Bank Holiday Fare Sale!

[preiffer]

anyone looking to book - hold off until tomorrow.... [:w]

For this Bank Holiday weekend only, Virgin Atlantic has teamed up with the Daily Mail to offer you Economy sale fares to a whole host of fantastic destinations worldwide. But hurry, these fares are sure to fly and are only available to book for a limited time.

Take advantage of the great exchange rate and jet over to New York from £199pp rtn incl. tax and indulge in some serious retail therapy! Or have a thrilling time in the Orlando theme parks from £249pp rtn incl. tax. Experience the sights of San Francisco from £299pp rtn incl. tax, or how about the chance to top up your tan on the paradise islands of Antigua or St Lucia from £299pp rtn incl. tax. There really is something for everyone!

Note - may require a paper:

See tomorrow's Daily Mail for full booking conditions.
Sale fares for other destinations and travel periods are also available.
The Daily Mail Economy sale fares shown above include prepaid passenger taxes, fees, charges and surcharges (subject to change). For full details and Terms & Conditions, which apply to all the
Daily Mail Economy sale fares, see the Daily Mail on Saturday 26 August and Monday 28 August 2006. The Daily Mail Economy fares are subject to availability.

Advertised Prices:

Destination Economy sale fare Current best price* Travel period Saving
New York (JFK) From £199pp rtn 01 Jan 07 to 28 Feb 07
33%
Orlando
From £249pp rtn 02 Sept 06 to 09 Oct 06 41%
St Lucia From £299pp rtn 01 Sept 06 to 30 Nov 06 44%
Havana From £299pp rtn 01 Sept 06 to 30 Nov 06 53%
Montego Bay From £299pp rtn 01 Sept 06 to 30 Nov 06 47%
San Francisco From £299pp rtn 01 Nov 06 to 30 Nov 06
20%
Antigua From £299pp rtn 01 Sept 06 to 30 Nov 06 44%
Cape Town From £439pp rtn 29 Oct 06 to 29 Nov 06 15%

[Decker]

Just wish they'd do this for Upper - See BMI are doing something similar for the weekend!

Do these fares get TPs and miles?

[preiffer]

They'll be in N, so 50% miles, 1TP each way.

I am looking at cheap fares to HKG in Oct and waiting for VS sale. Have to take a look at this offer if it includes HKG.

A quick search on the dailymail site brings up this link.












Edit by mod to shorten link........ Nick

Don't you freeze your bum off in NY during Jan/Feb????

Yeah and everything else - but you can wrap up warm and go shopping!!![:w]

[Bazz]

AA are also offering some cool rates, book before Aug 29th

NY £198
MIA £298
LAX £298
SFO £301
LAS £356

Not that I am advocating anyone here should fly AA [V]

Originally posted by Bazz
AA are also offering some cool rates, book before Aug 29th

NY £198
MIA £298
LAX £298
SFO £301
LAS £356

Not that I am advocating anyone here should fly AA [V]

Come on Bazz - own up - you have shares in AA!![:w]

[Bazz]

I am the lowest grade in their FF program, but not a shareholder, honest!

Some of the dates aren't exactly the cheapest times to pick up good hotel rates assuming there is any availability.

Originally posted by sky0000547
I am looking at cheap fares to HKG in Oct and waiting for VS sale. Have to take a look at this offer if it includes HKG.

Aren't VA doing a promo on flights out in that direction at present (or could be just Sydney)? Not advertised on the site anymore, but did say something about booking by Sept 11th.
Just tried a end of Jan date and just over £500 to HGK in Y and £1018 in PE which don't seem that bad....
Thought normal prices were £100-200 higher than that normally.

Added:
Just doubled checked that Sydney thing and there still does appear to a PE promo, at least, still running along side the new economy one.
eg from £1100 on Y to Sydney in the new promo or £1400ish in PE.

Originally posted by sky0000547
I am looking at cheap fares to HKG in Oct and waiting for VS sale. Have to take a look at this offer if it includes HKG.

Oct is one of the top PEAK times for HKG so its unlikely anyone will have sale fares for that months i'm affraid... coming into NOV things get much cheaper.

Originally posted by MarkJ
Yeah and everything else - but you can wrap up warm and go shopping!!![:w]

Damn - and there I was, hoping someone would put me off going [}:)]

[Nottingham Nick]

This is actually a cracking offer.

We have just booked a few days in Washington DC for the October half term.

The price is £218.80 ... don't forget that is actually £83 + tax / fuel surcharge. [:0][8D][}:)]

The slight downside is that the fares are in N, so 'only' 1 TP and just over 3K points each way. [:I]

I did enquire about upgrading one of the N fares to X, but that came out at over £420 return. IMHO It certainly isn't worth paying over £200 for 2 extra TPs and 6K extra miles.

Nick

[buns]

Originally posted by Nottingham Nick
This is actually a cracking offer.

We have just booked a few days in Washington DC for the October half term.

The price is £218.80 ... don't forget that is actually £83 + tax / fuel surcharge. [:0][8D][}:)]

The slight downside is that the fares are in N, so 'only' 1 TP and just over 3K points each way. [:I]

I did enquire about upgrading one of the N fares to X, but that came out at over £420 return. IMHO It certainly isn't worth paying over £200 for 2 extra TPs and 6K extra miles.

Nick

Nick that is fantastic[y][y] Half Term as well[:0][:0]

Of course you can make those TPs count;)

All the best

buns

[mitchja]

Nice one Nick [y]

Great minds think alike and all that - I've booked exactly the same fare but a week later

I nearly booked that weekend but I managed to get a cheaper BD fare from MAN for the following weekend.

Regards