What are the chances of an UC mileage sale?

Sure I saw one early in 2009. Wasn't massive but seemed to remember between 10% and 15% off the miles required for some UC routes......

[Neil]

Who knows, it will all depend on how the loads are looking. If say a couple of the less popular NYC flights have lots of capacity then they might offer a less mileage sale, but doubt there will be anything major on the popular routes like SFO/LAX/MCO etc

[Scrooge]

I would say next to zero, probably not what you wanted to hear I know, but I don't see one coming anytime soon.

I asked this to someone the other day and they said that Virgin don't have the huge liability in miles like BA have so there is no real need for them to do a sale to clear the miles sitting in peoples' accounts to get them off the balance books.

Because of the cache that they want to keep with UC they are very reticent of discounting it too much.

last year Jan 9th with up to 30% off i have found the link to the end 2008 sale
http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb/sp ... sssale.jsp
why can USA customers get such amazing UC deals compard with us in UK
http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/us/sp ... offers.jsp shows how less expensive their tickets are

[Darren Wheeler]

The way it reads to me in the T&C's

'Fares are one-way based on round trip ticket purchase.'

So effectively double it. The $2168 SFO converts to roughly 2866 inc tax. Compared to a current price in UK of about 2900

quote:Originally posted by flyingdr
last year Jan 9th with up to 30% off i have found the link to the end 2008 sale
http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb/sp ... sssale.jsp
why can USA customers get such amazing UC deals compard with us in UK
http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/us/sp ... offers.jsp shows how less expensive their tickets are


Even if they were, isn't it just an example of a company pricing to what the market will bear ? VS wouldn't in any way be alone in this practice; iPods and Fender guitars are cheaper in the US - why? Certainly not because they are made there nor that the shipping costs from the Far East are that different. Granted there may be some government imposed tax differences, but in the end you price to sell in the market.

Paul

JFK-LHR return $1863.30 includes tax converts to approx 1152.00

not bad aye.

quote:Originally posted by woggles

JFK-LHR return $1863.30 includes tax converts to approx 1152.00

not bad aye.





Thats similar to what I paid in the sale last year for a March trip.

I guess they may still be trying to sort out rebooking pax from the weather problems and once they have done that they may have a better idea about availability etc