On Tuesday I wrote about how Delta was no longer showing Virgin Australia award availability. Not only did Virgin Australia award availability disappear from Delta’s website, but it wasn’t bookable via Delta’s call center either.
Continue reading: Virgin Australia Awards Return To Delta SkyMiles Tomorrow
Share your questions, experiences, and thoughts below.
VA will be fun, but getting Level 1 saver seat on DL from anywhere to LAX will be the big challenge
From JFK ? Absolutely forgetaboutit.
Regardless of how amazing VA's new J might be, a 6 hour ride in econ to LAX to connect to that 77W completely diminishes the value of the award.
i did exactly that award couple of years ago... JFK-LAX in Delta coach (all that was available) and LAX-BNE on Virgin. i paid $79 to Delta to upgrade to eco+ and it was totally fine for 5 hrs... plus i was excited for *A lounge and Virgin so it really was not too bad in my mind.
@ patricia -- Fair enough, but what the alternatives between the US and Australia, really? Not many alternatives. Ultimately it's not too tough to find some saver space domestically with a connection if you're flexible. Agree it's frustrating, but don't think it completely diminishes the value of the award.
Ben,
Happy Friday! I have a trip to Nadi from Melbourne on VA next month. I spoke with one of their agents and he told me it can be credited to Virgin America.
What other partner airline(s) can I credit my miles.
@Luis - expect the new J class by December 2015, with the entire fleet done (they only have a few 77W aircraft) by early 2016.
I have a VA award flight booked via SkyMiles and all flight info for my VA flights randomly disappeared and I was unable to see seat maps so I panicked and thought I'd lost my seat assignment (who wants to end up in a middle seat in business class!?). I called to make sure my original seat assignment was there and the agent said that they could still see, so I don't know what happened there.