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Have been looking at a one way virgin redemption in Upper Class from LHR flying east. There’s 4 of us and there is OK saver availability for point redemptions. The taxes seem bonkers though. Over £2200 in tax just one way. Is there scope to buy e.g premium and then upgrade and save on the taxes? Or is there no way escaping this.
How are people happily paying £1100 per person in tax for return? Seems mad. You can buy cash tickets with other airlines for £1.2 – 2k return
The vast majority of that £1.1k is the VS surcharge which isnt a real tax and nor is it possible to avoid.
A to whether it would be cheaper to start in PE and upgrade to UC rather than start in Economy that’s somethig you’ll have to do some dummy bookings and work out
Upgrading still means you pay the same additional fees – one way to avoid some fees is to connect from DUB/CDG/AMS etc on AF/KL. Of course, the points increase by 9k! On my current search, fees reduce from £550 one way UC down to £375.
Also, try to find a ‘super’ saver, where fees are a lower.
You have to pay the fees for the cabin you fly in, you can’t get around this. But fees do now seem to be dynamic, and on some dates they’re significantly lower than they were previously. It does need a bit of searching and flexibility to be able to take advantage of these though, and of course fees don’t show up on the Virgin reward finder calendar!
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