Virgin Atlantic Black Friday / Cyber Weekend sale – flight deals from £1,089 return in Upper Class

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• jon says:

  23 Nov23 November 07:42

  Can I just check about the flights to Jamaica. From where are they on sale? London or Manchester?!

  • Anna says:

    23 Nov23 November 07:53

    It says in the article, both!

• Trigger says:

  23 Nov23 November 08:48

  Just be aware that due to the Rolls-Royce engine issues, VA have had to utilise old ex Air-Berlin A330s for some or all(?) of their Caribbean routes. They are refurbishing upper class on these planes but my recent experience has shown that it has some serious shortcomings, even when refurb is completed.
  (I’d stick with premium class as I understand these will be a completely new section on these planes.)

  • James says:

    23 Nov23 November 10:03

    Oooh, that’s put me right off.
    Ta.

    • Rob says:

      23 Nov23 November 11:50

      The first refurbed AB plane is now done. I was meant to be seeing it on Tuesday but it has been pushed back. I preferred the AB layout and if the refurb is good then it could be OK. Remember that BA puts its worst long haul planes on the Caribbean routes too.

      • Jay says:

        23 Nov23 November 11:57

        Any reason for the worst long haul planes to the Caribbean routes Rob? Is it due to lack of competition and limited supply from the UK they can service the routes using them?

        • Rob says:

          23 Nov23 November 12:33

          Low yield – few people pay £4000 return for Business Class to the Caribbean, cabins are generally filled with leisure travellers who won’t pay more than £2k.

      • Lady London says:

        23 Nov23 November 15:15

        Is there anything worse than the 747’s BA uses from West Coast?

        • Alan says:

          23 Nov23 November 15:19

          A 777 with no upper deck? 🙂

      • The Original Nick says:

        23 Nov23 November 21:37

        I liked the AB layout too and the huge screens they used. Shame AB have gone.

      • BJ says:

        25 Nov25 November 18:09

        @Lady London, I’d love to fly a 747 one last time, even the creaking, straining, groaning noises as they climb are comforting… and the landing – wow! Agree with Alan on 777s, the plane I like least of all time.

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

    23 Nov23 November 10:05

    Might just be me, but I thought the biz seats were perfectly acceptable when AB were flying them (unless, perhaps, you get a love seat with a stranger).

    • Natalie says:

      23 Nov23 November 14:37

      My husband sat on what he described as a cricket ball (both ways) to Antigua in UC on one. Never again.

• Natalie says:

  23 Nov23 November 09:21

  I bagged 2 x UC returns LGW to MBJ yesterday for £1104 each inc. taxes.. That is a 747 400 route 🙂

• Nick says:

  23 Nov23 November 12:17

  OT as no bits today

  Any idea which gift cards can be bought at Morrison’s?

  • Mark2 says:

    23 Nov23 November 12:29

    A wide range, similar to Tesco. Includes Amazon and John Lewis, M&S etc.
    With their own loyalty card you get 0.5% cash back (in £5 vouchers) down from 2.5% in October.

    • Andy says:

      23 Nov23 November 17:47

      I was in this morning and was impressed with how many different options were available. It is a bit surprising that they sell cards for other supermarkets, but I suppose profit is profit.

      • Shoestring says:

        23 Nov23 November 17:51

        They don’t exactly advertise that John Lewis giftcards work equally well @Waitrose (though it’s true)

      • Froggee says:

        23 Nov23 November 19:13

        I just happened to buy £350 of John Lewis vouchers today (7x£50). As it turned out the maximum they can sell without STORE MANAGER approval is one! Checkout supervisor was highly unamused that she couldn’t authorise the transaction. Store manager didn’t bat an eyelid. I’ve already bought two Alexa enabled Sonos speakers with them. 😀

        • Alan says:

          23 Nov23 November 19:15

          LOL must be a policy for that store! The thing I like about Morrisons cf Tesco is that you can use self-checkout with gift cards – although often need to plonk something down (keys, wallet, etc.) on the scales so it registers an ‘item’ after you’ve scanned it.

      • mr dee says:

        24 Nov24 November 17:54

        Yes they limited the amount of gift cards in a purchase to 1, this goes for self checkout as well, can’t remember if they also make you get it approved or not by the staff. Gone are the days of putting 20 cards at a time through the till

    • FlyUpTop says:

      24 Nov24 November 13:15

      Bought £100 worth of JL GC’s last night using the Amex offer. Use them in Waitrose for 10% off.
      I was impressed with the wide range in Morries, usual suspects like Amazon, JL, now, boots etc

      • Shoestring says:

        24 Nov24 November 13:39

        Nice saving. I guess that makes Waitrose only 50% more expensive than Lidl 🙂

• James says:

  23 Nov23 November 15:05

  Booking myself a trip to china. Unsure to fly premium economy or economy delight?
  Was going economy delight, but it seems for only 100 quid more if I book premium economy on the flight back. IS it worth it if I am already getting slightly larger seat in economy delight?

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

    23 Nov23 November 15:28

    Economy delight is a regular seat, just more legroom. Premium gets you a better seat with more recline, better catering, 2-3-2 cabin layout (Economy Delight is a window block of three). I wouldn’t say I’ve noticed much difference in terms of service and FC earning is, I think, the same too.

• BJ says:

  24 Nov24 November 19:44

  OT: My discovery today…individual Tesco stores have total discretion to refund transactions in the manner of their choosing. This includes payments in full, or in part(s), by clubcard vouchers or other coupons. Despite the T&C pertaining to refund of clubcard transactions, clubcard CS apparently cannot (and will not IME today) overule the instore CSA, supervisor or manager should they decide to refund you in cash/giftcard as opposed to points. I have no idea how typical this store is but spending vouchers instore if you intend refunding them for whatever reason could be a bad idea. My case today has been escalated by clubcard so it will be interesting to see the outcome.

  • JPa says:

    24 Nov24 November 23:00

    Is this related to the xmas savings thing by any chance?

    • Shoestring says:

      24 Nov24 November 23:03

      Apologies if more trouble than it was worth. Fuel, groceries.

      • BJ says:

        25 Nov25 November 06:54

        No apology needed Harry, I went into this with eyes wide open and I am sure everybody else did too. It was worth the shot and more fun than the more mundane elements of our hobby. Nobody in the store, me or clubcard got upset about it, it was all very light and civil. The in store CSA (weekender I think) didn’t know so he insisted on calling supervisor as opposed to clubcard, supervisor refused both refund of points and call, manager came on scene and probably wanted to be seen backing her staff. I called clubcard, phone was passed around, store stuck to their position and refunded me cash to card of my choice. Clubcard CSA apologetic and said she will escalate issue. I told her to go ahead but made it clear to all concerned it was not a complaint about store or staff, more a need to reconcile clubcard T&C with procedures in store. I took my refund on my card so can spend anywhere, no harm done. This was early yesterday so nobody held up in service desk queue. I am still of the impression this could work if one gets lucky with the right store and/or service desk staff because clubcard CS certainly don’t seem to have a problem refunding as points. I was curious what would show up on receipt if I used regular clubcard vouchers as part of my transaction. I added £4 of these. Both these and Xmas saver voucher simply show up on receipt as ‘coupons with nothing to distinguish between them.

      • tom1 says:

        25 Nov25 November 17:58

        This was exactly my experience – and I also mixed regular CC vouchers as well as xmas. Everyone friendly and willing to help, but even calling Clubcard CS got the same result that all refunds will be to card of my choice (not Amex obvs).
        Only did a small amount to test, so still have more to use if anyone else discovers the solution.

      • BJ says:

        25 Nov25 November 18:17

        @Tom, might be best to wait until Q1 or Q2 next year when, hopefully, everybody has forgotten Xmas Saver.

    • BJ says:

      25 Nov25 November 06:21

      Yes.

• ZedS says:

  25 Nov25 November 17:16

  OT

  I’m BA Silver and have an upcoming Finnair flight. How do I select seats on this itinerary? I haven’t created a Finnair account and when I try to access the booking through the Finnair link it charges me for any seat changes (and I’m not sure where to put in my BA #).

  Any help greatly appreciated.

  Zed

  • ZedS says:

    25 Nov25 November 17:17

    Oh and I can’t add this booking to my BA Exec Club account as it doesn’t contain any BA flights…

    • Shoestring says:

      25 Nov25 November 17:24

      Seat changes may be chargeable but easy to put in your BAEC details on Finnair.com thru Manage My Booking

      • Shoestring says:

        25 Nov25 November 17:36

        and you don’t need a Finnair a/c to choose seats

• Lee says:

  25 Nov25 November 22:04

  Ive found a deal on United airlines Usa to New York but it wont process the payment even though it gives me the option for uk address it just comes up with an error ? is this a glitch or can you not use a uk credit card on the Usa version of United airlines site.

  The price is 3 times the price on uk site .

  thanks in advance

  • Alan says:

    25 Nov25 November 22:34

    Was this an Amex? They don’t do address verification so should normally go through OK with them…

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