Booked two MSY-LAX for next year on Delta one way. I found that the seats were available on Delta for 35,000 miles one way. I called VS (hold time was less than a minute).The rep was fantastic. He said two tickets were available on Delta One for 22,500 miles + $5.6 for one ticket. I booked them right away. For LAX-MSY, I booked Delta premium for 17,500 miles.
This was an awesome value compared to Delta given that i saved a total of Delta 25,000 miles, RT tickets were around $775 (in first), and VS credit card earns 2.1 miles per dollar spent vs. around 1.4x on the Amex Delta Platinum.