Originally Posted by
MattUK
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Virgin Gold access for the Americans.. really? is that really that good? its a service to and from the UK mostly.. they would benefit from a local gold on one of their own airlines really.. plus most of you who do fly Virgin are likely to fly Upper class anyway, so what REAL benefit is that card? None.
I actually agree with much of what you say but I gotta disagree on this one.
Just yesterday I discovered how valuable VA Gold can be. We discovered this weekend that we had to cancel our long planned trip to Seville this week(via LHR on a VA award) When I first called I was distracted and didn't use the gold line. The rep told me that we would forfeit 100K miles for our cancelled outbound flight bc it was fewer than 7 days from our departure.
But as soon as I told him we were Gold, he apologized and the miles were immediately recredited.
On another flight they also let us upgrade our son's gf at the airport last minute when she was flying with us to London. I'm sure our Gold status helped on that one.
We fly VA a lot, but always on UC awards. We have so much more clout as G-- I think this is one of Cent's best benes.