That sounds quite expensive. We flew Upper to Miami and back from Orlando last year using miles, and our cash cost was considerably less than that per person.
But, like you, I don't do anything special to collect miles other than use a particular credit card and shop at Tesco. Some stuff I...
It's a few hundred quid. But with direct economy fares to Florida in the Summer holidays costing £800-£1000pp, it's a significant saving, although I'm not likely to ever pay c£2200 for a PE seat, let alone 4 at the same time.
It costs more to fly PE/Upper with miles than Economy (which is...
Not at all. I've posted quite a lot on my use of Virgin miles on the thread linked to elsewhere here.
....and as I type this I'm on the phone to book 4 * Premium Ecnomy returns to Orlando with Virgin flying out next week, all using miles. About £9000 worth of flights for a hell of a lot less...