Virgin: Standby to HKG- Any Chance At All?
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Virgin: Standby to HKG- Any Chance At All?
Hi,
Not sure whether this is an appropriate forum, but considering that some of you must be Virgin staff with standby experience I was wondering whether you could kindly help me?
I may have to attempt a standby flight from LHR-HKG this Friday, returning on the Sunday at the request of my missus (she works for another airline). The ticket is an I90 and as such I would be right at the very bottom of any waitlist.
Is my only chance to get on these flights if Hell freezes over? On previous BA flights to HKG they have all always been packed, so i presume its a similar case with Virgin especially as they're Friday/Sunday flights? Fare availability is showing all 7s, but from what I understand its hard to derive anything meaningful from that.
Thanks for any information!
Not sure whether this is an appropriate forum, but considering that some of you must be Virgin staff with standby experience I was wondering whether you could kindly help me?
I may have to attempt a standby flight from LHR-HKG this Friday, returning on the Sunday at the request of my missus (she works for another airline). The ticket is an I90 and as such I would be right at the very bottom of any waitlist.
Is my only chance to get on these flights if Hell freezes over? On previous BA flights to HKG they have all always been packed, so i presume its a similar case with Virgin especially as they're Friday/Sunday flights? Fare availability is showing all 7s, but from what I understand its hard to derive anything meaningful from that.
Thanks for any information!
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Hi Morgo,
I've got some information about loads on the VS200 tomorrow as a friend of mine is flying on standby as well.
There are still seats available in all classes but less than five in each cabin.
The standby list is quite short so you stand a good chance of getting on.
No idea how busy the return flight is on Sunday.
Hope this helps.
Good luck
I've got some information about loads on the VS200 tomorrow as a friend of mine is flying on standby as well.
There are still seats available in all classes but less than five in each cabin.
The standby list is quite short so you stand a good chance of getting on.
No idea how busy the return flight is on Sunday.
Hope this helps.
Good luck
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Morgo,
I dont mean to scare you, but if your missus is working for another airline, unless the airline she works for has an agreement with Virgin you may not be allowed to travel on your own.
I know this is the case with Qantas staff travel. With Qantas you can only fly Qantas, American airlines and Air Lingus on your own, becasue they have some sort of an agreement. But with all other interline carriers you need the employee to travel with you.
So just incase you might want to ring around and find out what the go is, so you dont get messed around with.
Rollz
I dont mean to scare you, but if your missus is working for another airline, unless the airline she works for has an agreement with Virgin you may not be allowed to travel on your own.
I know this is the case with Qantas staff travel. With Qantas you can only fly Qantas, American airlines and Air Lingus on your own, becasue they have some sort of an agreement. But with all other interline carriers you need the employee to travel with you.
So just incase you might want to ring around and find out what the go is, so you dont get messed around with.
Rollz
