BIG NEWS: Major changes at Virgin Flying Club

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• Simmo says:

  31 Oct31 October 14:10

  Ouch!

  • Simmo says:

    31 Oct31 October 14:19

    Upper seems to have increased and PE has got cheaper?

    Upper:
    LHR-NYC was 80,000 miles in upper to 95,000 (std) or 115,000 (peak)
    LGW-LAS was 100,000 miles in upper to 135,000 (std) or 155,000 (peak)

    Premium Economy:
    LHR-NYC was 55,000 miles in PE to 35,000 (std) or 55,000 (peak)
    LGW-LAS was 70,000 miles in upper to 55,000 (std) or 75,000 (peak)

• Stewart says:

  31 Oct31 October 14:10

  Standard redemptions at 20k for a return looks fantastic value.

  Reduction in points accumulated for economy travel, less so!

• RTS says:

  31 Oct31 October 14:18

  Wow… I am liking off-peak redemptions!

• Ross says:

  31 Oct31 October 14:18

  I have a flight in UC booked for the 12th November..

• Genghis says:

  31 Oct31 October 14:19

  I don’t like the look of the value placed on miles through part pay with miles: 3k miles = £18 off = 0.6p / mile. I look forward to the full analysis article tomorrow.

• Alan says:

  31 Oct31 October 14:22

  Looks like massive hikes on UC -up from 100k return to US West Coast to 135k off-peak and 155k peak – bloody hell 🙁 🙁 US North East is 80k to 95k off-peak/115k peak so not quite as bad an increase.

• Alan says:

  31 Oct31 October 14:24

  – 0.6p/mile value when paying with points (min spend 3k miles)
  – finally getting rid of stupid system of changing membership number when you change tier
  – family accounts for U12s
  – increased earning for premium classes, reduced for discount economy

  • VS says:

    31 Oct31 October 15:00

    Rather uncharitable to have the family account (not with respect to minors) solely for Gold members. It does solve the logistical issue of one member of the family earning at a substantially higher rate than another, but mostly for those for whom this was unlikely a binding constraint.

    Still, along with the Amex 2 for 1, one of the more valuable parts of the Avios system that Flying Club is lacking.

• Roger Wilco says:

  31 Oct31 October 14:25

  Will I still be able to transfer to Hilton?

  • Alan says:

    31 Oct31 October 14:26

    Couldn’t see any mention of this going on the micro-site but always possible it gets enhanced away!

  • Genghis says:

    31 Oct31 October 15:59

    I do hope the IHG transfers do not go. Will make it much harder to make Spire Elite

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