<\/a><\/p>\n About 40 minutes before our flight we left the Loft lounge and proceeded to gate 35. It’s down the back stairs and a very short walk. Gate 35 is in a narrow corner of terminal 3. Waiting travelers are disbursed everywhere as there\u2019s not much in the way of seating. After standing and waiting for about 15 minutes the gate agent called for first class to board.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a>Our flight today<\/p>\n <\/a>Gate 35<\/p>\n <\/a>Jetway in<\/p>\n <\/a>Jetway in<\/p>\n <\/a>Door 1 (any only)<\/p>\n Walking into the Airbus 320 you are greeted by the soft purple glow of Virgin America’s LED mood lights. We were not greeted by anyone, as I think we surprised the flight staff with our entry. It’s a short right turn into the forward cabin and Susan and I found our seats. For some reason my camera struggled with the purple lighting and a few of the pictures are not that sharp. I also included a pic from the Virgin America website of the first-class seats. No blankets or pillows are offered on this short SFO-LAX shuttle run.<\/p>\n <\/a>Walking into the cabin<\/p>\n <\/a>Seat 2F<\/p>\n <\/a>Leg room<\/p>\n <\/a>Remote consoles<\/p>\n <\/a>Drink Table<\/p>\n <\/a>Wash room<\/p>\n <\/a>Seat back – Love the 55″ of pitch<\/p>\n <\/a>Psychedelic purple<\/p>\n <\/a>From Virgin America website<\/p>\n Door close and pushback occurred at 6:40pm and there was another 15 minutes to position for takeoff. LAX is slow to the runway, but the views are always interesting. The route this flight took was directly over the pacific and then north towards Santa Barbra. It’s a great path and the coast is beautiful to look at.<\/p>\n <\/a>Pull back from terminal 3<\/p>\n <\/a>LAX<\/p>\n <\/a>Prepping for takeoff<\/p>\n <\/a>Up and out over the pacific<\/p>\n <\/a>North of Santa Barbra<\/p>\n <\/a>The inflight map app worked well<\/p>\n This is a short flight and not a lot happens in the 30 minutes after you reach altitude. Gogo WiFi is available and the Virgin American flight attendants check to see if you need anything to drink or eat. I ordered a glass of water and Susan took a small nap. The real show was out the window as the sparsely populated central coast of California passed on by.<\/p>\n A real show took place on this short flight as we landed at SFO. Out over the bay and on approach to SFO another Virgin America flight was coming into land. Much to my surprise the approach and landing was in tandem with our flight. In many years of travel, I’ve never seen this.<\/p>\n Landing was smooth and shortly after touch down we docked at the gate.<\/p>\n <\/a>What’s that out there<\/p>\n <\/a>Another Virgin America passenger jet<\/p>\n <\/a>Wow, these guys are landing in parallel<\/p>\n <\/a>Getting close<\/p>\n <\/a>Within seconds of one another<\/p>\nIntroduction: Virgin America Elevate Gold Status Match<\/strong><\/a>
\nReview: Hyatt Regency San Francisco International Airport<\/strong><\/a>
\nReview: American Airlines Admirals Club SFO – Terminal 2<\/strong><\/a>
\nReview: Virgin America Short Haul Domestic Coach – San Francisco to Los Angeles<\/strong><\/a>
\nReview: Virgin America Loft at LAX<\/strong><\/a>
\nReview: Virgin America Short Haul Domestic First Class – Los Angeles to San Francisco<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\nVirgin America 941<\/strong>
\nLos Angeles (LAX) – San Francisco (SFO)<\/strong>
\nSunday July 10th, 2016<\/strong>
\nDeparture Time: 6:35pm<\/strong>
\nArrival Time: 7:45pm<\/strong>
\nFlight Time: 1hr10min<\/strong>
\nAircraft: Airbus A321<\/strong>
\nSeat 2F, Short Haul Domestic First Class<\/strong><\/h4>\n