How to book cheap Virgin Atlantic tickets from Dublin

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• Leo says:

  19 Oct19 October 09:04

  This entire site is in danger of being renamed Head for DUB/CPH!

  • Danksy says:

    19 Oct19 October 09:59

    haha – love it 😛

  • Polly says:

    19 Oct19 October 11:16

    Why not, hilarious, but it’s the challenge here that suits us all, it seems! Otherwise why would we bother? Sticking to BA or QR for now tho…

• Oh! Matron! says:

  19 Oct19 October 09:19

  I’m really struggling to find anything…. My requirements are unbelievably simple: A long weekend in BOS, MIA, IAD, SFO / LAX / LAS (Can be as much as a week) in November. Happy to go via CPH or DUB (I did AMS early this year which was good).

  • Danksy says:

    19 Oct19 October 10:00

    Try Aer Lingus to Boston ex DUB 😀

    • Oh! Matron! says:

      19 Oct19 October 10:25

      I was selecting First, Not business 🙂

      • Leo says:

        19 Oct19 October 18:26

        Watch their fare bucket tho – Expedia lets you check what fare you are buying, I’ve never found this facilty on ebookers, unless it’s new.

• John says:

  19 Oct19 October 11:10

  Sort of OT but the new EI transatlantic routes for 2016 are being revealed by the end of this month, and the replacement programme for the mediocre Gold Circle next month.

  So plenty of extra transatlantic redemptions for next summer (California? Miami? Texas?) available – at least until the American avios credit card holders snap them up.

• Jason says:

  19 Oct19 October 11:19

  I flew UC, MAN to MCO on Saturday, and have to say I was disappointed from the lounge, boarding, seat layout pretty much everything. The best bit was the food. The crew weren’t particularly attentive, rubbish was left unattended, for the whole flight, and when I wondered over to ask for a drink, two stewardesses were having a chat and decided to continue until they were finished.
  Qatar J is miles ahead on the 787, in comparison.
  The cabin is very spacious, but also very open, which doesn’t allow much privacy.
  Also it’s a bit irritating when UC passengers can’t sit at the bar when PE passengers hog it fir a couple of hours.
  I don’t think I’ll be rushing back to fly virgin UC! Although the prices in Rob’s article are very good:)

  • Nick says:

    19 Oct19 October 11:30

    Didn’t think PE Passengers could use the on board bar?

    • Pol says:

      19 Oct19 October 12:48

      They’re not supposed to. Sounds like you had a bad crew, which is a shame, they are usually great. I’d send an email to flying club to let them know. Re the lounge, virgin don’t have a clubhouse at MAN so unfortunately you miss out when flying from there as the lounge they use is nowhere near clubhouse standard. To avoid this I usually train it down to London for the outward flight but fly direct to Manchester on the return.

      • Leo says:

        19 Oct19 October 18:31

        Never seen PE passengers at the bar – it’s not allowed and if I was in UC and couldn’t get to the bar due to PE passengers there I would complain. They could have been staff? My understanding was that it was a total no-no to even ask for friends in PE or Y to join you for a drink if seated in UC.

        • Jason says:

          19 Oct19 October 22:44

          The crew didn’t make much effort on the flight, the curtain was open all the time so there was nothing to stop anyone walking in to the cabin.
          At least BA screen the different cabins by closing the curtains!

        • Andi says:

          3 Nov3 November 12:50

          Ive been PE and sat at thew UC Bar.. but we were to make way if any UC wanted to use the bar. I had booked 4 of us in PE to NYC but 2 got upgraded and 2 didn’t [typically it wasnt me, i was a step away from being asked when a passport anomaly saw i was called back to desk as i left]. So we could have a drink together on the way, they allowed us, but it wasnt busy at that time

      • Kipto says:

        19 Oct19 October 19:07

        So you catch the train from Manchester to Heathrow just for the lounge ?

        • Pol says:

          19 Oct19 October 21:41

          From crewe. 1 hour 40 mins isn’t that long on a train. Virgin only fly to Las, Orl or Bgi from Manchester anyway so if I’m doing west coast, for example, I’ll make sure I fly Lhr-Lax on outward and Las-Man on return.

• I'm surprised by this fare discrepancy BA vs VS - FlyerTalk Forums says:

  19 Oct19 October 12:32

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  • cleave says:

    19 Oct19 October 12:41

    I HAVE JUST CALLED EXPEDITE

    the flight from dub to LHR is BA business class – the flight from LHR to ORL is also business class on virgin

    What is Virgins business class – i thought they just did economy – pre economy and upper – how can i confirm what i am booking is upper

    • Pol says:

      19 Oct19 October 12:43

      Virgin business is Upper

      • cleave says:

        19 Oct19 October 12:44

        EXCELLENT THANK YOU

      • cleave says:

        19 Oct19 October 13:19

        POL WHEN I GO THORUGH THE BOOKING ON EXPEDIA FOR 9/2/16 IT IS SAYING VIRGIN VS15 – BUSINESS CLASS FROM LGW TO ORLANDO

        HOW CAN I CONFIRM THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY UPPER CLASS

        • Pol says:

          19 Oct19 October 13:56

          Virgin tickets booked as business will definitely be in Upper. If you want to make absolutely sure, for peace of mind, look at the booking class. Cheap Upper fares are usually z class.

        • Pol says:

          19 Oct19 October 13:58

          Also Virgin don’t charge for seat selection in premium or upper so once booked you should be able to log on to Virgin and select your seat, thus confirming Upper.

        • cleave says:

          19 Oct19 October 14:47

          where do i find this before booking

        • Pol says:

          19 Oct19 October 16:12

          When you select your flights and click through to review your flights before paying, if you click on show flight and baggage info it will have a letter in brackets after business. I just checked your dates, business on the vs15 is indeed showing as (z) which is upper.

• cleave says:

  19 Oct19 October 12:47

  ANOTHER SILLY QUESTION – COULD I GET OFF THE FLIGHT ON A STOP OVER RATHER THAN TRAVEL ALL THE WAY BACK TO DUBLIN

  • Pol says:

    19 Oct19 October 12:50

    The million dollar question You can ask to short check your luggage but checkin agents can refuse. Try arranging your Dublin flight for the next day or a different airport to be absolutely sure.

    • Leo says:

      19 Oct19 October 18:40

      Rob would there be any mileage in writing a short article about missing the final leg back on an ex-Eu flight and then just putting a link to it in subsequent similar article (a bit like a “sticky”)? Come to think of it I’m sure you’ve done this already….We were all new here once, but this question and very similar ones (Do I have to fly the first leg etc.) have been asked so often over the last few days for obvious reasons it might save a lot of time for everyone.

      • Rob says:

        19 Oct19 October 19:13

        Possibly. But not this week or next as on holiday!

      • Polly says:

        21 Oct21 October 21:01

        Leo, as you say it has been asked very often. It’s a personal choice whether one chooses to not complete the final leg. It’s very easy to get “caught up in traffic on route to LCY from LHR, having collected your bags at LHR” we are trying to not discuss it too openly, as
        A) There is a chance you could be penalised by not being granted full TPs and avios
        B) You could be then charged for the full equivalent fare if spotted.
        Minimal reports about this action, but could be possible
        C) People will genuinely need to change airports to attend a meeting in London, so one can quite easily miss that later return flight…. It’s the best excuse.
        In fact we may be missing our final leg back to Dub as my OH has to go straight from LHR to the city for a meeting, and I doubt we will make the last leg back to Dub. We will have collected our bags from LHR as we will have asked the NYC check in desk to check them to LHR. They will accommodate us as there is no bag transfer from LHR to LCY.
        Or chose to take hand baggage only if it’s a short trip stateside etc.
        Discretion is the name of the game.

        • Leo says:

          21 Oct21 October 21:46

          The article I suggest is the “perils” of missing any leg. I’m always too tight to miss out on any avios I’ve “paid” for.

• James67 says:

  19 Oct19 October 12:58

  OT: about a week ago, one reader (Mike IIRC) was seeking info on cheap revenue fares fro Asia-UK-Asia. Today my search BKK-LHR-BKK in J threw up £1260 in J on Vietnam Airlines. The longhaul sectors are now on a 787: presumably the same seats as in the a350 for which pics of the business class cabin look great. I didn’t look at fare rules but if it allows free stopovers in HAN and SGN then potentially a very good deal.

• cleave says:

  19 Oct19 October 13:16

  it just seems to go to be true – why is it so much cheaper

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