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Was looking at LHR-IAD in upper. Managed to find saver level award both ways so price in points was reasonable at 92,500 Virgin Points. But then they quoted £1,043.52 in taxes and fees?! I thought when they introduced dynamic pricing the fees at saver level were reduced?!
VS cash fare for the same dates in upper return is £1,710 … makes the redemption 0 value, even at saver level.
The fees also seem to be “dynamic” now, which can work for or against you. Sometimes it can work out cheaper booking as 2 singles now, have you tried pricing it up that way?
From tracking a one way redemption over the past month it now seems to vary depending on the amount of points for the flight and some sort of banding.
For a one way UC flight the fees vary as below:
29k-35k – $264
45k-250k – $498The 45-56k are marked as saver fares but still attract the higher level of charges. My bands aren’t completely accurate as I don’t have enough data points
Some PE redemptions from the US seem (relatively) decent value with fees at $189 from what I’ve seen.
Of course if you use Virgin points on DL ex-US, you pay $6 in taxes 😂
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