Upgrades on line.

As always I regularly pop on to the Virgin website to check my flight details.. just to make sure nothing changed [ii]

What I have noticed about my latest booking that I am not getting any offers to upgrade. The flight is a fair few months away and I'm sure Virgin would be wanting to tempt me to go up a level on one or both sectors.

On most of my other non-upper flights (not that upper is the norm, by any means [:D] ) I'm sure I was always offered something. I would have expected it this time especially as the flights are still wide open.

Does anyone know of the criteria by which the offers appear against flights? I can't think it's a web site error.

[Neil]

Maybe there aren't any UC seats available, or more specifically lower fare UC seats that VS are willing to sell at a low-ish price level?

It's not a Miles + Money fare is it? For those you need to call the FC to upgrade.

I've found that on regular fares sometimes it offers me a one way upgrade for one sector, but not for the other however you can purchase a return upgrade? Strange!

[buns]

I suspect that the plethora of sales in recent weeks has put paid (for the moment) of getting that cheap upgrade[n]

On my last flight the Crew were saying that they have never seen the UC cabins so full!

Come Wednesday, it could all be different[:w]

buns

quote:Originally posted by Neil
Maybe there aren't any UC seats available, or more specifically lower fare UC seats that VS are willing to sell at a low-ish price level?


Maybe. One of the legs is in Y, and there is no PE offer. I appreciate it is the holiday route in August.

I did think the site would show non sale upgrades as a gentle reminder each time you check.

Don't they know I sometimes check after coming back from the pub [:D]

Did you book online direct with Virgin Atlantic or through any kind of third party?
Only VS direct bookings can have upgrades offered.

quote:Originally posted by eejp1007
Did you book online direct with Virgin Atlantic or through any kind of third party?
Only VS direct bookings can have upgrades offered.


Booked direct.

For my Jan flight, up to about a week ago, I could upgrade each leg to PE for xxx. Now that's gone and I can only upgrade the whole flight to PE or UC.

My flight for next April LHR-SFO-LAS-LGW which I booked direct with VA several months ago, I have never had the option to upgrade online