Bits: Virgin West Coast sale, last day for £50 Virgin Atlantic cashback
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News in brief:
Virgin West Coast sale now on
Virgin Trains has been running a special sale this week which continues until Tuesday.
Here are the headline fares:
- Birmingham to London one way from only £5
- London to Manchester one way from only £11
- London to Liverpool one way from only £11
- London to Glasgow one way from only £18
These are Standard Class but First Class sale fares are also available. The key dates are:
- Book by 11th July
- Travel between 21st July – 8th December 2017
Full details are on the special Virgin Trains sale website here.
Don’t forget that Virgin West Coast is halving the Flying Club earning rate from 1st August so you may want to take Nectar points instead.
Get a £50 gift card with a Virgin Atlantic booking
Head for Points (and a few other websites) have teamed up with Virgin Atlantic to offer their readers a £50 gift card for every flight booking of £1,200 or more. This deals ends TODAY, 9th July.
This offer happily coincides with the current Virgin Atlantic economy fare sale. Note that whilst the sale continues until Monday, the £50 voucher deal ends today.
Virgin Atlantic is price-matching the current British Airways sale so, with the £50 gift card, Virgin should end up cheaper.
The £50 gift cards you can choose from are:
- Amazon
- Argos
- Virgin Experience Days
- Debenhams
It is a two stage process. You must follow this link and fill out your name and email address before making your booking to receive the £50 gift card with any transaction over £1,200.
The offer cannot be combined with any other offers, vouchers, discount or promotion codes and is not applicable for flight and hotel bookings.
How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards (March 2024)
As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Virgin Points from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses.
You can choose from two official Virgin Atlantic credit cards (apply here, the Reward+ card has a bonus of 15,000 Virgin Points):
Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard
15,000 bonus points and 1.5 points for every £1 you spend Read our full review
Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard
A generous earning rate for a free card at 0.75 points per £1 Read our full review
You can also earn Virgin Points from various American Express cards – and these have sign-up bonuses too.
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is FREE for a year and comes with 20,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert into 20,000 Virgin Points.
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold
Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review
The Platinum Card from American Express comes with 40,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert into 40,000 Virgin Points.
The Platinum Card from American Express
40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review
Small business owners should consider the two American Express Business cards. Points convert at 1:1 into Virgin Points.
SPECIAL OFFER: You receive a huge 120,000 Membership Rewards points if you apply for American Express Business Platinum by 9th April 2024. You receive 80,000 points for spending £12,000 within 90 days and a further 40,000 points if you retain the card for 14 months. Click here to apply.
SPECIAL OFFER: You receive 60,000 Membership Rewards points if you apply for American Express Business Gold by 9th April 2024. Remember that the card is FREE for the first year. You receive 40,000 points for spending £6,000 within 90 days and a further 20,000 points if you retain the card for 14 months. Click here to apply.
American Express Business Platinum
Crazy 120,000 points bonus (to 9th April) and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review
American Express Business Gold
Huge 60,000 points sign-up bonus (until 9th April) and free for a year Read our full review
Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Virgin Points.
(Want to earn more Virgin Points? Click here to see our recent articles on Virgin Atlantic and Flying Club and click here for our home page with the latest news on earning and spending other airline and hotel points.)
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