Can you redeem Skymiles on Little Red?

Subject says it all really. Trying to find out if you can redeem Delta miles on little red but for the life of me can't seem to find the answer anywhere.

I would say yes as they are virgin atlantic flights. If in doubt get in touch with DELTA to try and book a flight.

Actually just managed to do a dummy booking on Delta.com and it will allow, but wants 25000 sky miles and $151 in fees per person. Not sure where the benefit is there! :0

Actually just managed to do a dummy booking on Delta.com and it will allow, but wants 25000 sky miles and $151 in fees per person. Not sure where the benefit is there! :0

Presumably 25000 is the lowest return flight award that DL will offer (inc USA.) Add to that the stupid UK APD and its no wonder it is unattractive. I believe Little Red flights are about 1-10 quid and the rest is all tax for the cheapy fares

[mitchja]

Spending miles on domestic flights has always been a waste of miles as the tax/fees are usually more than the base fare.

At least VS (and also BA) now charge a ~£30 fixed fee + miles for domestic reward fares. BA also do them on a sliding scale too where you can spend fewer miles but pay a higher fee.

VS are also currently running a sale on LR flights at the moment, starting from £45 one-way MAN>LHR, where the base fare is actually £0.00

Presumably 25000 is the lowest return flight award that DL will offer (inc USA.) Add to that the stupid UK APD and its no wonder it is unattractive. I believe Little Red flights are about 1-10 quid and the rest is all tax for the cheapy fares

Fare breakdown from a random MAN-LHR and return Flight
Base fare = 0

UK Passenger Service Charge UB GBP 42.69
UK Air Passenger Duty GB GBP 26.00
Operating Airline Fuel & Insurance Surcharge YQ GBP 34.00

So on that fare the APD is the lowestelement and VS taking £34 as their 'fuel surcharge'.

So no the rest is not all tax at all.

Oh and on BA the fuel surcharge is £37 with the same APD and Airport fees.