I have yet to fly VS UC. We did have seats in UC on the NRT flight but these were switched to ANA after the withdrawal of the Tokyo service.
But no worries, we have collected another 120,000 points to try again- yay!
But... (there is always a but!) whenever I search on the website reward flight availability calendar for UC seats and click on dates with the UC purple availability mark showing, the next secreen tells me there is in fact NO UC availability! This is frustrating.
I know when booking reward seats it is best to call the FC and speak to a staff member, but currently I am just perusing the possibilities.
Maybe I am doing something wrong, but I guess it is the usual VS website inefficieny?
Also, whilst I am on and moaning can I ask:
When (or if) flights become available on the dates I want them, would booking a OW ticket out and then waiting and booking a OW ticket back approx 2 weeks later be a sensible course of action, rather than waiting and then finding the outbound flights have gone? I assume you can do this?
And if I choose to cancel a reward flight booking at a later time, what are the penalties with rewards seat bookings (M to G upgrades)?Is there a monetary and points penalty?
Sorry if these questions have been asked before, but i am much more familiar with booking flights with Avios.
But no worries, we have collected another 120,000 points to try again- yay!
But... (there is always a but!) whenever I search on the website reward flight availability calendar for UC seats and click on dates with the UC purple availability mark showing, the next secreen tells me there is in fact NO UC availability! This is frustrating.
I know when booking reward seats it is best to call the FC and speak to a staff member, but currently I am just perusing the possibilities.
Maybe I am doing something wrong, but I guess it is the usual VS website inefficieny?
Also, whilst I am on and moaning can I ask:
When (or if) flights become available on the dates I want them, would booking a OW ticket out and then waiting and booking a OW ticket back approx 2 weeks later be a sensible course of action, rather than waiting and then finding the outbound flights have gone? I assume you can do this?
And if I choose to cancel a reward flight booking at a later time, what are the penalties with rewards seat bookings (M to G upgrades)?Is there a monetary and points penalty?
Sorry if these questions have been asked before, but i am much more familiar with booking flights with Avios.
Last edited by Maximus on 02 May 2015, 15:39, edited 1 time in total.
