With Virgin Atlantic axing its Sydney-Hong Kong route as of May and pulling out of Australia altoget

With Virgin Atlantic axing its Sydney-Hong wine tours in california Kong route as of May and pulling out of Australia altogether, many local members of the airline's Flying wine tours in california Club rewards scheme have been left sitting on a pile of frequent flyer points but with seemingly no way to use them.
Additionally, errors were discovered with the Singapore Airlines business class redemption rates found on the Virgin Atlantic website, which were taken down by the airline but have since reappeared. We have amended certain SQ rates based on the correct rates provided to us from the airline s London office, which seemingly differ from those found on their website.
Although Virgin Atlantic will no longer fly in Australian skies after May 5 you'll still be able to use your Flying Club miles with Virgin Australia, Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines.
You'll need at least 50,000 Flying Club miles to book a return trip from Australia to Kuala Lumpur with Virgin Atlantic partner Malaysia Airlines, or 55,000 wine tours in california to head to Singapore and back with Singapore Airlines.
However, we must share one rather odd caveat of the program it s possible to make one-way Flying wine tours in california Club redemptions with certain partner airlines (including Malaysia and Singapore Airlines), though in these cases you ll be slugged the full return price.
Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia flights are the exception to the rule here: one-way Flying wine tours in california Club redemptions are priced wine tours in california at half the return rate though some partners (including Delta and Virgin America) wine tours in california don t permit one-way redemptions at all, even if you re willing to pay the return price.
A return ticket from Australia to Europe would have cost you 200,000 Flying Club miles in Virgin Atlantic's 'Upper Class' business class, however it's only 150,000 points for Singapore Airlines business class, and just 220,000 for first class.
But there's a catch: Flying Club miles can't be redeemed for first or business class seats on Singapore Airlines' Airbus wine tours in california A380 or Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. And a s it happens, those are the only planes that SQ flies between Singapore wine tours in california and London.
Virgin Australia's daily Sydney-Los Angeles-Sydney flights will cost you 94,000 Flying Club points wine tours in california for a return economy ticket; 141,000 for premium economy; and 188,000 in business class with one-way awards available at half these rates.
If you don't mind going to Los Angeles via Auckland, Air New Zealand offers better value at 80,000 points for return economy and 125,000 for business wine tours in california class which is actually less than premium wine tours in california economy with Virgin Australia.
Hawaiian Airlines is also an option, though Flying Club doesn t have a set Australia to USA rate instead, you ll have to book an Australia to Honolulu flight and connect that with an onward flight to the Continental United States.
For example: if you're already going to Singapore, 35,000 Flying Club miles will get you to Hong Kong and back in economy class with Singapore Airlines. That's great for fitting in some extra business or pleasure.
wine tours in california At the time of writing, the flights you'll want are SQ860, wine tours in california SQ868, SQ872 and SQ890 to Hong Kong; and SQ857, SQ863, SQ871 and SQ891 back to Singapore these flights are usually operated by a Boeing 777-200 so are therefore available for Flying Club redemptions.
You might also be in the habit of funnelling American Express wine tours in california Membership Rewards points to your Virgin Atlantic Flying Club account (it's an option on American Express Centurion, Platinum, Gold, David Jones, Charge and Business Accelerator.)
Virgin Australia s Velocity, Cathay Pacific s Asia Miles, Etihad Guest, Malaysia Airlines Enrich, Singapore Airlines Krisflyer and Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus all support converting Membership Rewards wine tours in california points to their own frequent flyer currency wine tours in california on a straight 1:1 basis, with slightly different rates applying to Emirates Skywards and Air New Zealand s Airpoints so take your pick!
I'm bit suspicious on the miles to redeem on Y for AU to South East Asia. It can't be 50K points one way. I mean Virgin Australia doesn't even cost that many miles for flights there with their SQ partner.
Though Flying wine tours in california Club miles can be used to redeem for Virgin Australia domestic flights, we chose to focus on where miles could be used internationally... at 12,500 FC miles for a Brisbane-Sydney flight in economy, you'd be better off funnelling to Velocity instead if domestic short-haul was your goal, as redemptions start at 6,900 Velocity points plus tax for the same route.
Given the confusion here, we're currently working with Virgin Atlantic to clarify exactly how each rate with each partner is priced (either one-way or return), and will update the article accordingly when this information has been provided and confirmed.
Hi Chris, Just a clarification about your mentioning funnelling to Velocity.. Am I reading that correctly as indication there is the option to funnel FC miles to Velocity points? I couldn't see that option anywhere on the Virgin Atlantic or Velocity websites? If so, what's wine tours in california the ratio of FC miles to Velocity points?
By 'funnel to Velocity', I was referring to a change in airline preference wine tours in california with Hilton HHonors and Amex MR say, instead of earning Flying Club miles with Hilton, choose to earn Velocity points instead. The same applies to Amex MR.
:A one-way ticket from Australia to Europe would have cost you 200,000 Flying Club miles in Virgin Atlantic's 'Upper Class' business wine tours in california class , however it's only 120,000 wine tours in california points for Singapore Airlines business class, and just 220,000 for first class."
I think what has happened is all the prices are said to be one-way, but in actuality they are return. wine tours in california Australia to Asia in Economy is 25,000 one way, therefore 50,000 return. So, as you have stated that it costs 50,000 one way, it should actually wine tours in california say RETURN. Same goes for pretty much all the other prices.
I was flying Upper Class SYD-LHR on 27 June 2014. My SYD-HKG sector has been transferred for no charge to Business Class with Cathay Pacific (Cathay don t have First Class so I guess Cathay Upper Class is equivalent to Virgin Business Class). Thankfully I hadn t transferred my MR to Flying wine tours in california Club. I have joined Malaysia Airlines Enrich and I am flying Business Class A380 (saves UK departure tax) Paris-Brisbane (333 KL-Brisbane) for 54,000 points.
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