Catch a free concert in Central Park, enjoy the art and a cocktail at Moma, and shop till you drop along Fifth Avenue. Sarah Barrell gives an insider’s guide

An air of pre-party excitement always prevails on Virgin’s Friday flights into New York return flights to New York JFK. You’ve watched Melinda and Melinda to get you in the mood for Woody Allen’s Manhattan, ordered one too many glasses of bubbly, snagged a couple of hours’ sleep, and by the magic of time zone change, you land at almost the same time you left. Hurrah! You get to enjoy that Friday feeling all over again, only with cocktails, yellow cabs, and a large serving of shopping on the side.

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