Taking a somewhat random set of dates for round trip travel between Chicago and London, I looked at the best fares available across airlines and compared that to the award prices and fees from Virgin Atlantic: (frequentmiler.boardingarea.com)
That happened to us with KLM flights we booked last January for round trip travel from Portland to Rome in July. (upgradedpoints.com)
Round trip travel in economy will cost 70,000 miles to Fiji or 80,000 miles to Australia. (rewardexpert.com)