Okay thanks for your help. I've looked at LAX and SFO and for some reason I'm not having any luck with either of those. I'll try to keep looking, but I should probably get some sleep, too. I've been taking NyQuil at night, too, since I've been having allergies!
I don't mind having a stop in there, but I think Virgin will charge us for each leg separately (if I read that correctly). We honestly are not having fun calling Virgin. Every time we call we can't understand them and there are ALWAYS people talking loudly/laughing in the background. It's pretty bad to be honest.
If desperate for SW points you can go AMEX MR => Marriott => Southwest.
Wells Fargo Earn More Mall gave back up to 50% cashback to Office Depot, Staples, Macys, Kmart and JC Penney. All are $70 but Macys which is $100. I plan on buying Visa gift cards and was going to use that along with the WF card to get the $100 back.
I can gladly say that I FINALLY booked tickets with Virgin!!
We are flying in/out of LAX instead of Chicago and I won't be able to see my DISer friend that I was supposed to meet up with, but we got tickets and that's all that matters. We are going May 27-June 15 in business class. I was able to pick the seats out for both Dh and I (he wanted to sit behind me so we both are by a window but not next to each other). We were able to get the lying flat seats that ANA provides and I am super excited! The taxes and fees were mighty expensive and I didn't expect that, but we used our CSR to pay for those. 
Congratulations! Seriously - it's been stressful the last 6ish weeks but we are all so happy for you guys and I hope you finally feel a sense of relief!!I can gladly say that I FINALLY booked tickets with Virgin!!
Thank you to everyone that helped!! I know I was kind of a downer lately waiting for points and then all of the issues actually booking the flights themselves. It was an experience and now I know if I ever do it again we will be planning much further ahead. I think we started this whole credit card "game" in April or May and were able to book business class seats in September so not too shabby.
Like I mentioned earlier, I had a REALLY hard time understanding the Virgin staff members. It turns out they spelled Dh's name wrong by switching his first letter to an F instead of an S lol. So I'll have to call and have them change that.
I can gladly say that I FINALLY booked tickets with Virgin!!
Thank you to everyone that helped!! I know I was kind of a downer lately waiting for points and then all of the issues actually booking the flights themselves. It was an experience and now I know if I ever do it again we will be planning much further ahead. I think we started this whole credit card "game" in April or May and were able to book business class seats in September so not too shabby.
Like I mentioned earlier, I had a REALLY hard time understanding the Virgin staff members. It turns out they spelled Dh's name wrong by switching his first letter to an F instead of an S lol. So I'll have to call and have them change that.
I am sooooooo glad you found something that will work for you!
So we spent 180,000 URs by transferring them to Virgin (and still have some left over). If we would've booked those business class seats through ANA I think it would've cost around $7,136. I didn't include the taxes and fees because we had to pay those anyway, but that's still pretty amazing!
And I am going to have to ask what ExpertFlyer is.
