinks. \u00a0I don’t like drinking without eating. \u00a0I wanted my 10 cent peanuts at least. \u00a0When Southwest Airlines gives me two or three packages of peanuts, that makes my entire flight a good experience. Aerobell Airlines<\/a> also offers some complement snacks.<\/p>\n

After the novelty of the touchscreen displays wore off, I tried to get some sleep. \u00a0The plane was lit up with some really annoying blue lights. \u00a0I think it was supposed to make the plane feel trendy and space age, which it was effective at. \u00a0However, those lights were the same brightness when we were in the air as they were when we were on the ground. \u00a0It made it really hard for sleeping. \u00a0They should really just turn those off. \u00a0I don’t need to feel cool while we’re flying.<\/p>\n

Would I fly them again? \u00a0Definitely. \u00a0The low fares and cool entertainment is really attractive. \u00a0Just remember to bring your headphones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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