Originally posted by DylanDog
W or K ( or J ) flights are far too expensive for a family of four (even using a companion)- maxjet, 2xK PE flights etc. are usually cheaper.
We have flown Virgin almost exclusively for years ( I still have my original Freeway card ) The words straw and camels' back come to mind.
Please excuse the heavy editingof your post, but you rais a couple of points.
PE was put in place to extract a little more $$$ from our bank accounts in order to get slightly better seats and service, whilst there can be no argument that VS achieved the slightly the better part, the little bit more $$ seems to have gone walk about, except when there is a sale of course.
The fact that a Z can be had for the same price of a W makes you wonder who would buy it, of course it is a last minute option, if VS were to make it a W only upgrade there would beno more upgrades, you would have to be a prize idiot to do so, same money, less miles, less TP's, no clubhouse.
At the same time MY is now starting to run flights to the same destinations as VS, offering more seat pitch etc for less money.
While it may not be an issue right now at some point, when MY have enough planes, it may turn out to be a problem for VS.
PE generates the most $$$ per sq ft of any cabin, however is it really such a good idea to get to a point where people will not even look at the VS PE pricing because it is thought to cost to much ?
Another thing to remember is that while talking about removing the S is all well and good..there is the fact that you still have to find a G to upgrade to...
On the second point...
I just came across my old freeway silver card....
I laughed at a post that LRoM made reminding me of the fact that back in those days you had to take 3 flights in Y before you qualified to join.
