Reward seat sale - email just come through.

http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/gb/en/fl ... May%202014

REWARD SEAT SALE
Take a look at our selected destinations in our Reward Seat Sale. And don't forget, you can also earn an extra 20% bonus miles when you Buy Miles+ which means your rewards could be a lot closer than you think...

Reward Seat Sale offer available from 21 May until 4 June 2014.

Buy Miles, Gift Miles, Transfer Miles and Miles Booster offer available from 21 May until 23 June 2014.

I guess if they keep upping the economy fares, and with points sale and fees lowered, some people might actually go for an economy redemption...

If my PE upgrade things had lasted more than a year, I might have been tempted by two PE's to JFK for 48K miles and 500 quid.

The upgrade to upper on the Sydney route looks good....

oooh was hoping for a bit more choice than that in EC so I could use my PE vouchers... oh well will have to do antoher trip instead

It looks as though the taxes/fees/SURCHARGE is only being reduced for reward flights though, unless they haven't updated their revenue pricing yet. For example, the link quotes £241 for JFK in economy, but a random flight search of mine had these fees totalling £363.91

Oh bugger...looked at the reward sale and ended up booking an upper class G return to Tokyo ...how did that happen??

It looks as though the taxes/fees/SURCHARGE is only being reduced for reward flights though, unless they haven't updated their revenue pricing yet. For example, the link quotes £241 for JFK in economy, but a random flight search of mine had these fees totalling £363.91

The fees on reward flights were reduced quite some time ago

Oh bugger...looked at the reward sale and ended up booking an upper class G return to Tokyo ...how did that happen??

Ha ha PM , what a nightmare for you !