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jonathanrichardson69

neil, does my mrs have to sign up for the flying club with virgin? i don't quite understand how the air miles thing works. does the miles for mine and her flight get added to my account?
i just went on the website to book a trip, put in our exact dates etc and it says we would earn a total of 10,807 air miles, does this sound about right to you?

neilbond007

junpit wrote: »

I dont think its a loophole. I wanted a block of 4 in the center just behind the bulkhead for the extra legroom, but thought better of it as I could be moved later.

I think they move people as they need to. I was in Portland in June last year and on the flight from Chicago, me and a colleague had 2 of the seats behind the bulkhead picked at check-in. We even had a boarding pass with these seats on. They still moved us as they have a family with small children and they took priority. We got to the seats and someone was waiting at the seat to tell us to sit in a different seat.

I was well mad. Mind you I was more concerned about the toilet sign coming on when taking off as I had consumed about 4 pints of bud in the departure area and was desperate. Every minute lasts an hour when your like that. After 35 mins we were still climbing and I got up anyway. Any longer would have been a real bad idea.

-Darren

I had my seats booked by someone on the net when the 24 hour period opened. i logged on 23hr and 45 mins before the flight and someone had managed to go over my reservation.
oh, and you deserve to suffer if you drink bud

junpit

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

i take it you know about the 3week long Florida Gay Festival starting on May 7th ?

Have fun

Actually gay day is 2nd June in WDW I think. I come home at the end of May.

http://destinations.virginmedia.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=28941

neilbond007

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

u seriously do not know how true to life that could be......

i tell you what.. i'm rather proud of that post.. even if i say so myself

inspector_monkfish

neilbond007 wrote: »

i tell you what.. i'm rather proud of that post.. even if i say so myself

very good - i see what you did there.

would love to get you guys onto a London Trading Floor.
Open a few eyes it would !!

inspector_monkfish

junpit wrote: »

Actually gay day is 2nd June in WDW I think. I come home at the end of May.

http://destinations.virginmedia.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=28941

shame ;)

junpit

neilbond007 wrote: »

Flight number: VS 007 Operated by: Virgin Atlantic Airways Departs: London Heathrow Airport
Wed April 22 2009 at 11:15 Arrives: Los Angeles International Airport
Wed April 22 2009 at 14:35 Flight duration: 11 hours, 20 minutes Meal: Complimentary meal and drinks provided Aircraft type: Airbus A340-600
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Virgin_Atlantic_Airways/Virgin_Atlantic_Airways_Airbus_A346_2.php

Flight number: VS 020 Operated by: Virgin Atlantic Airways Departs: San Francisco International Airport
Tue April 21 2009 at 16:30 Arrives: London Heathrow Airport
Wed April 22 2009 at 10:30 Flight duration: 10 hours, 0 minutes Meal: Complimentary meal and drinks provided Aircraft type: Boeing 747-400
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Virgin_Atlantic_Airways/Virgin_Atlantic_Airways_Boeing_747-400_4.php
There are 4 versions of the 747... so not sure which it'll be!

Airbus is better as it's 2-4-2 seating config. So you've got a good chance of being on the 2.
Found them by pretending to book flights on the Virgin website

There are 4 configurations. You need to login with you reference and you should be able to see the config for your flight. Mine is config 1 from gatwick and its VS027.

neilbond007

jonathanrichardson69 wrote: »

neil, does my mrs have to sign up for the flying club with virgin? i don't quite understand how the air miles thing works. does the miles for mine and her flight get added to my account?
i just went on the website to book a trip, put in our exact dates etc and it says we would earn a total of 10,807 air miles, does this sound about right to you?

1 account. she can put her miles on your account too (or vice versa - i've already seen who wears the trousers )
that sounds like the full miles. you might get it knocked down slightly.
virgin airlimes are on a rolling 3 year cycle. if you don't use your account for 3 years - you lose them. it's worth getting the free credit card to see keep the account updating.

jonathanrichardson69

neilbond007 wrote: »

1 account. she can put her miles on your account too (or vice versa - i've already seen who wears the trousers )
that sounds like the full miles. you might get it knocked down slightly.
virgin airlimes are on a rolling 3 year cycle. if you don't use your account for 3 years - you lose them. it's worth getting the free credit card to see keep the account updating.

i have a virgin credit card but its just a normal virgin one, i think you have to have the american express on to get airmiles on it. i just put my wedding on it the other day. thought there may be a way of getting air miles for that? some credit cards offer a bonus scheme if you spend money on it you get points back?

neilbond007

jonathanrichardson69 wrote: »

i have a virgin credit card but its just a normal virgin one, i think you have to have the american express on to get airmiles on it. i just put my wedding on it the other day. thought there may be a way of getting air miles for that? some credit cards offer a bonus scheme if you spend money on it you get points back?

i used to have a normal and a black one.
they both used to be mastercard. got about 15,000 miles for taking each out.
got about 15,000 miles to swapping them both to amex too.

i think it's just the amex one where you get airlimes... take one out... you'll get 3000 miles for doing nowt! well, except for applying for the card... obviously...