Flight Strategy Help

[Chilly]

It is approaching the the time that my Virgin Flights will be available to book next year. Our dates at Monday 9th November to Monday 23rd November.

I've looked today and going on the 9th and coming back a week later rather than 2 weeks later is £1323.02 for the 3 of us, £1220.02 for M&M (£103 saving for 6000 miles). I'd be OK paying that as was hoping to keep it under £1500, but the cheaper the better. Using Miles doesn't save a lot but i've got tons of miles so might as well save a bit.

The Fare Codes are N & O so the 2 lowest.

BA is the exact same price.

You can book up to the 20th today so our flights should be available Monday.

When are the best rates normally available these days? I know Virgin often do a sale at Christmas, do you think our flights would be available in that?
Thanks as always for your advice xx

 

[Shazzie B]

Can't offer any help but feeling your pain, I find these decisions a nightmare, compounded this year by trying to get an answer out of DS wether his GF was definitely coming. I've ended up with 5 flights on 5 bookings, all on same flights. We used two 'reward' flights for us and three miles plus money flights as the kids had just enough to cover, we decided to use to reduce the M+M fare as they'll just expire otherwise. I'd have saved a lot of stress if I'd realised you get free cancellation within 24 hours

 

[Chris and Pooh]

Please see my post as this touches on the same subject for exactly the same dates BA versus Virgin - No contest