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neilbond007

neilbond007 wrote: »

BA - If you're on a cheapo ticket you'll probably get no points.
Virgin - If you're on a cheap ticket you'll probably get 75% of the miles flown. They used to give full miles up until about 12 months ago.

Both can be claimed up to 6 months after the journey.

I've been married for coming up to 3 years and with my other half for nearly 10 years. The "9" button on my sky remote is just a black button with no number on

Also, make sure you get online and choose your seats. You should be able to do that now if you have a booking reference.
Otherwise you'll be left with the seats that no one wants - IE in the middle of the middle section!
Find out what type of aircraft you're on and go to seatguru.com to find out which are the best / worst seats

jonathanrichardson69

neilbond007 wrote: »

Also, make sure you get online and choose your seats. You should be able to do that now if you have a booking reference.
Otherwise you'll be left with the seats that no one wants - IE in the middle of the middle section!
Find out what type of aircraft you're on and go to seatguru.com to find out which are the best / worst seats

we have prebooked seats now.
how do i claim air miles back with virgin.
i have a flying club membership but never used it.
you can get points if you stay at different hotel chains as well.
we are staying at a hyatt whilst there, they are on virgins list of partners.
not sure how to claim these miles though

neilbond007

jonathanrichardson69 wrote: »

we have prebooked seats now.
how do i claim air miles back with virgin.
i have a flying club membership but never used it.
you can get points if you stay at different hotel chains as well.
we are staying at a hyatt whilst there, they are on virgins list of partners.
not sure how to claim these miles though

we have prebooked seats now.
NB - Check them! Change them if necessary http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb/index.jsp
You should be able to set up a log in if you have your number. I can't remember how to do it. I've been a member for 6 or 7 years.

you can get points if you stay at different hotel chains as well.
we are staying at a hyatt whilst there, they are on virgins list of partners.
not sure how to claim these miles though
NB - You can - but you tend to get not too many miles. 750 miles per STAY. You need 25,000 miles to get a free economy ticket.
Saying that, i stayed in the Radisson in Riga for about 40 nights. They used to be 1000 miles per NIGHT.
So, get a Hyatt card and put it on there!

funkyfin2000

As its BA it opens 24hrs before, i will be straight on the internet to check it out

Plane is a 747 i think! Big!

neilbond007

funkyfin2000 wrote: »

As its BA it opens 24hrs before, i will be straight on the internet to check it out

Plane is a 747 i think! Big!

BA0287 is indeed a 747.
Rows 51 / 52 B+C or H+J are the dogs danglies on this one.
2 seats on their own. lots of storage space by the window.

Oh, the $ is at 1.4535 at present. We've had a little downhill movement...

jonathanrichardson69

neilbond007 wrote: »

we have prebooked seats now.
NB - Check them! Change them if necessary http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb/index.jsp
You should be able to set up a log in if you have your number. I can't remember how to do it. I've been a member for 6 or 7 years.

you can get points if you stay at different hotel chains as well.
we are staying at a hyatt whilst there, they are on virgins list of partners.
not sure how to claim these miles though
NB - You can - but you tend to get not too many miles. 750 miles per STAY. You need 25,000 miles to get a free economy ticket.
Saying that, i stayed in the Radisson in Riga for about 40 nights. They used to be 1000 miles per NIGHT.
So, get a Hyatt card and put it on there!

thanks Neil,
we got our holiday tickets today so all details will be in the pack i presume. we will check it out tonight to see if the seats are any good. and what plane it is. i'll be asking for your advice tomorrow again.:D
with the air miles, do they work it out exactly from heathrow to LA and San fran back to heathrow? do you know how many that is?

whatusername

Alright troops, out the office today but still lurking now and again. I see that poofy song is still doing the rounds !!!!!!. Cable a bit static I see.

funkyfin2000

neilbond007 wrote: »

BA0287 is indeed a 747.
Rows 51 / 52 B+C or H+J are the dogs danglies on this one.
2 seats on their own. lots of storage space by the window.

Oh, the $ is at 1.4535 at present. We've had a little downhill movement...

thanks for the top tip dude..thats exactly the flight....

can't find out if its in seat entertainment, and are the films on demand or just on at certain times?

Also.....is it the 747-400 70 bus or the 52 bus??? BA.com doesn't say!

jonathanrichardson69

neil, i think my flight numbers are VS007 and VS020 is there anyway of finding what aircraft this is? then you can let me know the best seats so i can change them if possible

neilbond007

jonathanrichardson69 wrote: »

thanks Neil,
we got our holiday tickets today so all details will be in the pack i presume. we will check it out tonight to see if the seats are any good. and what plane it is. i'll be asking for your advice tomorrow again.:D
with the air miles, do they work it out exactly from heathrow to LA and San fran back to heathrow? do you know how many that is?

On my virgin card i got 3809 miles for a journey from LHR - LAX (with air NZ).
This was discounted economy so you'll be looking for a similar figure from each flight.