The main thing that drives me insane in coach on Virgin is if I get a heavy-fingered idiot sitting behind me, battering his touch screen like it’s a basketball. To JFK it’s five hours of annoyance. On systems without seatback touch screens (United) it can’t occur.

Did you notice this? It’s one more thing to add onto the dysfunctional coach behaviour list along with seat-kickers, seatback grabbers, and loud talkers.

I, too, have never waited in a long line at Virgin’s SFO terminal; in fact, I have found the security people there to be incredibly professional and efficient. I also highly recommend the Italian takeout restaurant in the terminal; I can’t remember the name, but their pizzas are quite yummy.

Once cannot fully appreciate Virgin unless you fly the airline cross country. While their first class isn’t as good as AA’s business class, Virgin is decidedly more pleasant flying coach than any other airline, including Jet Blue (Virgin offers movies actually worth watching and the USB ports are nirvana for those of us who prefer to work on a flight)

My beef with Virgin is its band-aid technology and its misguided decision to outsource its reservation system. I’d be interested in hearing about your experience with Virgin’s website. :)

I happened to have flown SFO-SAN (2:45pm) on the same day as you, in F. $149 one way+tax, but I had a mysterious $50 credit in my account. No idea how I got it since I had never flown Virgin America before.

Anyway, I was completely blown away by the VX experience. Very attentive and cool service, great trio of tapas served during a non-meal time in F, Archer Farm snacks following the light meal, and Red worked perfectly fine.

I found myself feeling a little sad if (when?) Virgin America went away.

Well, done VX. But I feel like the whole experience was too luxurious for the fares they charged, if that made any sense.