{"id":25626,"date":"2025-11-08T09:26:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T09:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=25626"},"modified":"2025-11-08T09:26:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T09:26:56","slug":"new-route-london-seoul-in-virgins-upper-class-from-35000-points-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2025\/11\/08\/new-route-london-seoul-in-virgins-upper-class-from-35000-points-only\/","title":{"rendered":"New route: London – Seoul in Virgin’s upper class from 35,000 points only!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After withdrawing from Hong Kong and Shanghai, Virgin Atlantic is finally set to return to East Asia at the end of March next year with a brand-new route to Seoul, South Korea. Tickets had briefly gone on sale earlier but were paused due to route approval issues. Now, sales have officially resumed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naturally, the main focus here is on award tickets. Virgin Atlantic introduced a dynamic award pricing<\/a> system last year, and prices can fluctuate wildly: sometimes unbelievably cheap, other times absurdly expensive. Taxes and fees are also dynamic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps because this is a brand-new route, there\u2019s currently plentiful low-priced award availability, including upper class seats. You can check Virgin\u2019s award calendar<\/a> for exact pricing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I snagged two tickets yesterday for my Easter travel next year, using my credit card voucher.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The \u00a3465 surcharge is painful, but the total cost is still within reason. It’s much cheaper to fly the other way around:<\/p>\n\n\n

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As of today, tickets are available through October 4, 2025. At the moment, there are no point purchase promotions, but you can transfer points from American Express, Chase, or Marriott Bonvoy – and Chase currently offers a 40% transfer bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One last note: the Seoul route will operate with Virgin\u2019s 1-1-1 herringbone layout, which is bad news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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