If you book Upper Class via Virgin Atlantic's website and have to connect to another airline for your final destination, you do not have LHR Clubhouse access. This is an absurd policy. I went directly through VA's website and they put me onto an affiliate to my final destination. On top of that, the flight schedule changed so I now have a 6 hour layover in LHR instead of the original 2 hour layover with no access to the Clubhouse to relax comfortably.
I spent over 3 hours on hold for customer service across 3 different calls with no one answering the call(s). I tried to utilize their 'chat' feature and was on hold for an additional 45 mins. I finally emailed the CEO and got someone to call me back from the executive office and they were NO HELP AT ALL. They essentially shrugged their shoulders and told me to just go to the Revivals Lounge and get over it.
If I pay in excess of $12K for Upper Class seats, you'd think I would be able to fully enjoy the amenities that are supposed to come with the fare. The VA website is NOT clear at all about this policy. It only states "Customers flying in Upper Class" as having access, which we are.
We aren't going to drink and eat our way to $12k in the Clubhouse! We just wanted a comfortable place to spend an excessively long layover.
I'll never book a Virgin Atlantic flight again.