Virgin Atlantic Flying Club

My feelings about Virgin Atlantic Flying club are that they are a bunch of rubbish. Whenever you phone the club you are told that the dates you have chosen are not available for upgrades, (and that is a load of old rubbish.). When booking premium economy flights to Orlando in April of last year for October I was told that all upgrades were taken and that I needed to book at least ll months ahead to get the upgrades. So like a fool when my granddaughter in Florida ( who got married in October said that she wanter to come to England for her honeymoon I decided to phone ll months ahead to get upgrades from economy to premium economy with my miles. Of course when I ...  Read the complete review

I've been a member of Virgin Flying Club for a good few years, I'd say eight at least. Since I joined I've not paid full price for a flight with Virgin Atlantic. You don't have to even fly with them now to earn points. Just sign up for a Virgin Atlantic credit card and you'll earn Flying Club miles each time you use the credit card. Each time you do fly with Virgin Atlantic you'll earn Flying Club miles, the number gained depends on which class you fly and where you fly to. You can also earn miles with Virgin Atlantic partners, including Dollar Rent a Car and Marriott hotels. If you're a member of certain other loyalty reward ...  Read the complete review

I have been collecting virgin miles in the hope of using them to upgrade from premium economy to upper class on the London Montego Bay route. However it appears impossible to get a booking on that route no matter how much notice you give and how flexible you are with dates. What is the solution? Am I doing something wrong or is it just impossible to ever use miles for upgrades on that route?

I traveled with Virgin atlantic a couple of time in the last 3 years when we have visited orlando florida as when we booked we got the 10 % off the price due to me using the frequent flyer programme. when you use the programme you will earn points when you fly with virgin you can even upgrade your seating if you wish if you want to redeam you loyalty points from being economay to upper class. you will start at the red membership level where you will be given like a credit card with you name and your membership number on so you can take it when you go on virgin holidays or flights. after the red one you will go on to silver and then on to gold were ...  Read the complete review

me and my family went to florida and flew with virgin atlantic . Its the first time we flew as a family and we would not fly with anyone else . The flight and all the staff were all first class we were in econamy but were treated like we were royalty.I have already booked for next year and cant wait.My freinds who flew with another company airtours said they would not fly with them again and have booked to fly with virgin with us ...  Read the complete review