UK Upper Class Fare Sale!

Originally posted by xenole
Was looking at this last night. Shame it only goes up to January as I would have booked something in the las Vegas direction for March. May hold on a bit before booking to see if anything else comes up as it's only around £3-500 more for UC over PE at those prices

You won't often see the LGW-LAS route in a fare sale, bearing in mind the monopoly VS enjoy.

Originally posted by preiffer

Originally posted by mike-smashing
Wow, they don't hang around long, do they? In the time it took me to get a provisional leave request approved, the Z bucket is empty on the SFO flights I wanted!

What dates, Mike?

Out on 6th Jan, back on 8th Jan, just a quick weekend away mileage run.

Actually checked on Expertflyer and found the Z bucket now empty for both days!

Going to visit friends in BOS instead. Fewer miles, but still the important 10 TPs to kick off a new qualifying year!

Cheers,
Mike

Originally posted by onionz

Originally posted by xenole
Was looking at this last night. Shame it only goes up to January as I would have booked something in the las Vegas direction for March. May hold on a bit before booking to see if anything else comes up as it's only around £3-500 more for UC over PE at those prices

You won't often see the LGW-LAS route in a fare sale, bearing in mind the monopoly VS enjoy.

Would prefer to fly out of Heathrow to SFO or LAX rather than from Gatwick direct to LAS anyway.

[preiffer]

I know this is only going to be useful for a select few, but since I have it, I figured I'd post it.

Here's the (as of right now) availability for the LHR-SFO route for the sale fares:


Date....O/B..I/B..
15/12...Z=7..Z=0
16/12...Z=7..Z=3
17/12...Z=7..Z=3
18/12...Z=7..Z=7
19/12...Z=7..Z=7
20/12...Z=7..Z=7
21/12...Z=7..Z=7
22/12...Z=7..Z=0
23/12...Z=7..Z=0
24/12...Z=7..Z=7
25/12...Z=*..Z=*
26/12...Z=*..Z=7
27/12...Z=7..Z=7
28/12...Z=7..Z=7
29/12...Z=7..Z=7
30/12...Z=7..Z=7
31/12...Z=7..Z=7
01/01...Z=0..Z=7
02/01...Z=1..Z=6
03/01...Z=7..Z=7
04/01...Z=7..Z=7
05/01...Z=7..Z=7
06/01...Z=0..Z=4
07/01...Z=4..Z=5
08/01...Z=3..Z=0
09/01...Z=7..Z=7
10/01...Z=7..Z=7
11/01...Z=7..Z=7
12/01...Z=7..Z=1
13/01...Z=7..Z=1
14/01...Z=2..Z=5
15/01...Z=4..Z=7
16/01........Z=7
17/01........Z=7
18/01........Z=7
then you're on your own...

* = Availability search only brings up connecting flights (via EWR/JFK) - nothing is displayed for VS19/20. There ARE flights operating, so not sure what's going on.


Unfortunately for Mike, it seems the 6th O/B and 8th I/B are the only real problem dates for a return trip! [:?]

Cheers Paul...

First in Revivals the other day, you point out that for the price of my PE ticket LGW-LAS-LGW 25/12 to 01/06 I could have booked a Virgin Holidays trip in PE including 7 nights at theHotel.

Now you show me that for 250 quid more than said ticket (and flying out 1 day earlier - not a problem) I could have gone UC to SFO instead. In fact, I could probably go on 25/12, it's just not showing as you say.

How refundable is the fare basis SLXAP7 ? [8D]

Edit: Hold on - weren't you chastising me earlier today for posting at such a student-like hour? No doubt you'll have some lame excuse like you're in a different timezone...[:p]:D

How often do Virgin tend to run promotions like these? Seen a few Y and PE recently, but this is the first UC I've seen (although haven't looked overly hard at airfares in the past)
Do like the sound of the £2100 Sydney flight too, but as mentioned with the LAS flights, wrong time of year for my holiday periods

[preiffer]

Originally posted by onionz
How refundable is the fare basis SLXAP7 ? [8D]

PENALTY
CHANGES BEFORE DEPARTURE CHARGE GBP 30.00. AFTER DEPARTURE CHARGE GBP 30.00. WAIVED FOR ILLNESS OR DEATH OF PASSENGER OR FAMILY MEMBER. NOTE - UPGRADING TO ANY HIGHER FARE OR CABIN AT CHARGE OF GBP 30.00 PER TRANSACTION PLUS ANY DIFFERENCE IN FARE. --- CHARGE APPLIES TO ADULT AND CHILDREN. --- BEFORE DEPARTURE CHANGES ONLY PERMITTED UP TO THE DAY BEFORE OUTBOUND DEPARTURE. NO CHANGES OR UPGRADES PERMITTED ON DAY OF DEPARTURE. --- AFTER DEPARTURE CHANGES ONLY APPLY UP TO THE DAY BEFORE INBOUND DEPARTURE.
CANCELLATIONS ANY TIME TICKET IS NON-REFUNDABLE.


BUT, a Z is classed as a higher fare than an S, so it'd invoke the "upgrading to any higher cabin" rule + £30. [y]
Tempting...? [:w]

Originally posted by onionz
Hold on - weren't you chastising me earlier today for posting at such a student-like hour? No doubt you'll have some lame excuse like you're in a different timezone...[:p]:D

[:I]

Originally posted by preiffer
BUT, a Z is classed as a higher fare than an S, so it'd invoke the "upgrading to any higher cabin" rule + £30. [y]
Tempting...? [:w]

But I can't do that can I? My current ticket is to LAS, so i'd need to cancel that ticket rather than just upgrade, and cancellations aren't allowed right? Or do VS have some kind of "LAS is near enough to SFO so we'll call it quits.." policy?

[preiffer]

Originally posted by onionz
But I can't do that can I? My current ticket is to LAS, so i'd need to cancel that ticket rather than just upgrade, and cancellations aren't allowed right? Or do VS have some kind of "LAS is near enough to SFO so we'll call it quits.." policy?

Ah. Good point. [:?]

Oooh. But wouldn't that be a change? (although re-routes are not permitted...)

Hmm. I think I'd call them and see what they can do. Don't ask, don't get...?

[preiffer]

Here's the full listing, onionz:

FARE BASIS CODE SLXAP7
BK CODE
S -

PENALTY
CHANGES BEFORE DEPARTURE CHARGE GBP 30.00. AFTER DEPARTURE CHARGE GBP 30.00. WAIVED FOR ILLNESS OR DEATH OF PASSENGER OR FAMILY MEMBER. NOTE - UPGRADING TO ANY HIGHER FARE OR CABIN AT CHARGE OF GBP 30.00 PER TRANSACTION PLUS ANY DIFFERENCE IN FARE. --- CHARGE APPLIES TO ADULT AND CHILDREN. --- BEFORE DEPARTURE CHANGES ONLY PERMITTED UP TO THE DAY BEFORE OUTBOUND DEPARTURE. NO CHANGES OR UPGRADES PERMITTED ON DAY OF DEPARTURE. --- AFTER DEPARTURE CHANGES ONLY APPLY UP TO THE DAY BEFORE INBOUND DEPARTURE. NO CHANGES OR UPGRADES PERMITTED ON DAY OF DEPARTURE. --- ORIGINAL REFUND CONDITIONS APPLY TO ANY UPGRADED TICKET. --- WHEN THE ITINERARY RESULTS IN A HIGHER FARE THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE COLLECTED AND THE GBP30 CHANGE FEE WILL APPLY. WHEN THE NEW ITINERARY RESULTS IN A LOWER FARE THE GBP30 CHANGE FEE WILL APPLY AND NO REFUND WILL BE MADE. --- WAIVER ONLY APPLIES IN THE EVENT OF CERTIFIABLE HOSPITALISATION. CANCELLATIONS ANY TIME TICKET IS NON-REFUNDABLE. WAIVED FOR ILLNESS OR DEATH OF PASSENGER OR FAMILY MEMBER. NOTE - WAIVER FOR ILLNESS ONLY APPLIES IN THE EVENT OF CERTIFIABLE HOSPITALIZATION. IN THE EVENT OF CANCELLATION /FAILURE TO USE CONFIRMED SPACE AN MPD WILL NOT BE ISSUED

RES/TKTG
RES MUST BE MADE NO LATER THAN 7 DAYS BEFORE DPTR FROM ORIGIN. TKT MUST BE PURCHASED NO LATER THAN 7 DAYS BEFORE DPTR FROM ORIGIN OR 3 DAYS AFTER RES IS MADE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. SGMTS USING THIS RULE MUST BE CONFIRMED.

MIN STAY
RETURN TRVL IS VALID ON THE 1ST SUN AFTER 12:01 A.M.. MEASURED FROM DPTR FROM GATEWAY.

MAX STAY
RETURN TRVL MUST COMMENCE NO LATER THAN 12 MONTHS. MEASURED FROM DPTR FROM ORIGIN TO DPTR FROM LAST STOPOVER POINT.

DAY/TIME
APPLIES AT ANY TIME SUN-FRI.

SEASONS
1NOV-15DEC05, 25DEC05-6APR06, 14-30APR06, 1NOV-15DEC06 OR 25DEC06-28MAR07. SEASON IS BASED ON DATE OF ORIGIN AND IS DETERMINED BY DATE OF DEPARTURE OF OUTBOUND TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.

BLACKOUTS
NO BLACKOUT RESTRICTIONS APPLY.

EFF/EXP
31MAR06 IS THE LAST DATE THAT TRAVEL MAY COMMENCE.

FLT APPL
NO FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS APPLY.

STOPOVERS
A FREE STOPOVER IS PERMITTED AT LON/MAN, IF IN ROUTING APPLICABLE TO FARE. APPLIES TO HALF ROUNDTRIP ITINERARIES. A STOPOVER OCCURS WHEN THE PASSENGER DOES NOT DEPART AN INTERMEDIATE POINT WITHIN 24 HOURS. *** IF THE FARE COMPONENT IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING VS FLIGHTS - 2000 THROUGH 2999 - NO STOPOVERS PERMITTED. ** NOTE - WILL NOT AUTO-PRICE.

TICKET RESTRICTIONS
NOTE: IN THE EVENT OF DEATH OF A PASSENGER EN ROUTE TICKET VALIDITY OF PERSONS ACCOMPANYING THE PASSENGER MAY BE EXTENDED FOR UP TO 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF DEATH AS EVIDENCED BY A DEATH CERTIFICATE. IN THE EVENT OF DEATH IN THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY OF A PASSENGER WHO HAS COMMENCED TRAVEL THE VALIDITY O THE PASSENGERS TICKET AND THOSE ACCOMPANYING THEM MAY BE EXTENDED FOR UP TO 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF DEATH AS EVIDENCED BY A DEATH CERTIFICATE.

DISCOUNTS
75 PCT OF THE ADT FARE IS CHARGED FOR A CNN PSGR 2 THRU 11 YRS OF AGE. CNN PSGR MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL SGMTS BY AN ADT PSGR TRAVELING IN THE SAME COMPARTMENT. - - - - 100 PCT OF THE ADT FARE IS CHARGED FOR A UNN PSGR 5 THRU 11 YRS OF AGE. PSGR MAY BE UNACCOMPANIED. - - - - 75 PCT OF THE ADT FARE IS CHARGED FOR AN INS PSGR UNDER 2 YRS OF AGE. INS PSGR MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL SGMTS BY AN ADT PSGR TRAVELING IN THE SAME COMPARTMENT. - - - - 10 PCT OF THE ADT FARE IS CHARGED FOR AN INF PSGR UNDER 2 YRS OF AGE NOT OCCUPYING A SEAT. INF PSGR MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL SGMTS BY AN ADT PSGR TRAVELING IN THE SAME COMPARTMENT. *** NO TOUR CONDUCTOR/SALES AGENT DISCOUNTS PERMITTED

REROUTE
SEE PENALTY.

TRANSFERS
UNLIMITED TRANSFERS PERMITTED. -SURFACE SEGMENTS NOT PERMITTED. NOTE: LIMOUSINE TRANSFERS ARE NOT PERMITTED.

COMBINATIONS
CARRIER / RULE / FARE CIRCLE OPEN ROUND BASIS TRIP JAW TRIP SAME / SAME / SAME C C C SAME / SAME / DIFF C C C SAME / DIFF / SAME C C C SAME / DIFF / DIFF C C C DIFF / SAME / SAME C C C DIFF / SAME / DIFF C C C DIFF / DIFF / SAME C C C DIFF / DIFF / DIFF C C C Y / PERMITTED N / NOT PERMITTED - / DOES NOT APPLY C / SEE TEXT FOR CONDITIONS CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ROUND TRIP/CIRCLE TRIP/SINGLE OR DOUBLE OPEN JAW - -MAY BE COMBINED WITH ANY ONE WAY/ROUND TRIP FARE GOVERNED BY ANY RULE IN ANY TARIFF VIA VS. -MOST RESTRICTIVE CONDITIONS APPLY. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS APPLY ROUND TRIP - -PERMITTED. CIRCLE TRIP - -PERMITTED. OPEN JAW - -SINGLE OPEN JAW PERMITTED AT EITHER ORIGIN OR DESTINATION. DOUBLE OPEN JAW PERMITTED. END-ON-END - -PERMITTED WITH ALL FARES. -COMBINATIONS WITH THIS FARE MUST BE SHOWN SEPARATELY ON THE TICKET. -CONDITIONS APPLY TO ALL FARE COMPONENTS OF THE JOURNEY. -TRAVEL NEED NOT BE VIA THE FARE COMBINATION POINT.

OPEN RTN
NOT ALLOWED.

REFUNDS
SEE PENALTY.

CO-TERMINALS
NOT APPLICABLE.

INTL CONST
MAY BE COMBINED WITH APPLICABLE ARBITRARIES.

Don't know if it helps, but I had to change my route on a q fare, which I think is a similar fare rule. I orginally had LHR-JNB-DUR with the last bit being with Nationwide, then for the return CPT-LHR. I changed it to LHR-CPT and left the return the same. The charge was just the £50 change fee less the reduction in ticket price (which was £42 - so I was a happy bunny)

Cheers preiffer and sailor99 for the guidance...i'm not sure much will come of it, because there are other "family-derived" restrictions affecting changes to that ticket which may yet be insurmountable!

i too have taken advantage of this fantastic fare, flying to lax on the 22nd december, returning 9th january...

thank you to vs premier team for yet another fantastic job... [:w] [^]

[Pete]

Hi Hamish,

I'll be in LA over Christmas too. I think this offer means a lot of V-Flyers are likely to be away for Christmas/New Year!

Pete

[Scrooge]

Well I was going to breakdown and book a flight,figuring,this is the first X-mas off I will have had in years,go see the family. how much more could it be,heck maybe VS will give me a break for once..of course not,even called FC to see if they could point me in the right direction, nope $6700[:0]each and no upgrades either..sorry family