V-Flyer

Am booked on an S fare for VS200 tomorrow. I can see from flightstats, that there are x6 J's and x3 C's currently available. Is it likely that any of these will be 'switched' to a G in the next 24 hours?

I'd give the FC a call on the off chance if I were you. I've booked G's recently that were not showing on Flightstats

MoJoJo wrote:I'd give the FC a call on the off chance if I were you. I've booked G's recently that were not showing on Flightstats

Flightstats never shows reward availability.

Highly likely they will be available as G if unsold prior to the fight.
However, VS have a bizarre rule that you cannot upgrade into G less than 1h 50m before departure at LHR 'because of catering' which is nonsense as they give you opp ups at the gate when they need to.
The other day a pax next to me decided he didn't want the special meal he had ordered (mid flight). Not a problem - he was given the menu to pick something else. If food is so limited how can this be possible ?

Get to LHR nice and early, go straight to the VS ticketing desk (not check-in) and ask if they're offering miles upgrades.

As JCBR says, they're often happy to fill unsold seats on the day, particularly if it means not having to op-up someone instead - and as Y and PE are both packed there's probably a decent chance.

(Worth remembering, though, that J6 C3 does not mean there are 9 unsold UC seats. It means there are 6 UC tickets available to buy, 3 of which are available in the slightly cheaper C bucket and all 6 in the priciest J bucket.

In fact it doesn't even mean there are necessarily 6 unsold seats. All airlines oversell - it just means there are 6 tickets available to buy, but there may be only 4 or 5 seats left and they're counting on one or two people not showing up.)

Neil wrote:

MoJoJo wrote:I'd give the FC a call on the off chance if I were you. I've booked G's recently that were not showing on Flightstats

Flightstats never shows reward availability.

Ah, I didn't realise that

Fantastic - thanks all! Will be heading straight to the ticket desk tomorrow evening!!

thisisbeaker wrote:Fantastic - thanks all! Will be heading straight to the ticket desk tomorrow evening!!

No need to wait till you get to the airport. You can give the FC line a call. I have been able to upgrade from a W to a G on phone after I had done OLCI.

Bah! UC fully booked. Even heard an agent say the flight is overbooked. Currently 'slumming' it in Rhubarb. No CH this time

Bad luck. If it's overbooked there's always the hope of a last minute op-up at the gate, particularly if you've got status. But at the end of the day that's probably the hardest route to get Gs on - and Friday night's probably the busiest of all. And it's half term.

Seems I couldn't have picked a worse time!

Seems I couldn't have picked a worse time!