One of the most common questions I receive via email from new readers is whether they can convert their Virgin Flying Club miles to Avios points. I thought I would save myself some typing in the future by running a post on this that I […]
20% bonus when you convert Amex Membership Rewards points to Virgin
22 February 2014 By Raffles 25 Comments
American Express has launched a 20% bonus on transfers of Membership Rewards points to Virgin Flying Club. A lot of people, including myself, did not receive the email. However, the bonus is NOT targeted and is now showing on the American Express Membership Rewards website (click […]
Superb Heathrow Rewards deal …. 1000 Avios / Flying Club / Miles & More for £10 spend!
20 February 2014 By Raffles 69 Comments
Since BAA WorldPoints relaunched as Heathrow Rewards last year, the sign-up bonuses have been pretty weak, to be honest. Now we have a real return to form. In conjunction with Virgin Atlantic, Heathrow Rewards is offering 1,000 points to new members who sign up and […]
The top UK loyalty credit card sign-up deals by £ value
18 February 2014 By Raffles 95 Comments
It is almost a year since I last looked at this topic. There have been a lot of changes and new launches since then, so I thought it was a good time to re-run the analysis. Our ‘Credit Cards Update’ tab lists all of the […]
Last chance to buy Virgin Flying Club miles with 25% bonus
8 February 2014 By Raffles
A quick reminder that 10th February (Sunday) is the last day to buy or transfer Virgin Flying Club miles with the current 25% bonus. If you are planning to convert a chunk of Tesco Clubcard point to Virgin to benefit from the current 30% transfer bonus, […]
Virgin Atlantic scraps its flights to Australia
7 February 2014 By Raffles
Flying to Australia is a painfully difficult way to make money. It was therefore not much of a surprise when Virgin Atlantic announced this week that it was scrapping its Hong Kong to Sydney flight. The company will now just fly to Hong Kong from […]
Virgin Flying Club – what are the best partner awards?
6 February 2014 By Raffles
Virgin Atlantic is not in a major airline alliance, despite Delta Air Lines - a core plank of the Skyteam alliance – being a 49% shareholder. Despite that, the airline does have a number of airline partners with whom you can earn and redeem Flying Club miles. […]
‘Credit Cards Update’ updated for February – summary of best deals
5 February 2014 By Raffles
I have updated the ‘Credit Cards Update‘ page at the top of the blog for February. The big event during January was the launch of the temporary sign-up bonus on the Virgin Flying Club credit cards. At 10,000 miles for the free card and 25,000 miles for […]
Virgin Flying Club reducing transfer rate to Hilton HHonors – still worth it?
29 January 2014 By Raffles
I made a throw-away remark in my post on Virgin and Tesco yesterday that Virgin Flying Club is reducing the transfer ratio of miles to Hilton HHonors points. I want to look at that more closely today. The first thing to say is that it […]
A good deal? 30% bonus on Tesco Clubcard transfers to Virgin Flying Club
28 January 2014 By Raffles
Tesco has launched a 30% bonus on transfers of Clubcard points to Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club. This means that you will receive 325 miles per £1 of Clubcard vouchers you convert, rather than the standard 250. Full details are here. The deals runs to March […]
500 Avios, Miles & More or Virgin miles with new Heathrow Rewards sign-up bonus
27 January 2014 By Raffles
Heathrow Rewards - the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up promotional bonus in conjunction with British Airways, although you can redeem the bonus with any of their partners. These sign-up bonuses come and go. This one is certainly not as […]
25% bonus when you buy, transfer or gift Virgin Flying Club miles (as low as 0.75p!)
15 January 2014 By Raffles
As well as launching their ’25% off economy redemptions’ sale yesterday, Virgin Flying Club also announced a 25% bonus when you buy, transfer or gift Virgin Flying Club miles. The link to buy, transfer or gift miles – or participate in Miles Booster - is here. […]
Virgin Flying Club launches its own Reward Seat Sale – 25% off all seats
14 January 2014 By Raffles
Almost certainly not coincidentally, Virgin Atlantic has gatecrashed the Avios sale with own January reward sale. Almost all economy routes are reduced by 25%. And, apart from Easter and the Summer school holiday period, you can book for any point you want over the next 355 days. […]
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