Virgin Black Friday Sale & 50% Points Redemption

[Tiger Lily]

I managed to get through this morning after just over an hour on hold. They let me put on reserve 5 premium economy seats until Saturday. So now converting my Tesco points for the last few points I need. I converted a few yesterday and already in my Virgin account. So pleased that we can now start planning again

[lme30005]

I have spied some very tempting UC prices. If I book and have to rebook the flights, can you downgrade cabin class? UC prices could be really expensive at point of rebooking but might be able to rebook premium instead for roughly the same cost. My flights this year were converted to open ticket (which I then got a refund for) but I think I could have used the total ticket amount towards any flights/cabin class and paid more or less accordingly. Not sure if it will work like that again

[gavvy]

Used 90k miles to book delight out and pe back in October. £350 each.

It was only £100 extra to upgrade to pe on the return

[Lizzim]

So we have enough miles (because of the 50% offer) to book 2 return flights to Orlando next Sept and only pay taxes and fees - about £1300.

Am I correct in the following:

• If we cancel at least 24 hours before we get our miles back plus the taxes and fees (except for a fee of around £30)
• This would then mean insurance is less of an issue than normal because if COVID is still a major issue we could just cancel ourselves?

If so, then it would make booking now more appealing as our only real issue in the event we couldn't travel would be that we might have to wait a while for Virgin to give us our £1300 back.

[Mr Tom Morrow]

Originally Posted by Lizzim

So we have enough miles (because of the 50% offer) to book 2 return flights to Orlando next Sept and only pay taxes and fees - about £1300.

Am I correct in the following:

• If we cancel at least 24 hours before we get our miles back plus the taxes and fees (except for a fee of around £30)
• This would then mean insurance is less of an issue than normal because if COVID is still a major issue we could just cancel ourselves?

If so, then it would make booking now more appealing as our only real issue in the event we couldn't travel would be that we might have to wait a while for Virgin to give us our £1300 back.

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Both your questions are correct. I do it a lot.

[Lizzim]

Originally Posted by Mr Tom Morrow

Both your questions are correct. I do it a lot.

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Thank you - that really helps. I can totally risk a bit of a delay as our worst case outcome

[Whoppery5k]

Originally Posted by Lizzim

So we have enough miles (because of the 50% offer) to book 2 return flights to Orlando next Sept and only pay taxes and fees - about £1300.

Am I correct in the following:

• If we cancel at least 24 hours before we get our miles back plus the taxes and fees (except for a fee of around £30)
• This would then mean insurance is less of an issue than normal because if COVID is still a major issue we could just cancel ourselves?

If so, then it would make booking now more appealing as our only real issue in the event we couldn't travel would be that we might have to wait a while for Virgin to give us our £1300 back.

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Is that £1300 on top of your points you spent?
That seems really expensive for 2 people in sept.

[Cabbie]

Originally Posted by Whoppery5k

Is that £1300 on top of your points you spent?
That seems really expensive for 2 people in sept.

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That would be correct if the flights are in UC, taxes and surcharges are charged at a fixed rate throughout the year.

-Steve

[Kirky123]

Just booked 4 adults Econ classic, 19th Sept from Manchester for just under £1000 for all 4 of us. I had been looking at Econ light prices of £412 each so I'm really happy with the price I've paid.

I feel much happier after the earlier confirmation that if the unthinkable happens and we cannot go we could cancel these flights for just £30 each.

[skstorm]

Originally Posted by elmspenguin

anyone had any luck getting through, availability is there but I am wanting to do EC outbound and PE inbound, anyone know how much the taxes on this.

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yes you can get through if you ring first thing its a shorter queue but expect to wait about an hour at least. it was an hour on first call at 7.15am and an hour and 45 mins on 2nd call at 12 noon. I was told once they get a lot busier at 11 when the americans start joining the call queue