Virgin Reward Flights - Sept 2020

[miss_mouse]

Hi

The past few trips we've booked our Virgin miles flights in Premium no problem at all.
Summer time flights and we get up early on the day the flights are released and we book our flights for the 4 of us.

We just came home on September 10th which is the latest we've ever come back.

We've been waiting for September next year. We like watching the pattern the few weeks before seeing the flights get released. But this year, nothings happening in September from Gatwick

Is anyone else waiting?
Have you booked in September before?
Is this normal for this time of year?
Do they tend to release them later?

We wondered with Thomas Cook being out of the picture if they are waiting to see how much the flights fill up before they release the miles flights?

[stinkyminky]

I spoke to virgin the other day and they are releasing their reward seats differently, I have been watching lhr to sea. they were some, then none, now some!

I;m also watching mco to man and there are none none and absolutely none!

[miss_mouse]

Yes, we've noticed they've stopped the MAN flights too.
My friend got some out to MCO the other day but now they seem to have stopped the returns.

I hope they release them soon.

Good luck with your flights

[Clamshell]

So if we are planning to upgrade from economy to PE using miles, is it best to grab the economy flights as soon as we get the chance and then keep our eyes peeled for upgrades?

[miss_mouse]

Yes.
We got told last week that there is no longer a £30 admin fee to upgrade when booking miles flights.