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You Can Fly On The Last Virgin America Flight

March 22, 2018Travel NewsAlaska Airlines, Flight, Virgin AmericaMichael W

Last summer, the Michael W Travels family flew Virgin America at the beginning and end of our five week trip to the Pacific. These will end up being the first and last flights we’ll ever take with the airline.

On the last day of the trip, our Fiji Airways flight from Vanuatu to Nadi was delayed, causing us to miss later flights. Virgin America totally helped us out, changing a flight we missed at no cost so we’ll definitely miss their customer- friendly policies. Continue reading You Can Fly On The Last Virgin America Flight →

Virgin America Has A Heart, American Airlines & Fiji Air, Not So Much

September 13, 2017Trip ReportsAA, Fiji Airways, Pacific, Virgin AmericaMichael W

While planning our 5 week summer trip to the Pacific I needed to find a way to and from California.

I used American Airlines miles to fly to Tonga and home from Vanuatu. Those flights started and ended in California. Since we live in NYC and AA didn’t have saver awards from NY-LA and SF-NY, I had to look at other options or I would’ve had to pay around 30,000 miles per person each way.

Considering our international flight cost 80,000 round trip, how could I pay 60,000 to go from NYC – Cali?

In the end, I found flights with Virgin America totaling a little over 63,000 to get us to and from California. Continue reading Virgin America Has A Heart, American Airlines & Fiji Air, Not So Much →

Virgin America Compensates Me For My Troubles, Don’t Laugh

May 25, 2017Travel ArticlesElevate, Virgin AmericaMichael W

Yesterday I wrote about how Virgin America took double my points but I had no flight!

I spent a lot of time both online and on the phone with Virgin America trying to book a flight from NYC-Los Angeles. This should’ve been a simple 5-10 minute process. However, due to site being down, double the points were deducted from my account and no flight was booked. Continue reading Virgin America Compensates Me For My Troubles, Don’t Laugh →

Virgin America Takes Double My Points, Where’s My Flight?

May 24, 2017Travel ArticlesElevate, Flight, Virgin AmericaMichael W

Last night I went online to book a flight for our upcoming summer destination.

What should’ve been around 10 minutes online at Virgin America ended up being a couple of hours, lots of hold times (with bad music) during calls to customer service and no resolution so far. Continue reading Virgin America Takes Double My Points, Where’s My Flight? →

Did You Transfer SPG Points to Virgin America?

January 7, 2017Miles & PointsAlaska Mileage Plan, SPG, Transfer, Virgin AmericaMichael W

For almost a week I’ve been conflicted about a points transfer option.

Virgin America points will soon convert to Alaska Mileage Plan miles at a rate of 1:1.3. This in itself seems like a fair trade. I’ve been working (slowly) towards building up my Alaska account by getting the credit card from time to time. (I currently have 166,000+ Alaska miles.)

I also have 54,500 Virgin America points. I transferred 40,000 SPG points there over the summer due to JetBlue’s points match promo. Continue reading Did You Transfer SPG Points to Virgin America? →

Virgin America Giving Away Trip for 2 to the Space Between Us Premiere in LA

November 25, 2016Contest, SweepstakesSpace Between Us, Virgin AmericaMichael W

Virgin America and Virgin Produced are giving away a trip for two to attend a red carpet screening of the new movie the Space Between Us !

The prize includes airfare and a hotel stay in Los Angeles so the winner and a guest can attend the screening in mid December. Continue reading Virgin America Giving Away Trip for 2 to the Space Between Us Premiere in LA →

Earn Another 500 Virgin America Points in Seconds

September 16, 2016DealsPoints, Virgin America, Virgin ElevateMichael W

Recently, there was an offer (which is still active) where you can earn 500 Virgin America points in under a minute (more like seconds).

Now there’s another offer where you can earn another 500 FREE Virgin America points and the good news is that it will also not take much of your time! Continue reading Earn Another 500 Virgin America Points in Seconds →

Earn 500 Virgin America Points In Under A Minute

September 6, 2016DealsVirgin America, Virgin Elevate, Virgin HotelsMichael W

I’m pretty sure that many of you have a decent Virgin America points balance due to the recent JetBlue- Virgin points match offer.

Here’s a way to add 500 Virgin America points and it will only take around a minute of your time! Continue reading Earn 500 Virgin America Points In Under A Minute →

Virgin America Giving Away Trip for 2 to San Francisco

August 28, 2016Contest, SweepstakesSan Francisco, Virgin AmericaMichael W

Virgin America is currently running the #RestingPitchFace Sweepstakes where one lucky winner will win a trip for two to San Francisco, California!

The giveaway seems to be a great little prize for those of us that like baseball since the prize includes tickets to a SF Giants game!

I’d love to win this prize for a couple of reasons. I haven’t been to San Francisco in years and I’d love to check out AT&T Park, considered to be one of the nicest MLB baseball stadiums. Continue reading Virgin America Giving Away Trip for 2 to San Francisco →

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