{"id":21097,"date":"2024-10-19T10:43:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T09:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=21097"},"modified":"2024-10-19T21:06:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T20:06:16","slug":"virgin-sale-germany-south-america-in-business-class-for-42k-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2024\/10\/19\/virgin-sale-germany-south-america-in-business-class-for-42k-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin &#8220;sale&#8221;: Germany &#8211; South America in business class for 42K points"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are so many news to share of Virgin Atlantic lately! They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2024\/09\/14\/virgin-atlantic-sale-25-off-reward-flights-and-50-coupon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Virgin Atlantic sale: 25% off rewards, Shanghai error fare and \u00a350\">had a Shanghai error fare<\/a> last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2024\/10\/16\/virgin-atlantic-unloaded-many-dxb-jfk-etc-award-seats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Virgin Atlantic unloaded many (DXB \/ JFK etc) award seats\">released loads of award seats<\/a> a couple of days ago, and our reader @ZZ spotted another very interesting pricing error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Routes: Germany &#8211; South America<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Airlines: KLM, Air France<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Price: 42,000 points in business class per way<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>KLM and Air France fly to Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich etc in Germany, and to Bogota, Lima, Santiago, Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, and Buenos Aires etc in South America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>42K points is no doubt a steal for such a long flight, but unfortunately fees are pretty high at over \u20ac\/$500:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-muc-lim.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-muc-lim.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-muc-lim.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-muc-lim-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-muc-lim-768x198.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-muc-scl.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-muc-scl.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-muc-scl.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-muc-scl-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-muc-scl-768x202.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-eze-fra.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-eze-fra.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-eze-fra.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-eze-fra-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-eze-fra-768x210.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Exceptions are flights departing from Brazil, where the surcharge is only $50 due to local regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-gig-fra.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-gig-fra.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-gig-fra.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-gig-fra-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-gig-fra-768x207.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-gru-fra.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-gru-fra.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-gru-fra.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-gru-fra-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/virgin-atlantic-sa-de-gru-fra-768x209.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>(EDIT: as pointed out by a reader ex-Lima flight has a low $80 tax which is also very decent.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what we call a true bargain, and a return would cost just 84,000 points + $258. Personally I&#8217;d choose Air France over KLM, as their A350 business class looks very impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/air-france-a350-business-class.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/air-france-a350-business-class.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/air-france-a350-business-class.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/air-france-a350-business-class-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Note that Air France and KLM now charge for seat selection in long-haul business class, which is waived for Skyteam elite members. I called Air France to add my ITA Executive membership number and then was able to choose the seat for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, the ticket is issued in O class, which credits up to 100% into a few programs including Delta and Malaysian Airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are swayed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/points-virgin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Virgin Atlantic currently has an offer on buying points<\/a>: buy at least 100,000 points in one transaction and you&#8217;ll earn 70% bonus points. The cost is as low as 0.89p per point which is pretty good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many news to share of Virgin Atlantic lately! They had a Shanghai error fare last month, released loads of award seats a couple&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-france-klm","category-virgin-atlantic"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21097"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21109,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097\/revisions\/21109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}