Virgin America tix on sale! FF Program established!
Jul 19, 2007, 4:53 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: California Republic
Programs: eleVAte (Virgin America)
Posts: 214
Virgin America tix on sale! FF Program established!
It's all real now! As of 2 AM Pacific Time the virginamerica.com website now is selling tickets!!! The Frequent Flyer Program is called eleVAte and you can sign up for that right now, too.
On eleVAte you earn 5 points for every $1 spent. You earn free trips after 4,900 points. There are no blackout dates ever on eleVAte. Those who join by the end of '07 become a "Founding Member".
On eleVAte you earn 5 points for every $1 spent. You earn free trips after 4,900 points. There are no blackout dates ever on eleVAte. Those who join by the end of '07 become a "Founding Member".
Last edited by Absinthe; Jul 21, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Jul 19, 2007, 7:26 am
#3
Join Date: May 2000
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posts: 1,960
The introductory fares allow you to do 1/2 Y and 1/2 F for the same price UA and AA are selling SFO-LAX in Y. I just booked one, we'll see how the service is in a couple weeks.
AA, so far, hasn't matched.
AA, so far, hasn't matched.
Jul 19, 2007, 8:01 am
#4
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: NYC and London
Programs: BA (LTG, GGL, CCR), LH (*G)
Posts: 334
Jul 19, 2007, 8:51 am
#5
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Lost in Space
Programs: MR Plat, AA EXP, Hertz Presidents Club, SPG Plat
Posts: 170
I think the moderator should recomend starting a new tread under 'Airline Programs' for VA. VA will be completely different and separate from Virgin Atlantic.
Jul 19, 2007, 10:14 am
#8
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Los Angeles, CA USA
Programs: SPG PLT, AA EXP
Posts: 3,732
Anyone had any luck actually purchasing a fare?
Their website is riddled with slowness and functional errors (invalid security certificates, time-outs when trying to book, etc.) and calling them resulted in a 15 minute hold time only to be dumped into some agent's voice mailbox.
Their website is riddled with slowness and functional errors (invalid security certificates, time-outs when trying to book, etc.) and calling them resulted in a 15 minute hold time only to be dumped into some agent's voice mailbox.
Jul 19, 2007, 10:16 am
#9
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Los Angeles, CA USA
Programs: SPG PLT, AA EXP
Posts: 3,732
Jul 19, 2007, 11:48 am
#10
Join Date: Sep 2006
Programs: Some more than others
Posts: 771
Anyone had any luck actually purchasing a fare?
Their website is riddled with slowness and functional errors (invalid security certificates, time-outs when trying to book, etc.) and calling them resulted in a 15 minute hold time only to be dumped into some agent's voice mailbox.
Their website is riddled with slowness and functional errors (invalid security certificates, time-outs when trying to book, etc.) and calling them resulted in a 15 minute hold time only to be dumped into some agent's voice mailbox.
Last edited by SCChris; Jul 19, 2007 at 11:56 am
Jul 19, 2007, 12:17 pm
#11
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: NYC and London
Programs: BA (LTG, GGL, CCR), LH (*G)
Posts: 334
After repeated trying, I just bought a RT JFK-SFO-LAX in F. The website is extremely slow, error riden, and frustrating. I'm now trying to go back and select seats as I only selected seats for my first flight. I sure hope the inflight experience is better than the website.
My experience this morning was quite different: booking my JFK-SFO-JFK rtn was a breeze.
The only "bug" I found was that the website didn't allow me to select a seat for the return. But it's no big deal: it's only 2 rows of F anyway.
NYLON Boy
Jul 19, 2007, 12:21 pm
#12
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Los Angeles, CA USA
Programs: SPG PLT, AA EXP
Posts: 3,732
After repeated trying, I just bought a RT JFK-SFO-LAX in F. The website is extremely slow, error riden, and frustrating. I'm now trying to go back and select seats as I only selected seats for my first flight. I sure hope the inflight experience is better than the website.
I did manage to sign up for their FF program online though. Amazingly it gave me an error when i registered but apparently the registration "took" anyway.
- T
Jul 19, 2007, 1:15 pm
#13
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2005
Location: TLV/LHR
Programs: BA GGL, IHG Diamond Elite Amb, HH Diamond, Avis PC, Hertz PC, Sixt Platinum
Posts: 12,948
Website down...
We apologize for the inconvenience. Our web site will be back up shortly. In the meantime, please call 1.877.FLY.VIRGIN, 5 AM - 9 PM (Pacific Time), and one of our Guest Services agents will be glad to assist you.
Jul 19, 2007, 2:16 pm
#15
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Slightly to the left of center
Posts: 3,475
Book through the phone folks!
Had a great agent, Charlie from SFO Guest Services, working the phones and he was able to confirm $44 each way to L.A on Thursday (arggh, 1 day after grand opening).
Hold time was less than 10 minutes and booking was a breeze.
I too am looking forward to a new VA forum.
Had a great agent, Charlie from SFO Guest Services, working the phones and he was able to confirm $44 each way to L.A on Thursday (arggh, 1 day after grand opening).
Hold time was less than 10 minutes and booking was a breeze.
I too am looking forward to a new VA forum.
