Both Mr Jones and I have received the offer and I am glad as I have been wondering if this is the new Virgin strategy and was anticipating an offer.
I just missed out on the triple status points for 4 J flights I had booked the day before, and have a number of flights I need to book for the next couple of months which I thought I would just wait and see if there was another status credits offer.
I'm not sure I like the new strategy of these frequent offers for double and even triple status credits.
Those who are loyal and frequent flyers, who book when they need to are more likely to miss out on these bonuses and in some cases may even miss out on retention of their platinum or gold whereas a less loyal or frequent traveller may attain a status they haven't really "earned". I realise the flight sectors requirement will alleviate some of this concern, but still, it isn't that much of a hurdle.
I'm happy for this promo, and like a good little consumer, have changed my booking behaviour (ie to wait for the promo) but many can not and it just makes me a little narky. (rant over!!)