Success
and I don't think they even missed me at work!
It was quite a strange experience though - I rang the 01293 747205 at 9:00am, but got the message "this office is now closed, our opening hours are 9:00am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday". When I tried again a couple of minutes later I was told to redial 0871 2220050.
It took me several attempts to get this number connected, but when I did get through I was lucky and had an excellent operator who was very helpful. Not only did she allocate our <b>12</b>
seats without a fuss, but she also checked our child / vegetarian meal requests and whether we needed any special assistance, etc., etc., without me having to ask about any of it (unlike previous experiences when I've felt I had to get in with my next question before they hung up on me!).
I asked how likely it would be that these requested seats might be changed before we checked in and she said, whilst they were <i>requests only and could not be guaranteed</i>, there was no way that anyone else would have those seats unless there had to be a change of aircraft or departure schedule. It would not be possible for anyone else to switch to 'our' seats now that they had been requested. Why am I so sceptical about this?
She then said that I could phone on <b>Sunday</b>, 5th May to request seats for the return journey. I told her that I thought they were closed on Sundays, but she said the 01293 747205 number is open.
The Virgin brochure also gives only Mon - Fri hours of opening. I guess I'll be ringing on the Sunday anyway to see what happens
. Annie - maybe you should try at the weekend, too!