Paxboy --
Yes, both LHR 744s, but with different seats The one on the way out had the old(est) IFE and tattier cabin furniture, VS020 had the snazzy vport stuff and smarter seats but was a noticeably tighter squeeze on the SLF lower regions. Less room for the legs, too. If I hadn't necked a potent combination of sleeping tablets and melatonin, and stuck the iPod on maximum soporific, I might even have been unhappy.
Slumming it, yes - economics in my world are a bit naff at the moment. But I had a window seat and great weather on the way out, and can I help it if the moment the bugger surges down the runway I get a smile the size of Branson's until the moment I have to confront the joy removal operatives at SFO immigration?
R