Virgin Atlantic sale now on – decent deals in all classes

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• Botham says:

  18 Aug18 August 07:43

  Very interesting. I got a quote for Virgin UC, LHR-MIA this week. When I booked it yesterday, the price had dropped by around £800 pp. We are travelling out in mid November, but the return is during the offer period. Agent booked us on Delta codeshare, which may make a difference.

• John says:

  18 Aug18 August 07:53

  Isn’t London – NYC always around 400 on virgin if booked early?

• Rachael says:

  18 Aug18 August 08:16

  Not such a good deal as last year. I managed to get SEA in economy for 14.5 K points each way, this deal where as 25K under this deal.

• Tom says:

  18 Aug18 August 08:55

  OT, and this was the basis of a discussion previously, but I tried to refer my OH for a BA Amex PP card (she has the free card at the moment, I have the BAPP), and whilst I understood that she wouldn’t get the 25k avios I thought that I would get the 9k referral. I contacted Amex last night to check this, as did she, separately, and we were both told that no referral would exist as she is an existing customer.

  This seems odd as you’d think that Amex would want people actively moving from the free card to the paid card, so any incentive would be beneficial!

  • Tom says:

    18 Aug18 August 09:11

    Thanks Genghis – I agree, I get that she wouldn’t get the 25k avios but it’s not explicit that I wouldn’t get the referral bonus.

• John123 says:

  18 Aug18 August 09:04

  O/T: My Finnair flight got cancelled for technical reasons, and I only got informed on the day itself. Finnair rerouted me onto a direct flight SIN – LHR on BA that left exactly 1 hour earlier. My original route was SIN-HEL-LHR. My arrival time was earlier than the original. Am I entitled to any EU261? I know this seems a bit entitled, but I am a bit annoyed that I get the (in my opinion) inferior BA hard product.

  • Barry cutters says:

    18 Aug18 August 09:10

    So you actually got to your destination earlier than the original ? So I would imagine money compo, but write a strong letter to the airline explaining your issue

    • Barry cutters says:

      18 Aug18 August 09:54

      So I would imagine *no compo

  • Marc says:

    18 Aug18 August 09:16

    I would say you’re entitled to a 50% of the compensation (600*0.5=300€). You had a confirmed reservation on a flight that got cancelled due to technical reasons – the airline rerouted you on a different flight, but you got to your destination with a delay of less than 3-4-6 hours (don’t remember the hours for your flight distance). In fact you arrived earlier, but I think in this case it doesn’t matter. Anyway, good luck dealing with Finnair (I’ve they’re even worse than Ib dealing with EC261 compensation).

    • Barry cutters says:

      18 Aug18 August 10:00

      I could be wrong but i don’t think you can get the compensation. The EC261 is for delays.
      you were not delayed. -i’m assuming you actually arrived at your destination 3h early?

      You can argue with the airline that you received an inferior product than you paid for . but i dont think its a matter for the EC regs

    • John says:

      18 Aug18 August 10:12

      Exactly 1 hour before?? Out of luck!

      EC261/2004: Article 5 Cancellation

      1. In case of cancellation of a flight, the passengers concerned shall:

      (c) have the right to compensation by the operating air carrier in accordance with Article 7, unless:

      (iii) they are informed of the cancellation less than seven days before the scheduled time of departure and are offered re-routing, allowing them to depart no more than one hour before the scheduled time of departure and to reach their final destination less than two hours after the scheduled time of arrival.

  • Richie says:

    18 Aug18 August 10:58

    WoW got home before scheduled time and still wants a compensation?! Greed of some people is just beyond me

    • Catalan says:

      18 Aug18 August 11:41

      Lol. It’s the ‘compensation’ culture we now live in I guess.

    • Leo says:

      18 Aug18 August 12:37

      I would possibly be aggrieved in that the Tier points on the Finnair flights would have been 140+80. The Finnair flight usually would be cheaper. On the BA direct flight you would get 160 TPs. In those circumstances I would be put out. But am I right in saying that Finnair would credit you with the 140+80 TPs in any event?

      • Genghis says:

        18 Aug18 August 13:42

        Apply for Original Routing Credit
        https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/1768202-original-routing-credit-beginner-s-guide.html

        • Leo says:

          18 Aug18 August 14:55

          Thought so. Then no I wouldn’t be aggrieved because much as the OP was unhappy about flying in a CW seat rather than on a nice shiny new(ish) a350 (which I can understand to a degree) I do think the direct routing in itself is an “enhancement” in the true non-BA meaning of the word.

      • Alan says:

        18 Aug18 August 15:23

        Apply to BAEC for ‘original routing credit’ – trickier when dealing with partner booking vs BA metal though.

    • Cate says:

      18 Aug18 August 12:52

      Surely the point of this site is to inform, discuss and then source ways to maximize the opportunities that occasionally become available? The OP isn’t asking for the aircraft to be thrown in as part of the comp?

• mark1980 says:

  18 Aug18 August 10:13

  Have Virgin stopped their redemption sales? They used to pop up every quarter or so, but haven’t seen one in ages?

  • Lev441 says:

    18 Aug18 August 23:28

    Since the change to peak/off peak redemptions there’s been nothing aside from cheaper UC redemptions from Manchester to a couple destinations…

• Ben says:

  18 Aug18 August 10:30

  Looks to me like the travel dates above are for UC only. PE and E travel dates are limited to Jan/Feb.

  Or am I missing something?

  I was looking for PE availability over Easter…

• Will says:

  18 Aug18 August 10:45

  O/T: Just wondering. My company reimburses me for my Amex Platinum to cover travel insurance, lounge access for European flights (so dont have to buy a business class seat) and other benefits. I also have a BA Amex Platinum. I need to buy an expensive BA flight to the US for work (c£3k in business) and want to make sure I get the Amex Platinum insurance benefits but also get the BA triple points for using my BA Amex. Can I part pay a tiny bit on my platinum amex and then pay the rest on my BA amex? Are you able to hold flights like you can part pay for the BA holidays?

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

    18 Aug18 August 10:58

    You can pay the whole amount on the BA Amex. The insurance only requires that the purchase is made on an Amex-issued card (if the merchant accepts it).

  • Rashad says:

    18 Aug18 August 11:00

    You can pay the whole trip with BAPP, if you have Amex Paltinum insurance it covers all your purchases on all your Amex issued cards like BAPP.
    I’ve had a similar claim and it was processed without any issue

    • Will says:

      18 Aug18 August 13:53

      Thanks for clarifying. Wasn’t immediately obvious

      • VS says:

        18 Aug18 August 16:40

        Would the Virgin Black Amex count as Amex-issued, or MBNA?

        • Genghis says:

          18 Aug18 August 16:43

          MBNA. I.e. not an Amex-issued Amex.

        • Alan says:

          18 Aug18 August 17:08

          Well it’s not issued by Amex, so not Amex-issued 😉

  • Alan says:

    18 Aug18 August 15:22

    If you read the T&Cs of the insurance you’ll see any Amex-issued Amex is fine (BTW to avoid any confusion it’s BA Premium Plus, not Platinum)

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