Nottingham Nick

Details on the VS website here - http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/gb/en...s-booster.html

Nick

jaydens

Plus 30% bonus on purchasing miles too.

GrayAnderson

Pulled the trigger (twice) on buying miles...owing partly due to realizations about HKG-LON-NYC fees and partly down to the "first buy" being somewhat...glitched.

GrayAnderson

So, does the boost boost apply only to flights taken in the sale period (e.g. if I buy the booster for my HKG-LHR-IAD trip)? And...does boosting still work on an award trip?

snevillio

I did this over the phone yesterday so in answer to some of your questions:-

- Yes you can do this on reward flights

- It applies to all travel both upcoming and over the past 6 months. Not sure how far in advance you can go as i've got a November booking too which may or may not be eligible. My March booking was eligible and that falls outside the days of the promotion.

- Codeshares operated by VS but on a different carriers ticket are meant to be excluded although i did have a flight on Virgin with a DL ticket available for this offer which i wasn't expecting.

Your points are meant to post within 72 hours (nothing after 24 hours yet) and the bonus points are added at the end of the miles boost period.

monkeymagic

Has anyone got their bonus miles yet?

kauppias

My regular miles posted but no bonus

Concerto

I would give it a little more time yet, because often these things take a bit of time to swing into action. Although, as a data point, mine from the last campaign posted pretty quickly.

monkeymagic

The terms and conditions did say at the end of the offer period but still, you'd think they would be organised enough to post fairly shortly after. What if I were waiting for the miles to book a flight.

When I bought the miles originally over the phone (miles booster) the agent said that they can't do anything with missing bonus miles and we can only email them and they will contact points.com...

snevillio

I was told over the phone when i bought these that they would post on the 23rd March

monkeymagic

Mine posted today.

It was the 30% bonus but technically, if you read the T&Cs, it also said that you should get 1k additional bonus with every miles booster purchase. Im not sure I have the energy to chase for that 1k though

pazza2000

This offer is over right? No mention within the link.

MaximusDecimusMeridius

Yes it is.

craigthemif

This promo is back again, through 11 May 2016...

GrayAnderson

Just the +30% for bought miles (not the booster), right? For the record, I've got my 30% booster bonus in my account even though my flight isn't until January.

Edit: Looks like it's both...and given the VX situation, I think I'll be doing both.

Edit 2: And...well, when does the booster promo run until? I see the following on a booster page:
"Accelerating your miles with Miles Booster is easy. You can buy either the base miles flown of your next flight, or you can double the base miles, meaning you can speed toward your next reward faster than ever. Miles Booster can even be purchased against Virgin Atlantic flight Reward and Miles Plus Money bookings! Even better is that between 22 April and 09 May, 2016 you’ll receive an extra 30% bonus on the amount of miles you boost!"

AND

"Please note: Miles purchased will be credited to your account within 72 hours following your initial outbound flight date. Only one Miles Booster offer can be purchased and applied per flight. To receive the 30% bonus, purchases must be made between 22 April and 11 May 2016. Bonus miles will be credited by 23 May, 2016. Offer subject to change. All other Flying Club terms and conditions apply."

My best guess is that it's 09 May and they're giving themselves two days of posting wiggle room, but it's interesting to see an internal contradiction like this.