Hi, only just discovered this brilliant site - certainly seems really informative! I don't fly Virgin loads but managed to amass 30k+ miles on a few VS flights along with Air New Zealand. We go to Vegas every year but have never gone on the direct LGW-LAS service as there never seems to be availability (anyone know why??), so generally go into LAX on a Friday then spend the weekend in Palm Springs (as Vegas hotels are double the price Sat/Sun) and then drive across the desert to LV on the Monday, spend the week there before driving back to LAX on the Fri and returning back to LHR.
Anyway, I'm hoping someone can answer my query. I rang Virgin at the weekend and asked how best I can take advantage of my miles on flights to either LAX or LAS for our trip this September. To cut a long story short I feel we ended up with a pretty good deal: We've paid £594.10 incl. tax per ticket and injected 20,000 miles each to fly Premium Economy. On my confirmation email it says that the fare class is "U". Looking at the descriptions of fare classes on virginflyer.com it says the following for class "U" :-
*****U = Reward Flight in Economy or Premium Economy
This is the class that Reward Economy and Premium Economy tickets are booked in, limited amounts are available per flight - levels determined by revenue management. Flying Club Miles and Tier Points will be not be earned on this fare as it's a reward flight. This is also the fare class that Virgin will check availability for in regards to before departure date confirmed upgrades from Economy to Premium Economy*****
When I booked the agent (she was very helpful, Morag) said that we would earn plenty of miles because we have effectively paid near on the full economy fare and we are simply using the miles to upgrade to PE. I am just a bit confused as to whether or not we will indeed earn miles??? I'm sure someone can advise?
Keep up the good work on this site!
Anyway, I'm hoping someone can answer my query. I rang Virgin at the weekend and asked how best I can take advantage of my miles on flights to either LAX or LAS for our trip this September. To cut a long story short I feel we ended up with a pretty good deal: We've paid £594.10 incl. tax per ticket and injected 20,000 miles each to fly Premium Economy. On my confirmation email it says that the fare class is "U". Looking at the descriptions of fare classes on virginflyer.com it says the following for class "U" :-
*****U = Reward Flight in Economy or Premium Economy
This is the class that Reward Economy and Premium Economy tickets are booked in, limited amounts are available per flight - levels determined by revenue management. Flying Club Miles and Tier Points will be not be earned on this fare as it's a reward flight. This is also the fare class that Virgin will check availability for in regards to before departure date confirmed upgrades from Economy to Premium Economy*****
When I booked the agent (she was very helpful, Morag) said that we would earn plenty of miles because we have effectively paid near on the full economy fare and we are simply using the miles to upgrade to PE. I am just a bit confused as to whether or not we will indeed earn miles??? I'm sure someone can advise?
Keep up the good work on this site!