[alexbs]

Brightdoc,

I would love to know how you went about this, in a practical sense. I tried to book some flights on Singapore Air and ANZ, and found the request one date, wait 24 hours, then get told no, to be very difficult to create complex itineries.

Is there some advise you could provide ? I would love to switch to VA to use Sing First (as you did).

Your advise appreciated.

[brightdoc]

With AirNZ they did have to wait 24 hrs and I agree it was unsatisfactory but with Singapore they could tell me straight away while I waited on the phone> Singapore is closer to Virgin than Air NZ and I guess that may explain it. I will certianly do it again!

[GDS]

I have also found the advantages of Virgin Atlantic Flying Club using AMX points. But are there any other credit cards VISA/MC that divert points to Virgin Atlantic? In the end you cannot use AMX everywhere to maximise your points

[straitman]

I also have some interest in this, however seek some assistance with planning around the world itineraries. ie how do you do it efficiently

[QF009]

Is VS status useful if one doesn't intend to or have the opportunity to fly VS though? I must admit that access to the VS CH in LHR does seem an attractive proposition.

VS Gold seems pretty simple = 8 x SQ SIN-KUL or KUL-SIN F segments.

[k3nnis]

Yep seems easy to get Not sure what other perks besides having access to the CH...

Originally Posted by QF009

Is VS status useful if one doesn't intend to or have the opportunity to fly VS though? I must admit that access to the VS CH in LHR does seem an attractive proposition.

VS Gold seems pretty simple = 8 x SQ SIN-KUL or KUL-SIN F segments.

[daYZman]

Does Flying Club allow award flights to be assigned to family members, like what Qantas does?

Thanks

[Chicken]

Originally Posted by daYZman

Does Flying Club allow award flights to be assigned to family members

Yes. I claimed before for myself and my gf.

[swan_tim]

After another price rise from QF, I'm seriously thinking about making the change to Virgin Flying Club for all my AMEX points. I see that you can get an Upper Class (looks better than QF J) fare from SYD-LHR-SYD for 180,000 (J on QF is 250K, F is 384K).

I have a few questions to those that use this program or know a bit about it...

1. What would a J RTW (using Singapore or the likes) booking cost using Flying Club points?
2. Once V Australia is onboard, will you be able to use Flying Club points on them as well?

Thanks.

[oliverd]

Originally Posted by swan_tim

After another price rise from QF, I'm seriously thinking about making the change to Virgin Flying Club for all my AMEX points. I see that you can get an Upper Class (looks better than QF J) fare from SYD-LHR-SYD for 180,000 (J on QF is 250K, F is 384K).

I would also be very interested in anyone who has recently redeemed points on VS. A few months ago I thought VS might be my salvation from QF (I have most of my points with Amex)... I rang the local Virgin Atlantic office to ask about the availability if "Upper Class" seats anytime over the next 12 months to get an idea of how hard this would be. The response was zero seats in J for the next 12 months... and I should keep trying a year ahead of my planned travel dates. Also rang Virgin Blue, who quoted a rate many times higher than booking directly with Virgin Atlantic... So i'm pretty reluctant to move to this program and have my DJ flights credited to VS if seats are even harder to obtain than with QF...