Z class fares

Hi, probably an old chestnut that may of been covered again and again, but wanted a bit of advice please.

Me and the new wife to be would of accumulated around 50,000 airmiles by next Jan and fancied a hop over the pond for a long weekend maybe next march. Would prefer to be at the pointy end therefore how does one get a Z class fare? We've got a rtn to CPT this September on a Z but only through virgin holidays? Any thoughts? Is it best to wait until 11 months prior to departure date and call VS holidays and try my luck? Unfortunately not a lot can be done with 50,000 airmiles just yet otherwise miles + £ would of been an option.

Cheers.

[Neil]

Z is the lowet UC fare code and can be booked online by selecting UC Lowest on the VS website or by calling reservations and requesting a Z fare.

VH do book their UC pax in to the Z fare code also but it is not exclusive to them.

if you buy a return economy in L you can use 20k miles each to get into PE (roundtrip) or buy a PE 'S' fare then 20k each will get you into UC.

Just as a slight side question; how do you check if there are seats available to upgrade into? (to save buying an upgradeable ticket if there are no seats available in a higher cabin)

Just as a slight side question; how do you check if there are seats available to upgrade into? (to save buying an upgradeable ticket if there are no seats available in a higher cabin)

Best is to ring Virgin directly.

Just as a slight side question; how do you check if there are seats available to upgrade into? (to save buying an upgradeable ticket if there are no seats available in a higher cabin)

If you do a search on the VS website for tickets to purchase with miles that'll tell you! The seats for miles upgrades come from the same pool of availability as pure miles seats!

Awesome, thanks guys!

I think if you dump VS Holidays and bump up (buy more miles) a bit, ringing the lovely staff at FC will give the best results. We are diong Dubai UC return for £980 each + 30,000 I think. Not typical as out of season but PE upgrades are soooooo much more worth while. We did have the Xmas trip of £1K eack return to SFO in 2011 but think we died and gone to .........well, SFO!!!!!!! It was a paid Z fare. What you really want is a G , upgraded fare, I think.

I think if you dump VS Holidays and bump up (buy more miles) a bit, ringing the lovely staff at FC will give the best results. We are diong Dubai UC return for £980 each + 30,000 I think. Not typical as out of season but PE upgrades are soooooo much more worth while. We did have the Xmas trip of £1K each return to SFO in UC in 2011 but think we died and gone to .........well, SFO!!!!!!! It was a paid Z fare. What you really want is a G , upgraded fare, I think.

A 'G' is an UC reward ticket. There still needs to be availabiltiy in the G bucket to be able to upgrade from Econ or PE to UC