Keep looking for upgrades

Katenbeth · 19 Feb 19, 08:21 PM

Just bagged 2 upgrades from economy to premium for �64 (for both) and a banked virgin money upgrade, could not be happier 😁. Keep on looking if your in the market for some.

elmowins · 19 Feb 19, 08:51 PM

How do you do this? Where do you search?

silverfox46 · 19 Feb 19, 08:54 PM

Wow, interested to know how you did it also when the best time to check

Katenbeth · 19 Feb 19, 09:33 PM

It�s a little long winded and this was for 2 of us on a one way upgrade, so here�s how it went.
We booked reward flights for this April using flying club miles but could only get 4 premium out and 2 premium & 2 economy return (I know,first world problems)

I�ve checked on and off over the last few months to see if the return opened up for a reward upgrade, and today it did 🤗, called flying club and got the option of either 10000 miles each + �120 tax or a premium upgrade split from spends on the virgin cc.

We opted for the split virgin cc upgrade (we get a few of these per year because we channel all our expenditures through it) so that was no loss really.

The real kicker was a refund of �28pp for reserving economy seats in the upper cabin that we had forgotten about on the original booking.

All in all, we have got return flights for 4 in premium for around �1250.

Burgmeister · 20 Feb 19, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Katenbeth

We opted for the split virgin cc upgrade (we get a few of these per year because we channel all our expenditures through it) so that was no loss really.

I didn't realise you could earn more than one in any 12 month period. Good to know.

Burgmeister · 23 Feb 19, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by Katenbeth

We opted for the split virgin cc upgrade (we get a few of these per year because we channel all our expenditures through it) so that was no loss really.

You must have got lucky. I just queried Virgin Money about this and they said that you can only earn one voucher per account year.

Katenbeth · 23 Feb 19, 11:22 AM

We both have a cc , so we get one each year.

Mickie · 23 Feb 19, 02:51 PM

Can I ask how you check how flights open up for a reward upgrade? Not seen anything obvious on line or is it a question of phoning?

Burgmeister · 23 Feb 19, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by Katenbeth

We both have a cc , so we get one each year.

Ah, OK, now I get what you meant. Thanks for clarifying

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