u/Delicious-Fruit-1327

Hey all, got Amex gold card and managed to rack up 70k points almost close to a year of having it. I didn’t really know what to do with it until the other day I looked at Virgin Atlantic for points use and saw that I could get flights (2 me and wife) to Seoul and back for 30k points and £550, which to me seems like a crazy deal. But from what I can see most people only use points for upgrades and not for things like this, any reason why? Or have I understood something wrong and the deal isn’t what I think it is

Thanks!!