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Virgin Atlantic 20% off most reward seats
Virgin Red and Virgin Atlantic have teamed up to offer a 20% reduction in the points price when members book a Virgin Atlantic reward seat between 19 January and 31 January 2024 for travel on any date and network-wide except flights to or from Tel Aviv, Austin, Delhi and Lagos. It must be on a Virgin operated and marketed flight, so with a VS flight number.
Nearly all Virgin Atlantic routes are included in the sale, and the sale is applicable to Economy, Premium and Upper Class reward seat bookings or upgrades booked during the offer period. You can use the offer with a companion voucher from the Virgin Atlantic credit card as well.
A reward seat is when you use Virgin Points to cover the full airfare of your Virgin Atlantic flight or upgrade, so all you need to pay for are the taxes, fees and carrier-imposed surcharges, which vary according to destination, season and cabin. Unfortunately, these can be very at at up to just under £1000 per person in the Upper Class.
To book, go to the Virgin Atlantic website, where you can choose your destination and travel dates. Select ‘Show Price in Points’ under the ‘Advanced search’ followed by the cabin – either Economy, Premium or Upper Class. Finally, click the arrow and browse the reward seats available to you – 20% off the usual points price.
Virgin are also trialling a new way to find seats with their Reward Seat Checker which you can find here.
I’d say it’s not as good as something like Reward Flight Finder or Seat Spy as you can’t select by cabin and have to read every line of text, but it is a good way to see exactly how many seats are left on each day, so worth using.
It is interesting how many Upper Class seats there are available to Barbados next month if anyone has had enough of the cold!
Business class to Dubai & Abu Dhabi from €1,218
This deal is available from February 2024 onwards and is on KLM or Air France. The minimum stay is six days. Both airlines have good coverage of UK regional airports, which saves a lot of time. Personally, I would choose Air France. I flew the same route last year with KLM (review) and Air France (review).
- From Birmingham
- Dubai £1,341
- From Dublin
- Abu Dhabi €1,285
- Dubai €1,471
- From Edinburgh
- Dubai £1,421
- From Glasgow
- Dubai £1,440
- From London
- Dubai £1,342
You can book with KLM here or Air France here.
British Airways flash short haul sale from £39 one way
British Airways has launched an additional short-haul flash offer: from January 19 to January 22, 2024, the airline is offering flights to over 40 European destinations from £39 each way.
Return flights prices start from
- Nice from £73
- Bologna from £77
- Larnaca from £112
- Toulouse from £73
- Milan from £82
- Riga from £73
- Stockholm from £76
- Edinburgh from £63
- Belfast from £71
- Aberdeen from £60
Extra savings on holidays
Meanwhile, British Airways Holidays is offering customers an additional saving of up to £200 on selected Europe and North Africa holidays, for a limited period, during the British Airways/British Airways Holidays January Sale.
Those booking between 19 January – 22 January 2024 and travelling between April – October 2024, can book a flight + hotel or flight + car holiday and make the following additional savings, on top of the January Sale prices:
- £200 extra discount with a minimum spend of £5,000 per booking (flight + hotel only)
- £100 extra discount with a minimum spend of £2,500 per booking (flight + hotel and flight + car)
- £50 extra discount with a minimum spend of £1,250 per booking (flight + hotel and flight + car)
- £25 extra discount with a min spend of £650 per booking (flight + car only)
Don’t forget that there is a special offer on double-tier points for holiday bookings of 5 nights or longer.
You can find full details and search for flights here on the sale page or try low fare finder if you are flexible on dates.
