Virgin Atlantic confirms Sao Paulo flight dates and timings

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• stevenhp1987 says:

  10 Sep10 September 04:26

  Sao Paulo flights appear for sale on their website for me. Even have reward availability loaded, 140k points for a return in Upper.

  • Rob says:

    10 Sep10 September 08:24

    Thanks. Must have gone on overnight.

• Alex says:

  10 Sep10 September 04:43

  The Sao Paolo flight times look pretty standard for Europe/Latam sectors. AF, LH and BA all have their planes sitting in GRU for the same time that VS will have theirs.

• kumar says:

  10 Sep10 September 04:47

  O/T: When you haven’t earned a single Avios in the last 12 months,the best way to deposit Avios into BAEC to buy a Reward Flight saver ticket the same day ,Is it buying 1000 Avios from BA than book RFS .Can this be managed the same day?
  Please let me know .Thanks

  • Shoestring says:

    10 Sep10 September 06:35

    yes should be instant

  • Rob says:

    10 Sep10 September 08:24

    Tesco conversions are overnight, Amex transfers are usually overnight.

    • Oh! Matron! says:

      10 Sep10 September 08:27

      Good to know, as I transfered 71K yesterday. Got the “Your request is being processed email”

      Shame it’s so slow… VS and DL manage 15 minutes….

    • kumar says:

      10 Sep10 September 10:39

      Thanks .Just bought points at 31GBP for 1300 avios and the 1 avios requirement is for the Head of the household account in last 12 months and not for all the family members.Booked to Ibiza.

      • Polly says:

        10 Sep10 September 15:50

        Kumar,
        Next time you shop online, just go through the basic e shop and bag a few avios , save the panic further down the line.

• Mr. AC says:

  10 Sep10 September 06:44

  Question to the people that have been to the Luxury travel fare previously – anything interesting to be found there for a point / mile collector / aspirational traveller? (discount vouchers, special offers etc) Or it’s purely an industry event?

  • Jtz says:

    10 Sep10 September 07:45

    There are some country specific tour operators there who specialise in specific cities or tours where it may be difficult for a solo tourist to do themselves.
    I think if you are going to book any packages on the day, they are willing to cut prices. The website probably has a list of exhibitors.

  • Rob says:

    10 Sep10 September 08:22

    It is 100% a consumer event, but more aimed at wealthy pensioners from the Cotswolds. It is not a coincidence that the Spirit of Christmas Fair is on the same dates.

    • Mikeact says:

      10 Sep10 September 21:55

      Nothing wrong with that, thank you very much !

• Jonathan says:

  10 Sep10 September 07:21

  Does anyone know if you can earn Virgin Flying Club Miles on flights previously taken with GOL Airlines?

  • Shoestring says:

    10 Sep10 September 07:41

    not on the Virgin partners list https://www.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/flying-club/partners/airlines.html

    • Rob says:

      10 Sep10 September 08:13

      It will only be on VS coded flights initially I would guess.

      • Jonathan says:

        10 Sep10 September 09:51

        I’d’ve thought that if they were selling the GOL Airlines’ flights then you should be able to earn Virgin Flying Club Miles on those flights given that they’re selling you the flights.

        • Rob says:

          10 Sep10 September 10:42

          Any GOL ticket sold by Virgin will have a VS flight number, almost certainly.

• Matt says:

  10 Sep10 September 07:31

  OT – my revolut account is frozen whilst they ask me for docs. Been frozen for over a week, despite me sending in a load of complex docs. Been trying to get in touch with customer services for three days via chat, but no success (same timeline as other days).

  Let’s be honest – not a bank you’d leave any money in, or rely on given the above, is it?

  • Anna says:

    10 Sep10 September 07:54

    What have you had to send them for? I opened a Revolut account recently and all I had to do was scan my driving licence on my phone and it was confirmed within minutes.

    • KBuffett says:

      10 Sep10 September 08:00

      Opening an account is easy.
      Maintaining an account is more difficult as they want more proof after more than around £20k has passed through your account for anti money laundering checks.

  • KBuffett says:

    10 Sep10 September 08:03

    Agree. Mine was done the same day (this was around a year ago) and my situation was slightly complex too. Their checks aren’t too stringent either.
    Check the app as it’s easy to miss replies from them in the chat section.

  • Genghis says:

    10 Sep10 September 08:11

    Been a naughty boy? 🙂
    Remember they’re not a bank (yet). I don’t leave money in there for any length of time.

  • fivebobbill says:

    10 Sep10 September 09:13

    Done the same to me about 6 or 7 months ago, asked me for proof of funds and proof of access etc. However, although I provided the requested material immediately, and got an acknowledgement, it took them well over a week (maybe 2) to return my account to normal. I would say however, I was still able to spend whatever balance I had in there, just couldn’t do anything else with the account. Think my turnover would have been in the region of £40k/£50k in the previous 6 months.
    Otherwise can’t complain, Revolut has been good for me, happy to stick with them for now…

  • xcalx says:

    10 Sep10 September 09:44

    Mrs xcalx and my accounts frozen. Only tried to add £500 to each for overseas spend. Got message £200 only. Deposited £200 into each account and now both are frozen until we prove income. Waste of time opening these Revolut accounts.

    • xcalx says:

      10 Sep10 September 10:00

      I take that back, just allowed £400 deposits. Seems we are now deiced.

  • John says:

    10 Sep10 September 09:45

    I had some issues 2 months ago with duplicate payments taken by revolut from my credit card – an extra 1,800 had been taken through revolut double-charging.

    Took 3-4 days to get a response from customer services and get the money returned, barely got an apology for the mistake and no apology for the double-charging which would have gone un-noticed if I had not spotted it.
    That was enough for me to stop using them – ultimately there will be times with an account – errors etc that you need to contact customer services. Imagine if the above card had gone over-drawn?
    If you can’t contact a financial firm when there are issues then that’s not a firm I can do business with

    • John says:

      10 Sep10 September 12:38

      That’s why I don’t top up revolut with cards

• Shoestring says:

  10 Sep10 September 08:19

  OFFER DETAILS Save to Card to get a £15 Statement Credit when you spend £100 or more on flights with SWISS or Lufthansa online before 9 November 2019.

• Jonathan says:

  10 Sep10 September 08:55

  OT has anyone managed to add their capital on tap to either Revolut or Curve as i’m struggling?

  • Rob says:

    10 Sep10 September 09:02

    Prepaid cards do not work with Curve by default – Curve needs to decide to accept them. This is what happened with the Lufthansa card, which IS now accepted on Curve. I doubt COT will get added given it is ended in its MC form on 31/10. I am guessing the new Visa can be added without any trouble.

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