Category: Overheard On the Bird

My friends have created a fictitious time known as “Sean-time”.  For those of you unfamiliar, it works the same as normal time, only it runs about 15 minutes behind.  Without fail, I notoriously run late to everything and I know I’m not the only one out there. With the weather warming up and schools letting...

We’re getting psyched to welcome New Jerseyans on our new nonstop flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco from Newark (EWR), taking off this April.  As the only airline to offer fleet-wide WiFi, power outlets and interactive touch-screen entertainment on every flight from EWR, we can’t wait to show Garden State flyers the “boss” service...

Picture this: you’re flying across the country working away on your laptop from 35,000 feet when your stomach starts to growl.  You take a look in your bag and realize that you forgot to pack anything to eat.  Sweat begins beading up on your forehead.  You start to panic.  Then you realize, it’s OK –...

Skype, Snapchat, Emoji—the language of modern love is truly 2.0. From deciphering a text from a new beau to using the right Instagram filter on your engagement photos, 2013 technology makes romance a whole new ballgame. Daunting as they may seem, these advancements in technology have made long distance relationships much more accessible, even at...

Whether you prefer the aisle, window, or middle seat (which, believe it or not, is two inches wider than window and aisle seats), one of the most common travel etiquette debates is regarding the armrest. There’s an unwritten rule that the middle seat traveler gets both, but what do you think? Vote in our Weekly...

Last night, our hometown baseball team led us to a thrilling victory while Virgin America guests sat on the edge of their seats — watching the play-by-play at 35,000 feet on Red’s live TV channels. I watched Game 7 from home while simultaneously consuming the barrage of tweets in the @VirginAmerica feed from guests. It...

Since Virgin America first took off in 2007, we’ve been lucky enough to attract some pretty unique frequent flyers—travelers shaking up the status quo in their own fields, and looking for an airline that does things differently. Our signature cabin look and feel turned heads from day one, but word-of-mouth from our frequent flyers has...

Welcome to our first edition of “Overheard On The Bird.” We’ll let the tweets below speak for themselves. When you’re onboard and hear (or see) something interesting, tweet it using the hashtag #OHonTheBird and you might make it into our second edition!   my sister @saaaranotsarah on @virginamerica. jokes w/ flight attendant about upgrading to...

Being the first to do anything is difficult these days. What hasn’t been done? So when I initially heard that all three Virgin airlines and Virgin Produced would be working together on a unified campaign, part of which included creating the first-ever movie filmed at 35,000 feet I thought: “Now that’s innovative!” Then came the fine print:...

So long as you haven’t been living under a rock this summer, we’re guessing you’ve heard Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit song, “Call Me Maybe”. You know how it goes… “Hey, I just met you…” Most likely you haven’t only heard the song — but you’ve heard or seen one of thousands of parodies including Harvard...