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Virgin Atlantic's pervy new in-flight cocktail
God bless Richard Branson. According to Jaunted, Virgin Atlantic has come up with a summer promo designed to entice passengers into an upgrade. If you sit in Premium Economy or Upper Class on selected flights, you'll get to enjoy a complimentary Virgin Redhead.
Relax, it's just a cocktail: a saucy blend of muddled raspberries, fresh lemon juice, Cassis, and Framboise Liqueur, shaken with Bombay Sapphire Gin, and topped with float of Champagne.
The Upper Class elite can also have themselves a Redhead in VA Clubhouses in select cities. Scandalous!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Annie Scott Jun 4th 2010 3:17PM
Odd choice for a "virgin" drink. Poor 14 year old girls will be so confused when they get carded.
Rachel Jun 6th 2010 2:39PM
you know it use to be a pleasure to fly, but now its a horrible thing. I drive at every chance I get..you airlines may have been pressured to do certain things because of terrorist but god, you've become hell in the skys...I HATE FLYING...
Grace Jun 6th 2010 2:32PM
Sounds absolutely nauseating and disgusting. I am sure that the first class passengers will enjoy it, but Richard Branson, I'd definitely fire the moron who invented that drink....
Brad Jun 6th 2010 2:42PM
I am another one who used to love to fly. I drive everywhere I can now. I'm not subject to the horrors that airlines have put on the public. I can take as little, or as much as I like. There are no restrictions. I can take my little dog anytime I want. There are no penalties for changing dates.
Driving is SO MUCH better.
scared Jun 6th 2010 5:22PM
driving better? This morning I saw yet another woman driving at full speed while applying makeup and steering with her forearms. I'll fly anytime, and just hope you don't encounter one of these make up artists in motion.
TKO Jun 6th 2010 7:51PM
Try driving to Hawaii.
Fritz Jun 6th 2010 2:56PM
Wouldn't it be nice if we had a highspeed rail system?
Joe Papierz Jr Jun 6th 2010 3:11PM
I have always preferred driving over flying whenever time wasn't an issue, even before all the extra restrictions and terroist threats. Driving has always been fun for me. Fun to see sights I've not seen before, maybe make an unsecheduled stop to investigate an interesting looking store or tourist site advertised along the Interstate highway. As a bonus, I'm not likely to be accosted by anyone with box cutters while their "partners" try to take over the speed and direction of my car.
nestmission Jun 6th 2010 4:00PM
As if we don't have enough people flying that have had to much to drink. Do people think they have to have a drink to wind down or make them more sociable? Something is wrong with them if they do!!! Why don't the airlines just lower their prices to entice people to first class or better than that, drop the baggage fees to entice people to fly period!!!!
stephen Jun 6th 2010 3:25PM
would you clarify " you'll get to enjoy a complementary Virgin Redhead ". I see that it's not a non-alcoholic drink. Is this named for the airline or for the one serving it ? Either way, it sounds like a delicious offer.
Jeremiah Jun 6th 2010 3:35PM
I always have the 5 hour energy drink before a flight because it doesn't have a crash later.
Mike Sanders Jun 6th 2010 3:34PM
Flying was a very special thing, back in the 60's. Remember the red & white planes of TWA, based in Saint Louis? People dressed up and were polite and very thankful for the opportunity to fly. Since then, I have seen people who look like vagrants on flights between here and Michigan (I'm a fromer GM/EDS employe). Restaurants can specify appropriate attire, so why can't an airline do likewise? They specify everything, else.
Marshall Jun 6th 2010 6:44PM
A couple of airlines might still be using a dress code rule like Mexicana, Air Canada's
family fare plan of (from l999 to year 2000) which required guys to wear a proper
shirt and slacks and a proper par of shoes or boots. Southwest Airlines has also
become pickier as to hygiene of some passengers at their gates. They can refuse air
transportation to those who are intoxicated and stinky.( What airlines dont want are
beligerent and heavily intoxicated passengers on board now adays. )
Bob Jun 6th 2010 3:41PM
Virgin Atlantic goes Trans-Atlantic.. Kinda hard to take either a train or drive between Boston and London.. for all the people complaining about flying. The trans-Atlantic flights are among the best.
Satik Jun 6th 2010 3:51PM
Not sure whether this is sassy or tacky ... I'm leaning towards the latter. Gad this is one sick society where even a drink on a plane has to have sexual innuendos. Grow up America .... you're saturated ...
And the sneaky hyperlink under your name on this AOL board is pretty sick too. I'll bet you don't know that this Email request for "confimation" is a lie ... that it immediately sets up your "profile" with a list of every comment you've ever made on any AOL affiliate board. There are more than 100 of them.
But AOL is sneaky. They never mention a "profile" and certainly don't want you to know they're keeping list of all your comments.
Don't believe me. Click onto your name and see what you'll find.
And if you have an unusual name ... you'll be picked uo on Google Search too. If that damned profile is a requirement, at least let us know about it and set the privacy option as default. This is shameful.
Tom Jun 6th 2010 9:57PM
Virgin? I'd rather have a "slutty" redhead. It's sort-of-like a "slow screw up against the wall" but without the vodka. LOL!
This will NEVER make it past the censures.
Sire Jun 6th 2010 5:09PM
I used to do 125,000 a year. I scaled back and pick up a phone when I can or drive.
F==K the airlines and their rules. I am tired of flying.
Ang Jun 6th 2010 5:28PM
So confusing they name it a Virgin yet it is full of alcohol. I find it sad that the best offer they could come up with to entice people is an alcoholic drink.
Angiebaby Jun 6th 2010 5:42PM
Sounds like an interesting cocktail, but I don't fly any more. I've never had gin, but I hear it's taste is akin to toilet water. (Which I might point out I've never tasted, either.) As for a virgin redhead, there aren't any my age, and I'd need a male one at that. Story of my life! A virgin redhead is all the rage and I can't get one for love or money.
J Jun 7th 2010 11:39AM
I think that it is horrible that women need to be used in that way. It is bad enough that we are looked at like a piece of meat at a strip club or have a good figure with a nice top half or if we dress a certain way we must be a hooker.Men do not have to go through this at all. I think that a drink should be called after a man. What a hunk or nice 6 pack or something like that so they know what it feels like. I will not fly either if I can drive. Most of the time it is much cheaper and I can stop when I want. I can walk around when I want. I can get any kind of food that I want and if I choose to stop driving for the day/night I can stay at a hotel and watch tv. You cannot do that on a plane. The fees that they have now are just ridiculous. Gas tax when gas is at a certain price, a 9/11 tax. Yes it was a horrible thing we went through but to now be taxed on planes for it?? Please. A checked bag fee oh and this is a good one a carry one bag fee. Geesh No more for me.