Virgin Happy Hour [Thursdays]

[scheps]

Re: Happy Hour returns

Don't worry, I am leaving the country, grabbing a flight to BNE 

LOL... no one is going to be able to find you in brisbane ))

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Re: Happy Hour returns

You go to this secret website, I could be killed for making this public, Virgin Australia | Book flights & holidays with Virgin Australia

I actually thought Happy Hour had become a "for registered pax only" type promo. You can see they don't really interest me a great deal, but I can say the email did finally arrive! Interesting to see there were dates within the 3 month window as previously discussed, in fact straight away for the MEL-OOL ones I think.

 

[Revolio]

Happy hours not so cheery anymore

Nothing much to capture the imagination in the not-so-happy hours recently. The well continues to dry up now the battle tanks have left the front line. The sad reality is (despite aviation fuel dropping in price) - unlikely to get better. Better resume training for that ultra-marathon after all.

 

[peterfoeng]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

Out of my curiosity, what was the best deal ever happened on this happy hours?

 

[williamsf1]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

Out of my curiosity, what was the best deal ever happened on this happy hours?

quite a few on here took advantage of $200 J airfares

 

[serfty]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

In recent times the $2000 PE return to LAX available for most of 2015 was pretty good.

 

[moa999]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

quite a few on here took advantage of $200 J airfares

Yes that single event was great.

 

[pythonisman]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

In recent times the $2000 PE return to LAX available for most of 2015 was pretty good.

Yep I am regretting not booking one of them. Don't have the leave sorted and not sure if I can do it but that was an outstanding deal.
I saw it a few times last year so I'm keeping fingers crossed it comes back. (With full plans to upgrade with points...)

 

[RickyT84]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

I remember I scored $1 SYD-CBR flights from Happy Hour back in the DJ days.

 

[n7of9]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

In recent times the $2000 PE return to LAX available for most of 2015 was pretty good.

it was $2200 yesterday and i rang them last night to see which PE flights were available for upgrade to J before booking...they were a bit busy because of happy hour, so i said i'd call back today...aaaand today the same PE flights are $3993

i'm not going until August 2015 - the chances of another PE sale between now and Aug 15 are good, yes?

 

[markis10]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

Yes that single event was great.

Single ??? from memory it was at least 3x

 

[smit0847]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

Single ??? from memory it was at least 3x

It only happened once. Had a fabulous weekend in brisbane on those fares!

 

[hummel]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

quite a few on here took advantage of $200 J airfares

Did here for sure. I used it to do MEL/BNE in one day to ask the FIL (future at the time) for permission.

Not sure what was better the no worries or the SC's...

 

[hydrabyss]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

It only happened once.

I remember twice.First time was early August 2012. Then a few weeks later which I think everyone was keeping an eye out for another.

 

[markis10]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

It only happened once. Had a fabulous weekend in brisbane on those fares!

Nope as I recall:

10th Aug

http://www.australianfrequentflyer..../business-class-happy-hour-expired-42741.html

30Aug

http://www.australianfrequentflyer....s-happy-hour-expired-42741-11.html#post672138

They then ran a J sale in late Nov at $279, so there were two $200 happy hours.

 

[JohnK]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

I have stopped looking at Happy Hour as there is nothing special about the airfares on offer. No different to the weekly sales.

 

[n7of9]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

i won't quote myself from the first page because that's creepy, but PE SYD-LAX-SYD $2200 again today...booked and upgraded to J...wwwweeeeee

 

[JohnK]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

I thought I'd look again.

Some OK happy hour deals SYD-MEL, MEL-ADL, OOL-SYD but SYD-BNE at $105 is not so cheery?

Won't be much to look at once Saver lite is removed from sale.

 

[VulpesVulpes]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

Won't be much to look at once Saver lite is removed from sale.

I've seen stuff that S class is sold out go on sale T/V/Q at a good price before. I have hope there will be good fares still!

This week was pretty focused on the points deal so not much in the short term but the week before was pretty good! I just was too busy to book anything during happy hour last week.

 

[Clivem]

Re: Happy hours not so cheery anymore

It will be interesting to see what (if anything) comes up on the 19th ....the happy hour after the Saver Lite departure.