Delta and Virgin Atlantic announced a pretty huge new joint venture earlier in the year, and as of this past Saturday reciprocal award redemptions became available. I was curious to see how Delta would handle SkyMiles redemptions for travel on Virgin Atlantic. Virgin Atlantic imposes fuel surcharges on all award redemptions on their own flights,…
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@ Jack S -- Those are roundtrip prices. Delta charges the same number of miles for a one-way as a roundtrip.
I am a regular VS flier and have been scouring for two UC seats from SFO to LHR for ages and there is almost no availability for the next year. The VS UC award space changes very frequently and honestly I have always found it to be pretty stingy overall, even if I look when flights are first released they don't always release any award space. Not sure whether this partnership will make it worse or better.
Saw the YVR space a few days ago - which is actually a great find when combined with AS for West Coast flyers.
YVR, CUN and Caribbean routes are great options (of course availability looks scarce).
Remember you can avoid the APD by booking an AZ,KL or AF flight leading into the UK with a <24hr stop. That should easily save $200. Meaning these awards are bookable from West Coast US to Europe for essentially minimal fees.