BA vs Virgin Atlantic: Travel expert pits premium economy against two of UK's most popular carriers

BA vs Virgin Atlantic: A travel expert films his experiences in premium economy flying to and from the US using two popular UK carriers to see if it's worth the extra cash Nicky Kelvin of The Points Guy UK flies with Virgin from Heathrow to TampaHe returns to London with BA on a flight from Newark AirportREAD MORE: Flight attendants reveal the things passengers do that annoy them

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Posted: 16:08 GMT, 9 February 2023 | Updated: 16:17 GMT, 09 Feb 2023

It's one of life's great questions - for airline passengers, in all case. Is premium economy really worth it?

There is no elongated seat. There is no privacy door. But there's often a pretty big price increase over the regular old economy.

To help answer the question Nicky Kelvin, the head of The Points Guy UK, puts the premium economy cabins of two of the UK's most popular carriers - British Airways and Virgin Atlantic - face to face in a video battle.

Virgin Atlantic

Nicky flies a Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-900neo from London Heathrow to Tampa, paying 22,500 Virgin Points and £394 of taxes and fees.

The seat has a pitch (the distance between the seat and the seat in front) of 38 inches, a width of 18.5 inches , a 13.3-inch entertainment screen and the seats are laid in a 2-3-2 formation.