V-Flyer

Just sitting at home after a hard day of eating leftovers and I thought I'd check to see if a G class had miraculously become available for my LHR to HKG return trip in May. And it was! Quickly rang FC and they were brilliant! So for the princely sum of £180 I am in Upper Class for the first time. So happy. They also only needed 15K points as there's a discount sale on at the moment.

Questions:

1. Which seat? I'm travelling solo, currently in 8A having read a few trip reports. Is this my best option, cabin is wide open at present!

2. I forgot to confirm that I can access the Clubhouse at Heathrow using points to upgrade - can I?

That's all I can think of at the moment - very excited! It's a great thing to be in UC at the end of a long trio round Europe, will definitely appreciate it y)

Brilliant y)

8A is a good seat, and travelling alone you'll be fine there - at HKG it doesn't really matter whether you're close to the door or not, everything is very organized!

And yes, of course you do get clubhouse access.

[Edit] Try as I might, I can't find details of the reward sale on the ever so confusing VS Web shite ... anyone help? 15k for a one way upgrade is great.

Gosh, that's brilliant.

Well done, you! y)

Slinky - could it be 15k as a MPM combo fare?

Anyway well done kingt looks like yo got a good deal

tontybear wrote:Slinky - could it be 15k as a MPM combo fare?

Can you upgrade to a MPM fare? Whatever, still a good result and shows you can get redemptions to HKG.

slinky09 wrote:

tontybear wrote:Slinky - could it be 15k as a MPM combo fare?

Can you upgrade to a MPM fare? Whatever, still a good result and shows you can get redemptions to HKG.

No idea but 15k was a figure I recognised !

Thanks all for your replies! What's an MPM fare?

Moved to 9A after some reading! Still very excited.

Miles plus Money. I can't find any reward seats sale on the website, and they often don't have those on UC (or if so, they save like 500 miles).

MPM = miles plus money where you can use some flying club miles to help pay for your flight.

It wasn't a miles plus money as far as I know, the FC lady just explained they were currently offering a discount and it would be 15K (usually 20K I think). The cash was to transfer my K in PE to a W and then to a G using points (and I guess the difference in taxes etc).

I didn't know there was a reduction in the points before I rang so a nice surprise.

A sale without telling anyone, hmmm ?| VS does like to confound / confuse / irritate the damn heck out us!

Great news on the upgrade . The 8 row is where the bassinnett is located (8G) and this route often has babies onboard in the UC cabin. Is there any availablility in 2-6K? That's where I'd be wanting to be .
Enjoy the CH .
DL

kingt wrote:It wasn't a miles plus money as far as I know, the FC lady just explained they were currently offering a discount and it would be 15K (usually 20K I think). The cash was to transfer my K in PE to a W and then to a G using points (and I guess the difference in taxes etc).

I didn't know there was a reduction in the points before I rang so a nice surprise.

There are no additional taxes but there would have been the VS Fuel Surcharge which they include in the 'taxes' part of the fare even though it is 100% upto them. There would be no additional APD (a real tax) as the UC rate is the same as PE. There are two rates of AD - economy and essentially any cabin other then econimy.

Fantastic result!

DragonLady wrote:Great news on the upgrade . The 8 row is where the bassinnett is located (8G) and this route often has babies onboard in the UC cabin. Is there any availablility in 2-6K? That's where I'd be wanting to be .
Enjoy the CH .
DL

Thanks for that - would like to avoid babies where possible (need to sleep on this sector). I've moved to 4K (5 & 6 K are the only other seats that have been taken).

Cheers again!

kingt wrote:

DragonLady wrote:Great news on the upgrade . The 8 row is where the bassinnett is located (8G) and this route often has babies onboard in the UC cabin. Is there any availablility in 2-6K? That's where I'd be wanting to be .
Enjoy the CH .
DL

Thanks for that - would like to avoid babies where possible (need to sleep on this sector). I've moved to 4K (5 & 6 K are the only other seats that have been taken).

Cheers again!

You're welcome, and I don't think you'll be disappointed with your new seat . I'm in 3K on Saturday with my mother in 4K and brother in 5K .
DL