Originally posted by mpase
I received the following email from Virgin FC. Seems that you can buy maximum of 25k for yourself each calendar year and you can also buy a maximum of 75k for other FC members as long as you do not buy more than 25k for each person. Therefore in theory you can buy 25k for yourself and then if you give 3 other FC members money you can get them to buy you 25k each which means you can end up buying 100k miles per calendar year for a total of £1560. Not bad.
It's better to give AND receive
In a spirit of philanthropy (which doesn't mean we collect stamps), we've just added a new way for you to top up your account balance to reach that alluring reward. Buy Miles enables you to buy up to 25,000 miles in any calendar year in increments of 1,000 miles.
You can show off your generous nature too, by giving the gift of miles. You can purchase up to 75,000 Gift Miles a year, also in increments of 1,000, to give to other Flying Club members who truly deserve them.
And there you have it, subject to availability a UC return to LAX for £1560 + surcharges and tax, when the usual Z fare is £2400 ... or so. Good deal!
There's a plane at JFK, to fly you back from far away
all those dark and frantic transatlantic miles
all those dark and frantic transatlantic miles
