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Please note this is a guide only


Use our new enhanced fare search for the lowest fares?
Browse our Special offers section
Book early
Travel midweek
Stay over for Saturday night
Use minimum stay deals
Dont stay longer than a month
Avoid school holidays


Use our enhanced fare grid to search for the lowest fares.

Our enhanced fare search grid gives you the option to search for the lowest fare or flexible fare, and has the ability to search for Miles plus money and Spend Miles!!!

The fare grid gives you round trip fares for up to 49 different flight date combinations in just one screen. The fares are based on the price for one adult. If there are more passengers in your party and you want to see the full price select the "All Passengers" option above the grid.

How does the grid work?

Browse our Special Offers section

We generally have some fantastic special offers on the website in Economy, Premium Economy and Upper Class. So, if you want a great price on a Virgin Atlantic flight have a quick look.

Take a look around the Special offers in the UK

Book early

Contrary to popular belief, holidng out for the last minute in the hope of discount fares is rarely the best way to find a cheap seat. It is far better to get in early before the plane starts to fill up. Please note: These can be released without notice and they may be subject to change.

Travel midweek

Everyone likes to make the best use of their weekends when they go away, however, if you can avoid travelling at the peak times of Friday evening and Monday morning you can generally make savings.

Stay over on a Saturday night

Most of the low, low fares insist that you stay over for one Saturday night, so make a weekend of it!

Use minimum stay deals

Terrible as the prospect of being away for 7 nights or at least 3 may seem, it is often a good way to find better fares, so put your feet up and make a week of it

Don't stay longer than a month

Sometimes it can be really hard to tear yourself away from some of our lovely destinations but a lot of the lowest fares have a maximum stay restriction of one month. These are calculated using 'calendar' months rather than number of days. For example: one calendar month from 27 September is 27 October however one calendar month from 30 November is 31 December.

Avoid school holidays

We know this is easier said than done for a lot of people, unfortunately the school holidays are so popular the cheap seats are snapped up very quickly, so if your travel plans are based around when the kids are free, remember to book early.