I’m about to purchase an upper-class reward seat and I want to ensure I’ve understood the best way to go about it.
I have 150,000 virgin points, and two vouchers (for either an upgrade or companion ticket).
I’ve used Virgin’s Beta Reward seat finder to find suitable days to and from Manchester/New York with both premium and upper-class reward seat availability.
My theory is to book over the phone to purchase a premium economy seat using 45,000 points and £504 for taxes and fees. I can then immediately use my upgrade voucher and presumably an additional £460 to upgrade to Upper Class.
This way I save having to use the full amount of points for UC, but the downside is I'm reliant on there being availability for both PE and UC.
Have I understood this correctly?
Many thanks!
I have 150,000 virgin points, and two vouchers (for either an upgrade or companion ticket).
I’ve used Virgin’s Beta Reward seat finder to find suitable days to and from Manchester/New York with both premium and upper-class reward seat availability.
My theory is to book over the phone to purchase a premium economy seat using 45,000 points and £504 for taxes and fees. I can then immediately use my upgrade voucher and presumably an additional £460 to upgrade to Upper Class.
This way I save having to use the full amount of points for UC, but the downside is I'm reliant on there being availability for both PE and UC.
Have I understood this correctly?
Many thanks!