I am after some advice regarding regarding a future trip to Australia, I am undecided as to if I should fly Virgin Atlantic or Qantas premimum economy to Australia. I would like some advice/questions answered on the following subjects:

• Which has the better premimum economy seat?
• How about the in-flight entertainment system on both airlines and quality of noise cancelling head phones?
• Premimum Economy service Which is better?
• Lounge comparison (which is better)

Hi Fiona,

From personal experience I can give my comment on Virgin Atlantic Premium Economy as I have never flown Qantas Premium Economy I have however had discussions with friends that have flown both:

Virgin Atlantic are the pioneers of Premium Economy, first introducing it in 1992, so as you can expect they lead the way and beat Qantas in most areas, for a start their seat is wider 21 Inch compared with the 19.5 inch of Qantas.

General concensus is that Virgin Atlantic's in-flight entertainment sytem is far superior to that of Qantas, then there is the price, cheaper than Qantas.

In my experience the service I have receieved over the years on Virgin Atlantic has been far superior so I don't expect that to change when comparing Premium Economy between both carriers.

Finally the lounge, I find lounges at least in Asia, Oceania and Europe much of a muchness, unless you are lucky enough to fly First Class. 

For all these reasons I highly recomend Virgin Atlantic over Qantas, the only reason I would recomend Qantas Premium Economy is if you were trying to gain a higher status in Qantas/Oneworld