Virgin Atlantic launches a special New York City World Pride flight for 2019

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• Am says:

  11 Oct11 October 04:54

  If you go via mse and can tie up £465 then you can make £35 and not have to pay groupon anything. This has then gone to offsetting my curve black card. The link is here https://www.fairfx.com/l/mseeverywhere?utm_campaign=everywherecard&utm_source=moneysavingexpert&utm_medium=affiliate
  and no need to pay groupon anything. Depends whether you have the money to tie up for a few days

  • Roger says:

    11 Oct11 October 05:40

    Can you use Amex or any other CC (without fees) to top up the card?

  • pablo says:

    11 Oct11 October 06:27

    Groupon deal is better. If you top up with $72 to cover $2 ATM fee and then just withdraw $70 at a travelex/moneycorp ATM you are getting an exchange rate of 1.85

    • Am says:

      11 Oct11 October 07:17

      Each deal is different as to what you can put in. Why would I only want £25 and also pay groupon £6 for the voucher when the mse ones free. I don’t want the dollar card the mse deal is the pound card and only 50p cash machine fee. I don’t want use it for forexvas I get the mastercard rate with curve

    • New Dad 99 says:

      11 Oct11 October 09:17

      Moneycorp ATMs only dispense $20 bills so no way of withdrawing $70.

    • Genghis says:

      11 Oct11 October 12:29

      Top up Revolut $ acct?

      • pablo says:

        16 Oct16 October 18:26

        Thanks for the tip. That worked a treat 😉

• vol says:

  11 Oct11 October 05:55

  Hi

  I have an existing Fairfx account but with no dollar card

  I logged in to redeem but there is nowhere to put the voucher code in

  Or it’s not as immediately obvious as when I get quite far in the process it doesn’t give me a code

  So I tried with a different email address and still nothing

  So I assume this is for new customers

  Or is there another way?

  ????

  • pablo says:

    11 Oct11 October 06:22

    there is a box for promo code during card order process towards the bottom of the page after your address

    • vol says:

      11 Oct11 October 06:39

      Morning Pablo

      Is that for purchase as a guest or as an existing customer?

      • pablo says:

        11 Oct11 October 06:50

        I’m a new customer but try this link to see if the voucher code field shows up https://www.fairfx.com/l/groupondollar

  • Will says:

    11 Oct11 October 11:18

    I presumed it meant new customers of the dollar card not fairfx in general.
    Looks like it won’t work if you already have a euro card.
    I’m going to email fairfx to see.

• @mkcol says:

  11 Oct11 October 06:05

  That Virgin flight looks like hell on earth to me, just as well it’s phone-only bookings so I couldn’t accidentally book it.

  • pablo says:

    11 Oct11 October 06:56

    They should have invited Pam Ann as head purser.

  • Geoff says:

    11 Oct11 October 08:24

    Doesn’t seem very ‘inclusive’ if it is restricted to LGBT+.

    • Geoff says:

      11 Oct11 October 08:25

      Staff that is.

      • Yer Da says:

        11 Oct11 October 09:09

        Why can’t straight people have Pride, amirite?

    • B says:

      11 Oct11 October 10:20

      What a ridiculous thing to say. Your comment is one of the reasons Pride is celebrated. I’m sure the flight will ‘include’ all sexual and gender identities. Maybe teach yourself what the ‘+’ stands for. Also, there are hundreds of people that make a flight successful; dispatchers, ground crew, catering, bus drivers, immigration, I’m sure that people from all walks of life will be represented, so you can rest easy.

      • David says:

        11 Oct11 October 12:51

        So what does the + mean then, and how does LGBT+ differ from ‘human’ ? If it is in any way discriminatory, it’s not inclusive, and if it doesn’t, then it’s no different from any other flight.

      • Genghis says:

        11 Oct11 October 13:02

        Our LGBT group at work was called “LGBT and weird straights” for a while until they were asked to change it!

      • Gail says:

        11 Oct11 October 15:18

        Good response B.
        Other comments thoughtless and tiresome.

      • Dogface says:

        11 Oct11 October 20:10

        Well I will be giving the virgin flight a miss, can’t imagine the drama on there :/

• Cat says:

  11 Oct11 October 06:51

  The Virgin flight looks like a blast, but it would be useful to know flight times, which I couldn’t see on the Virgin page (it’s entirely possible I’ve missed them somewhere).
  No upper class though daaaarling? Really?

• Eric the Half a Bee says:

  11 Oct11 October 07:06

  O/T as bits: Is there a way I can use my wife’s Amex MR points to top up my SQ KrisFlyer account? Thanks in advance.

  • Rob says:

    11 Oct11 October 07:20

    No – unless they only look for a surname match, in which case you might get away with it. Best bet is to try the smallest possible test transfer.

    • Eric the Half a Bee says:

      11 Oct11 October 07:29

      Will do, thanks Rob.

      • JFSV says:

        11 Oct11 October 08:12

        Careful with the SQ Krisflyer team though – they very often ask for copies of passport/id by email to verify name match, in cases where miles are not credited on time, etc.

    • Me Dee says:

      11 Oct11 October 20:11

      Do you know of any MR that only check surname or address or neither?

      • Rob says:

        11 Oct11 October 21:24

        Nectar didn’t used to check the name, neither did Radisson Rewards, as I have in the past moved from my wife to me using accounts in her maiden name. May have changed but very low minimums to those two if you want to test. Radisson is arguably the most valuable MR partner too.

• Mycity says:

  11 Oct11 October 07:14

  Am I right in assuming there’s no credit check on the prepaid master cards?

  • Rob says:

    11 Oct11 October 07:19

    The Groupon page explains the checks that are done if you scroll down to the terms.

  • Max says:

    11 Oct11 October 07:20

    Correct. Just a check for the electoral register.

    • Mr. AC says:

      11 Oct11 October 07:31

      Foiled again by the pesky electoral register! *sigh* (not eligible to be on it due to being a pesky foreigner)

      • Shoestring says:

        11 Oct11 October 11:25

        You can get on it if you are an EU citizen or a qualifying Commonwealth citizen (someone who has leave to enter or remain in the UK, or does not require such leave), just not vote in general elections (you *can* vote in local elections)

      • Chris says:

        11 Oct11 October 11:52

        Commonwealth nationals (and Irish, Zimbabweans) can vote in all elections including Generals.

      • Mr. AC says:

        11 Oct11 October 13:21

        I’m neither an EU or a Commonwealth citizen.

        There was one guy that told me that there exists a mechanism for other folk to get on the register for identification purposes, but my local council knew nothing about this and googling doesn’t help either.

        I’m assuming this is just a rumor, and so I’m stuck with jumping through ridiculous hoops and invoking the FCA complaint mechanism every time I want to open a current account in one bank or another…

      • Mike says:

        11 Oct11 October 19:12

        @Mr. AC: You can still sign up to being on the electoral register if you’re from an EU or commonwealth country. I don’t know if that applies in your case?

      • Callum says:

        12 Oct12 October 00:27

        I haven’t been on the electoral roll for years but still get approved for new accounts without fuss. Are you sure there isn’t something else causing this?

• Frenzie says:

  11 Oct11 October 07:28

  Are there reward seat for Pride flight?

  • Rob says:

    11 Oct11 October 08:19

    Guess not as it isn’t in the standard reservation system.

• Phil G says:

  11 Oct11 October 07:54

  New customers only for the FX card.

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