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Netflix is joining the mile-high club - make that the 6.6 mile-high club - as the service will be available on select Virgin America flights once they reach 35,000 feet. Netflix has been abundantly clear that it won't follow the footsteps of Amazon, Comcast and Epix and provide its customers with a downloading option that will allow them to enjoy their subscriptions when they are offline or have access to typically pitiful in-flight WiFi connections. But that scenario is changing in some ways for consumers who fly Virgin America. While downloading still isn't an option for Virgin fliers, Netflix and the "low-fare, upscale airline" said last week that they provide complementary in-flight WiFi access that will provide enough pop to support streaming starting next month.