{"id":9122,"date":"2016-11-30T00:15:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T05:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/?p=9122"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:11:58","slug":"book-virgin-atlantic-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/news\/delta-skymiles\/book-virgin-atlantic-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Redeem Delta SkyMiles for Premium Economy with Virgin Atlantic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve primarily flown domestically with US carriers, you might think that \u201cpremium economy\u201d means those seats with a couple more inches of legroom. That isn\u2019t exactly the case. True premium economy class does include extra legroom, of course, but it also generally comes with more width and a few more inches of recline, as well as other benefits that may include, for example, better food options, in-flight internet access, and a larger personal entertainment screen.<\/p>\n<p>Are you sold on the idea yet? If so, you\u2019ll be glad to hear that US carriers have started moving toward offering it. American Airlines will have a true premium economy class starting in early 2017 (and already offers it on a few select international routes originating from DFW). Delta, too, plans to offer premium economy in 2017, at least on certain flights. Fortunately, you don\u2019t need to wait that long: you can now redeem your Delta SkyMiles for premium economy seats on Virgin Atlantic. Whether it\u2019s worth it, however, is another question<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9125\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-aspectratio=\"720\/484\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9125 size-full lazyload\" title=\"Virgin Atlantic Premium Economy Seat\" data-src=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Virgin-Atlantic-Premium-Economy-Seat.jpg\" alt=\"Virgin Atlantic Premium Economy Seat\" width=\"720\" height=\"484\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Virgin-Atlantic-Premium-Economy-Seat.jpg 720w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Virgin-Atlantic-Premium-Economy-Seat-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><center><em>Image Courtesy <a href=\"http:\/\/video.virgin-atlantic.com\/accessibility\/premiumeconomy\/4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virgin Atlantic<\/a><\/em><\/enter><\/figure>\n<h2><span id=\"The_Good_News\">The Good News:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You can book your premium economy flight with SkyMiles starting immediately.<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll enjoy a spacious seat, an \u201cupgraded dining experience,\u201d power outlets at your seat, and an amenity kit on certain flights.<\/li>\n<li>Priority boarding is included.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s available to book online right now; phone bookings will be available on December 1st.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"The_Not_So_Good_News\">The Not So Good News:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It costs a whopping 55,000 SkyMiles each way. (More on this below.)<\/li>\n<li>At least for now, this option is only available on Virgin Atlantic flights from the US to the UK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As exciting as it is to be able to use your Delta SkyMiles for a true premium economy experience, the cost makes it very hard to justify. When you compare one-way costs of 55,000 miles for premium economy to 30,000 for economy, it becomes harder to justify the use of so many extra miles (unless you\u2019re absolutely rolling in them). After all, a <em>round-trip<\/em> economy ticket will cost only 5,000 miles more than a <em>one-way<\/em> premium economy ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Pricing-wise, the premium economy seats are closer to business class, which cost only 15,000 miles more for a total of 70,000 SkyMiles each way. The relative closeness of these costs makes the premium economy option seem like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeremysaid.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-decoy-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decoy option<\/a> designed to push customers who might otherwise have chosen economy toward booking business class. After all, if you\u2019re considering using 55,000 SkyMiles, it\u2019s easy to justify using \u201cjust 15,000 more\u201d for business class &#8212; much easier than mentally justifying an extra 40,000 to go from economy to business class.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/renespoints.boardingarea.com\/2016\/11\/29\/virgin-atlantic-premium-economy-seats-now-bookable-delta-skymiles-55000-one-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source:\u00a0Ren\u00e9<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ftoc\"><div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"toc_light_blue no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Page Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#The_Good_News\">The Good News:<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#The_Not_So_Good_News\">The Not So Good News:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve primarily flown domestically with US carriers, you might think that \u201cpremium economy\u201d means those seats with a couple more inches of legroom. That isn\u2019t exactly the case. True premium economy class does include extra legroom, of course, but it also generally comes with more width and a few more inches of recline, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":7374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12068],"tags":[12763,12629],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-9122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-award-programs","tag-delta-skymiles","tag-using-points"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9122"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10587,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9122\/revisions\/10587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9122"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}