massive miles reduction tonight

36000 miles rtn to new york. 40000 to Barbados. Has this been announced anywhere? What's going on? Certainly don't spend cash until some clarification...

Huh?

Cardsharp please clarify what your'e talking about. [?]

VS website seems to be down too

[Decker]

Cardsharp's post elsewhere suggests that mileage redemptions for economy flights have been reduced.

VS website is back up and the spend table doesn't seem to have changed in any way.

I have done a few random searches in September and found:

New York/Boston/Washington for 36k miles (normally 45k)
Chicago/Orlando/LA/SanFran/Las Vegas/Barbados for 40k (normally 50k)

Looks like it's limited to N America and Carribean and can't find anything officially announcing it.

Phil FM

P.S. Interestingly only the adult rates have been reduced - the child rates remain the same - if this is official then this bit has to be a bug right?

Ah, good spot! Seems to be 36,000 for Oct and Nov. Sweet

Originally posted by Ongen
Ah, good spot! Seems to be 36,000 for Oct and Nov. Sweet

Seems to extend way beyond just Oct / Nov. I have checked dated throughout the year and seems to be applicable across the board - at least for adults.

Phil FM

P.S. Only seems to apply for return fares to a single location - one ways and open jaws are still previous miles.

Just done an inelegant cut and paste (see below) for a New York return both legs economy

36,000 miles
All passengers
GBP 129.20
Total taxes, fees and surcharges for all passengers
20:30 Depart London (LHR)
23:10 Arrive New York (EWR)
Tue 23 OCT
7 hours , 40 minutes VS017 Opens a new window Economy
T
09:20 Depart New York (EWR)
20:00 Arrive London (LHR)
Thu 01 NOV
6 hours , 40 minutes VS018 Opens a new window Economy
T

Not just Economy either - UC trips are coming up with 90,000 miles for the round trip rather than the 100,000 they'd usually be.

Originally posted by Jon Morgan
Not just Economy either - UC trips are coming up with 90,000 miles for the round trip rather than the 100,000 they'd usually be.

UC for New York / Boston / Washington is always 90k - the rest is normally 100k and still seems to be the same.

Could you specify exactly what you have searched on to find this.

Thanks

Phil FM

Gah! My mistake - I'm so used to looking at West Coast trips that I automatically assume a 100,000 mile spend for the US in UC.

Ignore me - I'll get my coat.

[Nottingham Nick]

The official VS announcement is here. You have to be logged into the site to see it.

Redemption rates reduced in Y by 20% until 1st April 2007.

Nick

Originally posted by Nottingham Nick
The official VS announcement is here. You have to be logged into the site to see it.

Redemption rates reduced in Y by 20% until 1st April 2007.

Nick

Worth pointing out the 'Miles Further' offer is now extended to 30th April 2007.

Phil FM

P.S. Los Angeles, Antigua, Cuba, St Lucia and Tokyo have been excluded from the extension but Chicago has been added.