Perhaps my biggest pet peeve (on the industry side) in the points and miles world is no-notice devaluations.
Well, it looks like Virgin Atlantic Flying Club has done just that. Tim Ritsema flagged that Virgin devalued its award rates for long-haul business class flights on All Nippon Airways (ANA).
Starting May 23, 2024, these are the new award rates:
The previous business class award rates:
Direct link to Virgin's ANA award chart
Points Wire Note:
ANA has been stingy about releasing premium cabin award space, but this is still annoying. Naturally, Virgin Atlantic announced its new co-branded credit card partnership today.
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