Vegas Trip Information for anyone looking to go this year.

[tonytats]

573£ is a good price for flights 750. To 900£ is the norm for economy  these days

[tikay]

Think that one is unexploitable... it is for Virgin Holidays, but if anyone looks into it and finds an angle... pls post

Simon, Marky,

OK, I got another one today - is this any better, or of any interest? (It is from Virgin Atlantic)




Dear Anthony,

It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for! Our Reward Seat Sale starts today. So if you’re planning a trip abroad soon, we’ll get you off to a flying start. For two weeks only, you can book a reward flight in Economy on Virgin Atlantic to the world’s top destinations for 25% less miles*. Just remember to avoid our blackout dates^ and book by the 27 January 2014.

But the good news doesn’t stop there. You’ll also get a 25% bonus** if you top up your account with Buy Miles, Transfer Miles, Gift Miles or Miles Booster by 10 February 2014. So your dream ticket could be closer than ever.

[AndrewT]

for 25% less miles*

I hope that asterisk indicates that they know this should be fewer miles.

[Simon Galloway]

Yeah this one you can climb into....

Reward Sale Vegas Econ = 31,875 miles + £212 fuel surcharge/taxes.

Even if you have no miles at all.. you can currently go and buy 26k+6.5k bonus (i.e. enough for the flight) for £405.  Toss in £212 in jizz and you are in Vegas for £617 on a very flexible ticket.

Further up the range, 80k miles + 20k bonus (i.e. enough to walk straight into Upper) is available for £1215.  Fuel surcharge on top, also presumably reduced to c£400

Depending on how many miles you have on account, you can tweak the numbers accordingly to see how much less you need to find to do it in style.  

I think the economy deal is very decent and wouldn't put anyone off it.  With the 25% bonus, Upper becomes very reasonable.  Both are fine, but Premium Econ for 75k miles is out of whack and doesn't represent the same amount of value imo.

P.S 2 weeks only... so snap it up

[redsimon]

Yeah this one you can climb into....

Reward Sale Vegas Econ = 31,875 miles + £212 fuel surcharge/taxes.

Even if you have no miles at all.. you can currently go and buy 26k+6.5k bonus (i.e. enough for the flight) for £405.  Toss in £212 in jizz and you are in Vegas for £617 on a very flexible ticket.

Further up the range, 80k miles + 20k bonus (i.e. enough to walk straight into Upper) is available for £1215.  Fuel surcharge on top, also presumably reduced to c£400

Depending on how many miles you have on account, you can tweak the numbers accordingly to see how much less you need to find to do it in style.  

I think the economy deal is very decent and wouldn't put anyone off it.  With the 25% bonus, Upper becomes very reasonable.  Both are fine, but Premium Econ for 75k miles is out of whack and doesn't represent the same amount of value imo.

P.S 2 weeks only... so snap it up

Im glad I didn't book my planned flights yesterday now. Just need to work out a good hotel downtown. If I need any help Im sure Ill be back her

[Marky147]

Was going to say that I don't know how to manipulate the miles, but I knew that you did, Simon

I'll  C&P that to the chaps next door who are looking to book soonish, thanks.

[Simon Galloway]

Im glad I didn't book my planned flights yesterday now. Just need to work out a good hotel downtown. If I need any help Im sure Ill be back her

Marky is your downtown correspondent, I don't spend too much time down there, but have definitely had a good look around one time or another..

I think Marky sings the praises of the GN Rush Tower and I'm sure that's the best place to start.  Other places that might be worth a look are downtowngrand (on 3rd street and new) Plaza (dump, but refurbed from FoutaineBleu firesale) and Golden Gate (refurb'd rooms)

[millidonk]

I had same email but couldn't find any flights for Jun/July for Vegas. Any ideas? Tonnes everywhere else, great deals on New York and Tokyo available.

[Simon Galloway]

Page is returning an error page atm, so I assume it is more to do with the website than the availability.  I will be calling them tomorrow so I will feed back on what June availability is like in general.

[Marky147]

I had same email but couldn't find any flights for Jun/July for Vegas. Any ideas? Tonnes everywhere else, great deals on New York and Tokyo available.

There are loads of June/July packages on the miles deal, and I found my dates for the standard 32k miles + £213 tax.

[millidonk]

I had same email but couldn't find any flights for Jun/July for Vegas. Any ideas? Tonnes everywhere else, great deals on New York and Tokyo available.

There are loads of June/July packages on the miles deal, and I found my dates for the standard 32k miles + £213 tax.

I either get returned to the login page or it comes up with the money values only. £850+

[millidonk]

Page is returning an error page atm, so I assume it is more to do with the website than the availability.  I will be calling them tomorrow so I will feed back on what June availability is like in general.

Yeah let us know plz. I wish prem econ was a bit cheaper would be incred. I have 50k miles which could do with getting used.

[Marky147]

I had same email but couldn't find any flights for Jun/July for Vegas. Any ideas? Tonnes everywhere else, great deals on New York and Tokyo available.

There are loads of June/July packages on the miles deal, and I found my dates for the standard 32k miles + £213 tax.

I either get returned to the login page or it comes up with the money values only. £850+

Branson is moving his company forward at a rapid rate of knots, imo... They're weeding out the wronguns before they can even book a flight

[Marky147]

Page is returning an error page atm, so I assume it is more to do with the website than the availability.  I will be calling them tomorrow so I will feed back on what June availability is like in general.

Yeah let us know plz. I wish prem econ was a bit cheaper would be incred. I have 50k miles which could do with getting used.

Try going through that link http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb/frequentflyer/spendmiles/spendingcalculator/index.jsp

Incred to get as little value for your miles as poss?

[millidonk]

Page is returning an error page atm, so I assume it is more to do with the website than the availability.  I will be calling them tomorrow so I will feed back on what June availability is like in general.

Yeah let us know plz. I wish prem econ was a bit cheaper would be incred. I have 50k miles which could do with getting used.

Try going through that link http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb/frequentflyer/spendmiles/spendingcalculator/index.jsp

Incred to get as little value for your miles as poss?

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what dates work for you and I will try the exact same.