Virgin Atlantic RETREAT SUITE vs British Airways CLUB SUITE | Business Class BATTLE

We flew from London to New York for our latest business class comparison, and pitted Virgin Atlantic's brand-new Retreat Suite against British Airways' Club Suite.

Nicky got the Retreat Suite experience on Virgin Atlantic's A330-900neo, and paid 47,500 Virgin Points + £627 taxes and fees

Liam flew in BA's 777-200 Club Suite, and paid 80,000 Avios + £175 taxes and fees.

[jonasstringer]

As soon as I saw it was Nicky and Liam trying Virgin and BA respectively, I just knew Nicky would have gone for Virgin simply for the clubhouse's outside viewpoint deck 😂😂

[matthewcallard]

I’ve flown both in the last 9 months. The BA club suite is definitely my preference. Much more space and storage. Very comfortable.

[jamessez]

Great video. One note for anyone using this video to decide booking either airline in business. The Virgin seat shown here is only available on 4 aircraft, there is a different similar seat on the a350 of which there are 10, but a majority of the fleet have a really disappointing seat! In comparison, BA have a the club suite on nearly half the fleet, and In my opinion if you do get lumped with the old club product it’s a better seat than the old upper class.

Shame as the route I’m looking to fly does not have VS A330 or A350

[tammyhendrickson]

Love VA Upper Class! I flew on a 350-1000 last week from London to Orlando and it was a wonderful experience and the food was exceptional. He was right that they do feed you quite a bit! I love the Virgin Atlantic lounge in London. The lounge is a wonderful and relaxing place!

[lis]

For me its BA i just love flying with them 😍

[DesiroDriver]

Done this route with both carries, BA just last week. Both are very different, both were great. I’d happily book either. It’s all down to the pricing at the end of the day.

[robyoungquist]

British Air hands down! Understated quiet decor, 👍🏻. Do & Co catering 😋😋, white tray cloths instead of small placemat 👍🏻, cut crystal glasses 👍🏻 and of course OneWorld miles 😉👍🏻. Sorry Nicky 😢

[jtn]

I have an idea. When you do a review like this, you two should take the other airline on the way back. We all know Nicky loves Virgin LOL, but he should fly back on BA to accurately compare them. At the same time Liam should get some time in Virgin's clubhouse too...😃😃😃. As always it was fun

[truebrit]

The problem is that you have had so much exposure, not just here but in say the Daily Mail its unlikely that you are being treated by a regular passenger. Your food arrives plated perfectly, your call bells get answered in seconds. Crew know who you are. Perhaps an interesting test would be to take someone with you who isn’t known, same flight, same class and see if the service varies

[bradcolby]

Love that you’re expanding channels. I really enjoy these vlogs.. thanks again for sharing these beautiful experiences with us.

[darrellcrane]

The second guest appearance of the apron view deck on TPG UK

[frankdatteln-westhausen]

The comparison was not really fair, Nicky should have gone for the standard Business Class seat on Virgin Atlantic, the front row seats in the middle are special seats which cost extra with extra legroom width.

[funnythag]

I recently flew VA Upper Class on their older 787-8 and A350 and I got some really good sleep on both. The staff is amazing and the Clubhouse at Heathrow is by far the best lounge I’ve ever visited. Great video as always!

[Ashs]

Unfair to compare retreat suite with BA club suite. Retreat suite is only on a small number of planes which are subject change at very short notice with no recourse from VIRGIN whereas BA’s 777, A350 and B78X are all club suite. Virgin is good when the star align but if they don’t the coffin seats in upper are probably the worse business class seats in the air.

[TripleDinLV]

I LOVE Nicky's sass in this one! Happy PRIDE, Mate - I look forward to the upcoming channels' content!

[abakedslayermcgiles]

Awesome review lads! Although I kind of feel that perhaps a Virgin flight using the A350 or B787 would have been more appropriate, reason being is that both the B787 and A350 make up the bulk of Virgin’s LHR-JFK-JFK-LHR traffic and those two business class offerings are in greater numbers than the very few retreat suites as well as being drastically different. Nonetheless it was spectacular to see a review of the retreat suite.

[d_dave]

As a person who flies economy to make my points (and cash) go further, I think any lie-flat seat would be amazing, never mind these suites :) Both look great.

[Bobrogers]

I would have liked to see the menus to compare them.

[hmzbn]

hey TPG. love the content, super useful for us UK lot who can’t get a full picture from those who travel from the US. i would love if you guys could do some more credit card and points content. with a video like this, i would love if you could sit down and compare each aspect of the flight with each other to decide which one was better overall. keep up the good work!!

[Duchess_of_Cadishead]

It’s great to see you again. You’ve been missed.