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#951722 by redengines4me
10 Aug 2019, 12:05
Have just booked 2 adults to / from MCO next May in Premium.

looking to try for Upper upgrade ideally with miles. What is the best way to check and how frequently?

Advice from v-flyer experts welcomed.

Thanks

Mike
#951727 by daviis
10 Aug 2019, 15:13
You didn’t say what dates you were looking for but in the image below all the dates highlighted in blue have 2 UC reward seats available LGW-MCO. This is using rewardflights.com.
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#951731 by AlsirAl
10 Aug 2019, 19:07
Flexibility is always the key for upgrades! If your sticking with the dates you have already booked then I suggest signing up for alerts to get notifications IF upgrades become available. There’s a cost involved and a chance no seats appear though
#951732 by redengines4me
10 Aug 2019, 23:14
Thank you for the advice. Although we are within the 24 hr window, Sunday is not really an option for us. We have Premium seats so will take a chance on upgrades appearing later and will check the reward flight finder regularly.

Thanks again for all the advice - I knew I could rely on v-flyer!
#951735 by uktigger
11 Aug 2019, 11:30
Be aware though, Reward flight finder are having problems at the mo.
It's 4 days since my dates were checked and this is on the website:

"Saturday 10th August 2019: We're having issues looking up Virgin availability at the moment. We're looking into this and will come back with an update tomorrow (Sunday).
#951790 by dickydotcom
14 Aug 2019, 08:46
When I upgrade with miles (which I have managed to do several times to MCO in Upper) I check on the virgin site doing a dummy one way booking using miles. I would check up to six times a day starting before 6 a.m.
It is a route where reward seats go very quickly when released. If a seat shows I'm straight on the phone.
Dick D
Virgin Atlantic

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