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Flight from London Heathrow to Miami International Airport - Virgin Atlantic Upper Class - 21st January 2016

Taken by Mark Fox

Hey guys! I'm away in Florida for two weeks and I figured it would be a fantastic opportunity to write my first travel blog! Virgin Atlantic is my favourite international flight carrier and I've flown with them since 2010, I've flown to New York and Florida. We booked this trip in early January.

We were all booked for the 21st January 2016. Our flight was at 13:15pm. Boarding started at 12:15pm. The flight gonna be around 10 hours. 

We arrived at Heathrow Airport early in the morning, it was freezing cold and really packed. This is Terminal 3, this is where Virgin and Delta passengers check in. We checked in and then headed down to security. We got through security quickly, and then headed down to Duty Free. 

There are so many shops in Duty Free. A full list of everything there can be seen here. ranging from MAC to Rolex to even a Post Office. You could spend the whole day here and miss your flight! I was good and saved my money! Next time I go through however, I don't think I'll be so good! 

Our flight was the VS005 to Miami at 13:15pm. We were at Gate 16, once you go through to the Gates there's literally nothing to do, so make sure you have everything you want to buy before heading over there. Make sure you have a bottle of water with you, walking through airports is exhausting work!

Here is our plane! The brand new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The registration of our plane was G-VNEW and her name... Birthday Girl! She's Virgin Atlantic's first ever Dreamliner! 

I was really hoping to fly on G-VCRU which is called Olivia Rae. There is a very sad story behind the name of this particular plane. Virgin Atlantic Air Steward Quinton Garrathy who was sadly killed when he was hit by a car in St Lucia on the 3rd August 2014. His wife is also cabin crew with Virgin Atlantic, and he had a three month old daughter named Olivia Rae. The plane was named after his daughter, in his memory. 

When I heard about this story, I was very emotional. I really want to fly on Olivia Rae, even if it's just the once.

We boarded at 12:30pm, our take off was smooth.

There were taken just after takeoff!

Views over Hounslow

Crossing over the Atlantic

The bed in Upper Class

Beautiful views of snowy Montreal and Quebec, Canada. 

  

  

Flying over the coast of New York

We were very lucky when we landed, we were allowed to go into the cockpit, and actually sit in the Captains seat! It was really awesome, and very surreal! I was nervous (And you can see that in my face!) 

The flight time was just under ten hours, there was no turbulence, the Captain didn't turn the seatbelt signs on once during the flight!

I have a YouTube vlog of this flight, which can be viewed here - 

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Lisa ♥