Utilising the 30% Virgin Atlantic sale from abroad

[Ash]

I want to use the offer to book a flight to US ..LA, San Fran it Vegas, possibly open jaw.

But I’m abroad till 28th deadline date, calls cost £1/min.

Anyway I can book online to bank the lower points and later use a voucher to upgrade the booking?

[Skywalker]

What number are you calling?

[Ash]

Ah should’ve mentioned. My UK network is charging me £1 a min to call a UK home number from South Africa (where I’m currently travelling)

[Skywalker]

Find wifi
Download Skype
Get a skype account/add some credit
Using Skype, dial US Virgin freephone number (which routes to the UK during certain hours)

Hope this works out.

PS You may have to buy a Skype subscription initially (not sure) – but it’s really good for when you’re overseas and you can pick an easy telephone number if there is one available.

[Guernsey Globetrotter]

Definitely go the Skype route rather than paying full points and then trying to apply the voucher retrospectively. When I tried that last year I was told that they would have to cancel my bookings and hope they went back into reward inventory to re-book – not a chance you want to take I think!