SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America, the U.S. airline known for its award-winning service, today announces it is bringing back its popular seasonal flights to help East Coast travelers warm up over the 2016-17 winter season, whether they need a beach escape or a desert holiday from the cold, with daily nonstop service between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Fort Lauderdale International Airport (FLL) starting November 1, 2016, and new service between JFK and Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) starting November 19, 2016. Virgin America will offer its award-winning three-class service – First Class, Main Cabin Select and Main Cabin – on these routes with mood-lighting, touch-screen entertainment and on-demand food and drink ordering at every seat, and WiFi on every flight. Tickets for the much in-demand winter services are available now on Virgin America's website and 1-877-FLY-VIRGIN* with special sale fares for JFK-FLL starting from $99 one-way and JFK-PSP starting from $199 (taxes and fees included and restrictions applying**). All seats are also available for redemption bookings, with no-blackout reward flights on JFK-FLL starting at 4,103 Elevate® points***.

"With winter just around the corner, we're pleased to offer East Coast travelers even more options to help them escape to warmer destinations," said Adam Green, Virgin America's Director of Network Planning. "With our moodlighting, award-winning guest service, personal entertainment and power outlets at every seat, plus WiFi across the entire fleet, travelers can start their vacation as soon as they step onboard."

Virgin America was recently named both the "Best U.S. Airline" in both Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards and "Best Domestic Airline" in Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards for the past nine consecutive years, representing a win of both these awards every year the airline has been in service.

Virgin America's new seasonal services are as follows:

In addition to a Main Cabin that offers custom leather seating with a deeper, more comfortable pitch, the airline's First Class cabin offers plush white leather seating with 55 inches of pitch, 165 degrees of recline and lumbar massagers. The carrier's Main Cabin Select service offers 38-inches of pitch, free food and cocktails, an all-access pass to media, dedicated overhead bins and priority check-in/boarding. The Red™ entertainment platform offers guests their own seatback touch-screen[1], with +20 latest release films, TV, interactive maps, videogames, a 3,000 song library, surround sound technology and an on-demand menu, which allows flyers to order from their seatback any time during a flight.  

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ABOUT VIRGIN AMERICA: Known for its mood-lit cabins, beautifully designed classes of service and innovative fleetwide amenities — like touch-screen personal entertainment, WiFi and power outlets at every seat, Virgin America has built a loyal following of flyers and earned a host of awards since launching in 2007 — including being named both the "Best U.S. Airline" in both Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards and "Best Domestic Airline" in Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards for the past nine consecutive years.  The airline serves Austin, Boston, Cancun, Chicago, Denver, Dallas Love Field, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Los Cabos, Newark, New York (JFK and LGA), Orlando, Palm Springs (seasonal), Portland, Puerto Vallarta, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington D.C. (IAD and DCA), Honolulu and Maui-Kahului. For more: www.virginamerica.com

* Any guest calling within the United States has access to a complimentary telecommunication relay service by dialing 711. For more information, go to: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/telecomm.asp

** Fare Sale Terms and Conditions:
Tickets must be purchased by 11:59pm CT on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.  Main Cabin fares are one-way and require a 21- day advance purchase.  Travel must occur between November 15, 2016 and February 8, 2017.  Additional service dates include: JFK-PSP begins on November 19, 2016.  Lowest sale fares are available only on certain itineraries.  Lowest sale fares are only valid for travel on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday.  Blackout dates for all markets include 11/22/16 – 11/28/16, 12/22/16 – 12/31/16, 1/1/17 – 1/3/17 and 1/16/17.  Seats are limited, subject to availability, and may not be available on all flights. Flights may not operate daily. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. For travel solely between points in the Continental Western Region (LAS/LAX/PDX/PSP/PVR/SAN/SEA/SFO/SJD only), DAL-LAS and DEN-SFO, changes or cancellations can be made for a $100 fee per guest through all channels, plus any increase in fare, if applicable. For all other itineraries, changes or cancellations can be made for a $150 fee per guest through all channels, plus any increase in fare, if applicable. Any remaining balance will be placed in a guest's travel bank, good for travel on Virgin America for one year from date of issue. Changes or cancellations of a booking made with Elevate Points will be subject to a $100 redeposit fee per guest. Guests who no-show without a change or cancellation prior to the scheduled departure time will forfeit the amount of this fare. In addition, any future flights booked in the same reservation will also be canceled and the fare will be forfeited. Tickets purchased from Virgin America through our reservation call center will cost an additional $20 per guest per itinerary. Any added cost associated with purchasing tickets from Virgin America through our reservation call center will be non-refundable. Fares will not be honored retroactively or in exchange for any wholly or partially used ticket. Fares, routes, fees and schedules are subject to change without notice. Virgin America will accept up to ten pieces of checked baggage, up to 50 pounds each, per ticketed guest traveling within the U.S. The fee for each piece of checked baggage up to 50 pounds is $25. Additional fees apply to baggage exceeding these weight limitations, and other baggage restrictions may apply.

***Points required to redeem an Elevate travel reward on Virgin America will be publicly available on a seat and flight-specific basis and are subject to change. Domestic reward bookings are subject to a security fee of $5.60 per one-way trip payable by credit card or placed in a guest's travel bank, where each one-way trip may include a connection or stopover between two domestic flights not exceeding 4 hours. There may be multiple one-way trips on the same reward booking. The Passenger Facility Charge and Segment Fees are waived for domestic reward bookings. For international reward bookings, VirginAmerica guests are responsible for any taxes and fees incurred from international travel. These taxes and fees are subject to change at the discretion of each country's government and also vary from country to country depending on the origin and destination.

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