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Lovely Christmas gift of headphones for VS Au's (USA only?)
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27 Dec 2015, 18:47by narikin
Got a lovely pair of free B&W headphones from Virgin Atlantic through the post yesterday - really great of them!
Did a quick search and nobody seems to have mentioned this, so maybe it's for US based AU's, (maybe with 60+ points/year?)
Anyways - if anyone from VS reads this: THANK YOU! very nice gift, that I have already enjoyed. You have earned my loyalty!
Re: Lovely Christmas gift of headphones for VS Au's (USA on
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28 Dec 2015, 00:16by NYLON
Yes, I was very (pleasantly) surprised too. It's a nice bit of kit!
Last year it was a Shinola iPad case (presumably because of the Detroit connection), and I think that was US only.
Re: Lovely Christmas gift of headphones for VS Au's (USA on
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28 Dec 2015, 11:35by PeterStansfield
Hmm
They definitely haven't made it to me in the UK...
Peter
Re: Lovely Christmas gift of headphones for VS Au's (USA on
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28 Dec 2015, 15:17by Eggtastico
PeterStansfield wrote:Hmm
They definitely haven't made it to me in the UK...
Peter
Typical! We Brits are never looked after or rewarded for loyalty.
If I had gold, I would be enquiring why no headphones & questioning how much they value my loyalty.
Re: Lovely Christmas gift of headphones for VS Au's (USA on
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28 Dec 2015, 16:42by JohnnyFlame
As far as I can tell, newly-minted AUs in the US are getting the headphones outright, while all others are getting gift certificates for $150 off ($299 retail price)...
Re: Lovely Christmas gift of headphones for VS Au's (USA on
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28 Dec 2015, 17:51by NYLON
JohnnyFlame wrote:As far as I can tell, newly-minted AUs in the US are getting the headphones outright, while all others are getting gift certificates for $150 off ($299 retail price)...
No, I've been AU for a while. I think it may be for AUs over 80 (or 60?) TPs at last renewal.
Re: Lovely Christmas gift of headphones for VS Au's (USA on
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28 Dec 2015, 21:10by gumshoe
Eggtastico wrote:Typical! We Brits are never looked after or rewarded for loyalty.
If I had gold, I would be enquiring why no headphones & questioning how much they value my loyalty.
Market forces I'm afraid. If it's to increase its market share and profitability, VS needs to grow its customer base in the US. American FFs tend to be fiercely loyal to their legacy carriers so a small British airline has to fight for every US customer it can get. As galling as it may seem, a US-based Au is far more valuable to VS than the average UK-based one.