Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2018

StuieUK34 wrote: »

Hey guys......
For those who book flights using AirMiles....

Am I too soon to book ? I looked at options for using Virgin AirMiles, from either MAN or LON to LAS........ 24th/25th May, but go no options

I do however, have options for LHR - LAX (I like the drive to Vegas)...
There are 2 flights to LA, and for the dates I want, I can get the Prem econ with Virgin on the LHR-LAX flight, but the out-going flight is the afternoon flight , which means I cant make the drive to vegas when we land

Flying club tell me that only 1 seat is available in Prem for reward seats on the morning flight (which I want!).....
Keeping in mind its a long way away, for those who do AirMiles bookings, do you know if seat availability changes per month ?

Ie: worth hanging on until Nov or Dec to book my flights ? (don't mind flying to LAX over LAS...)

I've never seen upper class redemptions with Virgin Atlantic to Vegas before... I've only seen premium economy tickets (2 per flight I believe).

If booking for May, on a route to Vegas (or LA), I'd say you are too late. They are released 330 days in advance.

Technically, flight availability can change, if the flight doesn't sell. Might be better asking over at flyertalk?

With VA switching to LHR - they are also switching planes too - now the Vegas flight will be a Boeing 787-9 which has a different seat makeup to the old 747's;

31 U/C 35 Prem 192 Econ..So many more u/c and alot less Prem seats now..

From what I am seeing there are more reward flights possible now on U/C - they have many more to fill than the old 747's...


I just used 58k miles to upgrade econ to u/c out and econ to prem back for late July..

Flew back from Las Vegas yesterday afternoon. Checked in our luggage with the very helpful young lady manning a desk outside the departures hall. No queuing whatsoever. Was unable to use OH's reward upgrade either going out or coming home - we booked late and there wasn't the availability. At least we were able to use our flying miles for the economy flights. We sat at the very back of the plane, 64H & 64K. Perfect.

We stayed at Park MGM using an MLife promotion, 2 nights to include $150 food and beverage credit which could be used at any MGM location. So we did 2 bookings, one for 3 nights and one for 2 nights. We also had a $50 MyVegas credit for the Juniper Bar and 2 buffets at the Aria, again MyVegas. For us, the location was perfect. We had a few meals in New York, New York, which was a stone's throw away. The hotel itself is ok. They are aware there is a problem with sound insulation (you can hear the person in the next room opening/closing the curtains). They also know that the lack of drawers in the bedrooms are an issue which needs addressing.

We would stay there again.

Pleased to hear that Virgin are moving to LHR for the Las Vegas flights. That's more convenient for us.

I assume most people flew VS out of LGW for convince, because you live south of London. If their moving the operation to LHR you will have to consider if BA might be a better choice.
There is so more you can do with Avios than Virgin miles and status is easier to obtain. By this I mean access to the lounge network.