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Change Fees Going UP!
Looks like, according to their website, Virgin is upping their change fees effective today. Unless you buy a refundable fare, Main Cabin Select or First Class ticket, it's going from $50 to $75 on their website and from $75 to $100 if you have one of their reps do it.
The charge to cancel a points booking went from $50 to $75. |
Junk fees going up- guess they have to make up the low fares somehow (I could have sworn that at one point, the fees were $75). Most of my fares are low enough that I guess I'd just throw away the fare.
The part where you have to pay a $75 fee to redeposit points from an F fare purchased with Elevate points is pretty :rolleyes:... especially since you'd have to be flying a LOT on VX to have enough points to get a VX F fare in the space 18 months, so it strikes me as pretty customer-hostile, but hey, gotta make money somehow, and nickeling and diming for fees is a great way to do that. |
Originally Posted by eponymous_coward
(Post 12860824)
Junk fees going up- guess they have to make up the low fares somehow (I could have sworn that at one point, the fees were $75). Most of my fares are low enough that I guess I'd just throw away the fare.
The part where you have to pay a $75 fee to redeposit points from an F fare purchased with Elevate points is pretty :rolleyes:... especially since you'd have to be flying a LOT on VX to have enough points to get a VX F fare in the space 18 months, so it strikes me as pretty customer-hostile, but hey, gotta make money somehow, and nickeling and diming for fees is a great way to do that. It's too bad, I really like the decidedly upscale VX product, but the loyalty program was already limited enough and I think it's a mistake to further devalue it by adding additional complications and restrictions. It seems like there's something dishonest about selling me a changeable/refundable ticket with points that essentially equate to cash value, and then finding a way to sneak in a fee if I want to make a change. |
As I read the new rules, I don't see anything that says there is a redeposit fee for changing an F class flight. Cancellations, yes.
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Originally Posted by aviators99
(Post 12879932)
As I read the new rules, I don't see anything that says there is a redeposit fee for changing an F class flight. Cancellations, yes.
Reservations made with Elevate Points: If a change is requested to reservations made utilizing points from a guests’ Elevate account, the flight must be cancelled and rebooked as changes are not permitted. For reservations made on or prior to November 19, 2009, a $50 redeposit fee will be assessed for Main Cabin and Instant Upgrade to Main Cabin Select guests. For reservations made on or after November 20, 2009, a $75 redeposit fee will be assessed for all cancellations for tickets using Elevate points, regardless of class of service. |
Wow, that does suck.
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