Points for Virgin upgrades

[katie]

I wonder if someone can clarify my position. I have 25,500 points. Can I pay for an economy seat and use 20,000 points to upgrade to PE both ways on my next holiday? Is it possible to upgrade using points to PE out to Florida and Club class back to Manchester? Does anyone know how many points I would need to do that? I realise it woud be easier to ring Virgin but, being the trusting soul that I am :rolleyes: I would rather ask you people 'cos I trust you more to give correct info.

Katie :)

[PaulaK]

In principal, yes you can BUT in practice the correct class of economy seat and the correct class of reward seat in PE or UC has to be available to do it. Flying Club are the only people that can check that for you. Reward seats are very limited and getting hard to get.

There is no Club Orlando to Manchester anymore, it's all Upper Class now. You don't have enough miles to do PE one way and UC the other if that's what you meant :unsure:. That would be I think 10,000 from economy to PE one way and a further 30,000 from economy to UC back.

[katie]

Thanks for that Paula - I knew I could rely on the good people of this board. Although I won't be going UC, at least I can go PE both ways and I am very flexible, so I am sure I will sort something out for next year. Failing that, there is always First Choice.

Cheers, Katie :)

[PaulaK]

The best use of your miles would be if one of you could get to 30,000 miles by getting a Virgin credit card or buying from Virgin wine etc, then you could get a 'companion PE seat' for 30,000 miles return. :thumbs: It works out about the same as buying 2 x economy seats.

[katie]

Thanks again Paula - didn't know about the credit card thing. Something else to look at. I'll go and look at the Virgin site and look at the details. I'm getting excited about next year and I haven't had this years holiday yet!! This board (& Paula) is mine of information.

Katie :

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I may have read this wrong, but if I was to have 10,000 points, does that mean I can upgrade from Economy to PE free of charge (one-way)?

[AlecK]

I may have read this wrong, but if I was to have 10,000 points, does that mean I can upgrade from Economy to PE free of charge (one-way)?

Yes Ad. :thumbs: but you have to phone the flying club to do it and I don't think it applies to Virgin Holiday economy seats as they're the wrong fare type.

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Yes Ad. :thumbs: but you have to phone the flying club to do it and I don't think it applies to Virgin Holiday economy seats as they're the wrong fare type.


Ah! I booked through Virgin Holidays... Ah well, at least we'll both be saving loads more points up then!

We curretnly both have aqbout 8,500 points. So, if we don't use them this time, we'll have about 17,000 each after this trip - so if we do something like the Virgin Credit card etc (and book our flight through VA direct) we'll be getting a "round trip" upgrade for the next trip then! :D

[ukwdwnut]

i would defo get the virgin cc ad, i did and from last octobers flight i had the 8700? now after using the v CC for only 3 months i have 22000 :D

get the £80 annual card and get double mile and get the 4000 bonus miles on 1st use :D

did you join the club from the invite i sent you?

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i would defo get the virgin cc ad, i did and from last octobers flight i had the 8700? now after using the v CC for only 3 months i have 22000 :D

get the £80 annual card and get double mile and get the 4000 bonus miles on 1st use :D

did you join the club from the invite i sent you?


Both my girlfiiend and myself joined the club from your invites. It said that the bonus miles will be added to your account - I thought this would happen straight away when we claimed our "missing miles" - so have these actually been added to your account?

[ukwdwnut]

i think they go on when you take the flight :D

now your member invite all your friends who use virgin that are not members and get miles too, i'll send you a thanyou surprise when i get them as a gesture :D

get the card its well worth it :D ive nearly got enough miles already for a freebie so by the time 07 comes round who knows how many i'll have :woohoo:
denise has applied for one too

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i think they go on when you take the flight :D

now your member invite all your friends who use virgin that are not members and get miles too, i'll send you a thanyou surprise when i get them as a gesture :D

get the card its well worth it :D ive nearly got enough miles already for a freebie so by the time 07 comes round who knows how many i'll have :woohoo:
denise has applied for one too

Cool :D

I just thought that, as I claimed miles for my previous flight (and this count as my own "qualifying flight"), that this would apply to you too. Ah well, you've got those lovely points to look forward to in May/June '06 then :D :D

Thanks again for the invite - it really is a good offer in my opinion given the real cost (in cash terms) that you would otherwise have to pay to upgrade!

[PaulaK]

You won't get recommendation miles if he's booked through Virgin Holidays i'm afraid Mike. Virgin Holidays are a special class of fare on VA flights and they don't qualify for referrals.

[ukwdwnut]

You won't get recommendation miles if he's booked through Virgin Holidays i'm afraid Mike. Virgin Holidays are a special class of fare on VA flights and they don't qualify for referrals.


oh well nevermind, at least ad can get the miles into his account now and benefit from them :D

[ukwdwnut]

mind you if he books next one thru va will i get them then still or is there a time limit?

[PaulaK]

Maybe. I referred my parents ages ago and that's when I found out they didn't count. When we fly in May it will be the first time they have booked with VA since then, so i'll let you know if I get them. You do get referral miles for people who book VA flights through 3rd parties like Ebookers, Travelocity etc. It's just VH flights that don't count sadly.

[ukwdwnut]

Maybe. I referred my parents ages ago and that's when I found out they didn't count. When we fly in May it will be the first time they have booked with VA since then, so i'll let you know if I get them. You do get referral miles for people who book VA flights through 3rd parties like Ebookers, Travelocity etc. It's just VH flights that don't count sadly.

what a bummer, seeing as they are from the same owner you would have thought that they would tie in with each other :D

ok will do :D

btw luv the siggy piccy :D she looks all growd up :D

[PaulaK]

Ta! :D She is all growd up :cry: It'll not be long before I have to pay adult prices for her :doh:

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mind you if he books next one thru va will i get them then still or is there a time limit?

When is it you go in '07??

For our next but one trip (which we may well take in '07 given we may get free upgrades) we will defo be booking direct with VA. This should still be within both of our 3 year limits, so hopefully you'll still get the miles before your trip :D

[ukwdwnut]

we wanna go in october :D

[ukwdwnut]

Ta! :D She is all growd up :cry: It'll not be long before I have to pay adult prices for her :doh:


it soon comes round you know, they grow up so quickly, i cant believ laure is 20 this yr :(

if we didnt have the kids we could go every year :lol:

lauren can pay for her own seats now :lol:

[PaulaK]

When is it you go in '07??

For our next but one trip (which we may well take in '07 given we may get free upgrades) we will defo be booking direct with VA. This should still be within both of our 3 year limits, so hopefully you'll still get the miles before your trip :D
Your 3 year limit restarts each time your account is added to. Your VH flights will qualify for your own miles so you'll be ok. Mike's restart everytime he gets a CC statement so his will be fine too. I'm not sure if there's a time limit on referrals though. I know there is a limit of 10 people you can recommend.

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we wanna go in october :D


Cool, well assuming we go in '07 (which I'm going to be pressing very hard for :wink: ) we'll be going in the May - so there's no reason why you won't get those points eventually :D

[ukwdwnut]

im so glad i talked to you and alec about the cc paula, thanks for all your help :hug: for you not alec :lol:

i reckon by the end of this year i will have enough points for a freebie if not sooner the way they are building up :D

[PaulaK]

No probs Mike :thumbs:

I was pretty naffed off when I realised I couldn't get VH referral miles, but really it makes sense. The reason a lot of people won't book direct with VA or someone like Ebookers is that you have to pay everything immediately. You need to book reward flights 11 months in advance because more and more people are fighting for 1 or 2 seats on each flight and many people don't want to have to pay the whole amount 11 months out instead of 8 weeks out or whatever it is with VH.

best stop plugging FC now or we'll never get seats :wink:

[ukwdwnut]

I was pretty naffed off when I realised I couldn't get VH referral miles, but really it makes sense. The reason a lot of people won't book direct with VA or someone like Ebookers is that you have to pay eveything immediately. You need to book reward flights 11 months in advance because more and more people are fighting for 1 or 2 seats on each flight and many people don't want to have to pay the whole amount 11 months out.

best stop plugging FC now or we'll never get seats :wink:

:shut: :zip: :shutup: done :lol:

[PaulaK]

Miles and money fares are easier to get so will everyone please try for those instead :lol:


Did you know that you can get an OAP discount with VA too? My mum got one for our May trip :lol:

[ukwdwnut]

Did you know that you can get an OAP discount with VA too?

when i first read this i thought you were aiming it at me :eek: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[PaulaK]

when i first read this i thought you were aiming it at me :eek: :rotfl: :rotfl:
:whistle: Would I? :wink:

[ukwdwnut]

:whistle: Would I? :wink:

:lol:

[MystikPiglit]

You need to book reward flights 11 months in advance

Good grief! So I need to plan for the next trip before I've taken the first one :rolleyes:

[PaulaK]

Yep! :lol: As soon as we get back in November, we have to book and pay for our Oct 06 flights :afraid:

[MystikPiglit]

Yep! :lol: As soon as we get back in November, we have to book and pay for our Oct 06 flights :afraid:

I don't think DH would enjoy that at all :eek:

[triciacarole]

Good grief! So I need to plan for the next trip before I've taken the first one :rolleyes:

It does take that low feeling away though that you get when you come back from holidays:)

[Vikki]

Miles and money fares are easier to get so will everyone please try for those instead :lol:


We were hoping to do that next year. We have over 8000 miles so we thought we could use them for PE (which we would realllly like to do), but no, we can only use 4000 for a miles plus money flight (you need 7500 for PE).......what a pain!

[PaulaK]

We were hoping to do that next year. We have over 8000 miles so we thought we could use them for PE (which we would realllly like to do), but no, we can only use 4000 for a miles plus money flight (you need 7500 for PE).......what a pain!

:confused: Do you mean you have 8000 combined and wanted to book one way?

[Vikki]

No, we have 8000 combined and were looking at booking PE both ways. Well ideally we'd done economy going and PE coming home, but I'm not even sure you can do that with miles plus money.

[PaulaK]

ah I see! You mean you can't use more than 4000 because you need 15,000 for PE? :unsure: No, you can't book one-ways on m&m.

[Vikki]

I'm not sure, this is what it says on their site:

With a combination of Flying Club miles and a special low price fare you can enjoy great Miles Plus Money offers.

The miles part. . .

2,000 miles in your account will get you savings on Economy round trip fares

7,500 miles will save you money on Premium Economy round trip fares

15,000 miles will mean savings on Upper Class round trip fares.

If you'd prefer to travel on a mixed itinerary basis (for example, flying Upper Class one way and Economy the other) all you need to do is halve the miles and the money required.

So it would appear I can do economy one way and PE the way back according to this, but if I can't use more than 4000 miles anyway........

I guess I'll find out when the flights are released :)

[triciacarole]

Oh well you will probably have enough for your next trip. Go to check-in smartly dressed, be really polite and you may just be lucky and get an upgrade :)

[ukwdwnut]

Oh well you will probably have enough for your next trip. Go to check-in smartly dressed, be really polite and you may just be lucky and get an upgrade :)


:lol: and talk with a plum in your mouth :lol:

[triciacarole]

:lol: and talk with a plum in your mouth :lol:

As Vikki hasn't got kids she has a greater chance :)

[Vikki]

As Vikki hasn't got kids she has a greater chance :)

This is true......but it didn't happen last year, or when we were on honeymoon and the plane wasn't full...... ah well :whistle:

[ukwdwnut]

This is true......but it didn't happen last year, or when we were on honeymoon and the plane wasn't full...... ah well :whistle:

keep wishing then viks :D

[triciacarole]

Viki have you got any points in other loyalty schemes? I have just transfered a load from Starwood that we gained when we stayed in the Swan :)

[Vikki]

keep wishing then viks :D
Always :D As long as we get there, I'll be happy.

well, there may not be any miles plus money flights anyway......I reallllllly hate waiting, I just want to get it booked :)

And no, unfortunately I don't have any other loyalty things, I use Egg credit card only and they don't do any air mile type things as far as I know.

[ukwdwnut]

Always :D As long as we get there, I'll be happy.




me too :D

[Vikki]

me too :D

Well, at the end of the day, thats the most important thing :D

[ukwdwnut]

me too :D

yep sure is :D

[MystikPiglit]

Always :D As long as we get there, I'll be happy.
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I agree with that :thumbs: :)