VS - MAN-MCO - Upper Class Logic... Please help

[miked1e]

Originally Posted by eaglesrest

I got up at 5am on the day the MAN-MCO outbound was released and booked those UC as a one-way, asking the agent to make notes that we would be adding the inbound approx 2 weeks later. We were prepared to book PE if that was all that was available.

Then did the same for the inbound 2 weeks later. You can then use seatspy to watch for UC rewards being released on either leg if you still have points available.

We went the day after SATs finished over May half-term and it was a lot easier getting rewards than over summer. Same for accommodation - we managed to get 2 weeks BCV in 1 and 2 bedrooms at 7 months which is rare. All pre-pandemic of course.

The only really busy park times were over memorial weekend.

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So you can book as 2 'one-ways'. Is this normal? I always expected we would have to wait till the inbound is released to book.

Did you book all as rewards?

[DisneyCupcake]

Originally Posted by miked1e

So you can book as 2 'one-ways'. Is this normal? I always expected we would have to wait till the inbound is released to book.

Did you book all as rewards?

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Taxes can be higher if you "book" two separate one-way references as it is usually cheaper to add the return on to the original outbound PNR. Worth looking into if you can.

[Kat11]

Originally Posted by miked1e

So you can book as 2 'one-ways'. Is this normal? I always expected we would have to wait till the inbound is released to book.

Did you book all as rewards?

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Yes we’ve done this twice. Got up very, very early on release day to do it. 😴

Kat

[Mary A]

Originally Posted by miked1e

So you can book as 2 'one-ways'. Is this normal? I always expected we would have to wait till the inbound is released to book.

Did you book all as rewards?

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If you book 2 one way reward seats the taxes will cost more. I've been researching our flights for next year and would cost approx. £300 more for each person doing it this way.

FC used to combine them into a single ticket if you contacted them but are not able to do this anymore

[miked1e]

Thank you all... Need to look into this more on what are the bet options for points / reward vouchers etc.

That being said, I have just been on Seatspy and seems a lot of availability for July.

I take it with hopefully borders / holidays now opening up VS are looking to get people on their flights?

[eaglesrest]

Originally Posted by miked1e

So you can book as 2 'one-ways'. Is this normal? I always expected we would have to wait till the inbound is released to book.

Did you book all as rewards?

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Yes book outbound on release and then add the inbound to the outbound to make a return and reduce the taxes.

We used this approach just this year for our original LHR to SFO flights and the agent was more than happy to combine them into a return. Depends on who you get though. I knew this particular agent from previous positive bookings which helped.

Another strategy to avoid the high taxes is to book a return with the inbound the next or same day if possible. Then when your actual inbound date arrives, call up and ask them to amend the dates. You might pay £30pp to change but you get the return with no issues.

Another strategy is to book the outbound on a 5 day hold. Then keep extending that hold until you are ready to book the inbound. Bit of a pain tbh. Maybe better to book the outbound on hold, then when a return becomes available in the next 5 days, you can convert that to a return, and amend to your actual date as above.

We haven’t booked a cash only flight in about 15 years