Is it a sale? Is it a sale???

[preiffer]

VA.com's currently redirecting to their holding page

So - who's putting money on a crash, and who's going for a sale? [:w]

PLEASE BE A SALE, i need a nice october upper short break!!

It's about the right time of year for a sale..

[Darren Wheeler]

Perhaps it's:

A sale. Oct/Nov PE & UC.
Announcement of the results
Announcement of the imminent refurbishment of the LGW fleet [:w]
Another site enhancement that is invisible to all but the most dedicated browsers.

Yippeee. He says in anticipation ...

Would they have a sale so soon after their Bank Holiday weekend sale?

[Nottingham Nick]

It's a SALE!!!

Premium Economy. Through to May next year. Book by 23 Sep - BOS from £646 [^][^][^]

Economy to BOS LAX SFO & MIA plus MAN-MCO. From £308 to BOS. [y]

The same seats last week were £900+ in PE and £328 in Y

Nick

looks like its a reaction to this[:D]

[Neil]

Some good prices, but as usual the dates are very restricted. Parents looking at going to MIA in November, only about 3 combination of dates you can get the £720.50 fare, otherwise it is £900 or more! So slightly annoying.

I'm confused. This was on the website yesterday. I know. I was checking for my next trip.

This was just their normal monthly update of fixes and new enhancements. I see OLCI has a fancy new thing telling you what flights are open/closed

Originally posted by Sealink
I'm confused. This was on the website yesterday. I know. I was checking for my next trip.

That's right, these prices have been available since Monday, I had a look at a return to LAX in November and it gave me a price of £758.

-Steve

[Nottingham Nick]

Originally posted by Sealink
I'm confused. This was on the website yesterday. I know. I was checking for my next trip.

Paul's link in the first post in the thread is still a holding page, so the two events may not be linked, but the bottom line (for me) is that it is a new sale that wasn't there when I last looked at the weekend.

As usual, the destinations vary, the dates vary and the savings vary but (again for me) it is a good sale with lots of dates, and lots of savings in PE to Beantown (BOS). [y]

If anyone, who doesn't mind the cold, is planning a pre or post Christmas shopping trip, then I would have no hesitation in recommending Boston. Mass. has no sales tax on food (except in restaurants) or on clothing costing <$150.

Nick

I was looking at a Dubai September PE (K) fare yesterday on the old sale. It came in as 719 each. Same fare today 629 each. Fare code KLMEG states:

UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON/BEFORE 23SEP 08. FOR -LMEG TYPE FARES TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON/BEFORE 23SEP 08.

So even though its not specifically listed in this sale some non US destinations are included.

Now all I need is LHR-JFK Xmas shopping 19-21 Dec at a sensible price. Unfortunately NYC is not part of this sale

I'm holding out for a UC sale in December/January for a planned trip to New York in February.

Miopyk[8D]

Thankfully the November trip I booked last week LHR-BOS returning LAS-LGW is more expensive now than it was then (I paid £840 in PA) ; perhaps my luck is finally changing this year. Must buy some Euro Lotty tickets.

[HighFlyer]

Now Nick, dont get into the habit of checking the price of flights you have already booked. That can often be a sobering experience [:D]

Thanks,
Sarah

Originally posted by jaguarpig
looks like its a reaction to this[:D]

...except the while BA is discounting CW, the same isn't currently showing for UC as far as I can see.

Cheers, H

Originally posted by HighFlyer
Now Nick, dont get into the habit of checking the price of flights you have already booked. That can often be a sobering experience [:D]

Thanks,
Sarah

Im ashamed to admit that I pick at my scabs too..

Thank you preiffer for posting this thread!

After reading it I checked out PE for my upcoming econ trip to miami and how wonderful it was to see that it was only £55 difference to upgrade on the outbound trip! So I called flyingclub as I had booked it with M+M and inc admin fees and taxis I upgraded for £250 for me and my friend. Much better price than when I inquired few months ago £750 then! what a difference.

So thanks again, I don't normally re-check prices after I have booked incase they have gone down. However, your thread made me think twice!

I was just browsing the VS site today to find that our trip to DXB out in PE and back in Y had dropped by £60 each.I called VS and have managed to get the return upped into PE for a total of £170 for the 2 of us including only a £50 change fee.

It seemed like a good deal at a total of £639 in PE return. Is it???

UC fares now added to the sale!

[honey lamb]

Originally posted by McMaddog
UC fares now added to the sale!

[:?]Hmmm! While UC is in the drop down menu, a dummy run on a couple of destinations don't seem to show sale prices. Perhaps the fares haven't been loaded yet

Once upon a time..... airlines would refund the difference in the fares if they went down after you booked. Is that no longer the rule?

I think it is just hit and miss

Originally posted by honey lamb

Originally posted by McMaddog
UC fares now added to the sale!

[:?]Hmmm! While UC is in the drop down menu, a dummy run on a couple of destinations don't seem to show sale prices. Perhaps the fares haven't been loaded yet

It seems that VS are following BA in this sale - there are no North American destinations currently on sale in CW as far as I can see other than Bermuda and the Carribean.

While it remains to be seen whether North American destinations will appear, I would be surprised if we don't see a sale to these destinations at some point in CW/UC.

Howard