Decent Virgin Atlantic Premium reward availability to Toronto in April / May

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• SXPARKIN says:

  19 Feb19 February 09:10

  USA is sold out in UC in next few months especially getting back to UK – there are a few spots which have 57,500 one way but rare – I had to cancel a UC redemption for 90k miles – to rebook 99% of UC flights are a whopping 350,000 points now – not had good experiences in PE personally…Atlanta for example used to have good selection (like BA) for redemptions a few months out – Now – nothing much in UC – appreciate the thrust of this is about PE and a new route but the dynamic pricing even on that is patchy and like the USA routes – the redemption prices have in some cases nearly quadrupled – Agreed there are some good bits but generally USA is off the end of the scale looking out from now and summer – perhaps the late Easter has some small affect to as its bumps into Bank holiday weeks in June, early USA school breaks in June….but it looks chock – a – block and pricey (very)

• BJ says:

  19 Feb19 February 09:38

  I only have about 2000 points left now but still have a voucher. Anyone have any thoughts on how best to use voucher in these circumstance? Best just to forget the points and use voucher as 2for1 or to upgrade cadh flights or best to buy points and use it in conjunction with a reward flight? Both my partner and I have our Birthday in May so a week to London and Toronto might be good idea.

  • Rob says:

    19 Feb19 February 09:59

    I think (and its not 100% clear) that if you bought a cash flight and the equivalent points flight was under 75k then you could pay the entire cost with the voucher (taxes etc still due) for the 2nd person.

  • FREEFLIGHTS says:

    19 Feb19 February 10:14

    I have just asked that same question in the forums. I have even asked Virgin “voucher customer services” and they were unsure on what happens.

  • BJ says:

    19 Feb19 February 10:41

    Thanks, this is exactly what I was wondering but couldn’t quite get my head around it. Sounds like it’s one for the call centre with credit card in hand to see what they’ll do when an imminent booking is their’s for the taking.

  • Throwawayname says:

    19 Feb19 February 12:57

    Upgrading probably is the way to go, as you can move two classes up and the taxes and charges on the saver flights aren’t as brutal as they used to be. I’m hoping to use my Oct ’23 voucher for a trip to Sri Lanka (CMB is barely a couple of hours away from BOM, and Indian visas are pretty straightforward to obtain nowadays).

    • BJ says:

      19 Feb19 February 14:34

      I have no status though so I think that means I can only upgrade to premium?

  • mena says:

    19 Feb19 February 15:09

    why dont you buy from Virgin thepoints ?

    • BJ says:

      19 Feb19 February 16:18

      Considering it. Virgin is not my scheme so I need to read the university series article on the voucher again. I was hoping to use points and voucher to South Africa at Easter when they released loads of seats but codn’t get hd of my partner at the time to ok it. Eventually used them on KLM back from BKK (not a great deal) so I’m now trying to find something that’ll work with voucher under new rules. However, I won’t do so just for the sake of it.

      • Throwawayname says:

        19 Feb19 February 19:28

        The vouchers can be used for two class upgrades, the only advantage of those with status is they’re able to cover 150k with them as opposed to 75k.

        • BJ says:

          20 Feb20 February 06:58

          Oh ok, thinking about it I now recall it was x1.5 or something to upgrade to UC without status. I’ll spend some time today rereading Virgin University series.

  • JPK says:

    19 Feb19 February 22:30

    Wait for Christmas and get a wine advent calendar

    • BJ says:

      20 Feb20 February 06:53

      I don’t think 2000 points will go that far and surely the 75k value of my vouvher can only be used against flights?

• GMT says:

  19 Feb19 February 13:01

  I’m gold with Virgin and managed to book a return in UC for LHR>JFK in April a couple of weeks ago for 152k using the voucher plus 2k from FC my account. It was the third time I called the call centre in 2 weeks and had 3 different rules of how I could and couldn’t use the voucher from each representative. The third person was excellent and looked at all the best permutations for minimum miles to get the lowest redemption and basically only using the voucher (all bar 2k). Its not a slick process though but fortunately got what I needed. The same flights VS3 & VS4 on the same dates are now well over 250k miles.

  • BJ says:

    19 Feb19 February 16:27

    Thanks for posting, good to know some agents will do it like this.

• BJ says:

  19 Feb19 February 16:24

  I had used some on CDG-BCN, they’re good value for stuff like this if you want flexibility or to try booking at short notice.

  • Throwawayname says:

    19 Feb19 February 21:16

    They aren’t that flexible, the change fee is $75 or something. But they’re great for last minute bookings.

    • BJ says:

      20 Feb20 February 06:48

      I didn’t think the fee was that high but when I cancelled one they never charged it anyway.

• Whitworth says:

  20 Feb20 February 08:32

  It was a lot easier to get oasis tickets in Toronto , so we got some and booked a BA 241 club flight for August bank holiday . Can’t wait

  • Ben says:

    20 Feb20 February 12:23

    Good for you, but it feels like flying long-haul to see a British band play is the kind of thing that future generations will look back on with utter horror.

    • Rhys B says:

      20 Feb20 February 16:13

      My advice to future generations would be Don’t Look Back in Anger.

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