Does VA do mileage with another airline
Jan 20, 2012, 10:43 pm
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Does VA do mileage with another airline
I think I will fly this mob in March as they are cheap cheap cheap and no one else is. There seems to be no other airline they work with on mileage - I thought CO did at one point. Do they really only have Virgin Atlantic and Oz as partners? Talk about being locked into one airline. I guess the changing LEDs are meant to make up for it. I sure hope so. So nothing doing with UA/AA/AS/DL/anyone normal?? Tks for advice which will no doubt confirm it. What do I do with 500 miles from LA to SFO - assuming I do get 500 miles cos I am not starting on a million miler earning program on yet another airline that is for sure. 
Jan 20, 2012, 10:59 pm
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Answer is no. The VS and VA relationships aren't even complete in that I don't believe you can redeem Elevate miles for their seats. The Virgin America FF program is more or less worthless. Fly VX for the great inflight product, but resign yourself to getting zero miles of any practical use.
Jan 20, 2012, 11:10 pm
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Thanks!
Answer is no. The VS and VA relationships aren't even complete in that I don't believe you can redeem Elevate miles for their seats. The Virgin America FF program is more or less worthless. Fly VX for the great inflight product, but resign yourself to getting zero miles of any practical use.
Jan 21, 2012, 12:56 pm
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VX FF program is worth something, if you are based in SFO or LAX and would like to attain status on VS. VX flights between SFO and LAX earn tier points on VS (and not much else) so that is something you can tap into if you have VS FC and would like to achieve status on the VS program on a budget.
Jan 21, 2012, 1:32 pm
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VX FF program is worth something, if you are based in SFO or LAX and would like to attain status on VS. VX flights between SFO and LAX earn tier points on VS (and not much else) so that is something you can tap into if you have VS FC and would like to achieve status on the VS program on a budget.
Jan 26, 2012, 5:07 pm
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I think I will fly this mob in March as they are cheap cheap cheap and no one else is. There seems to be no other airline they work with on mileage - I thought CO did at one point. Do they really only have Virgin Atlantic and Oz as partners? Talk about being locked into one airline. I guess the changing LEDs are meant to make up for it. I sure hope so. So nothing doing with UA/AA/AS/DL/anyone normal?? Tks for advice which will no doubt confirm it. What do I do with 500 miles from LA to SFO - assuming I do get 500 miles cos I am not starting on a million miler earning program on yet another airline that is for sure.
Jan 27, 2012, 12:52 am
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