New Hilton hotel promotion to earn bonus Virgin Flying Club miles

UPDATE – APRIL 2025:  This article is now out of date, but don’t worry.  We produce a monthly summary of the top hotel bonus point offers – please click HERE or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ menu above.

Hilton has just launched two new UK debit cards – and they come with Hilton Honors elite status! You can get Hilton Honors Gold status simply by applying for the Plus debit card. You can learn more here and you can apply here.

Hilton Honors is offering a 100% bonus when you buy points by 29th May 2025. The annual purchase limit is also increased to 240,000 points pre-bonus. Click here to buy.

Click here for our article on Hilton’s spring bonus points promotion which runs from 1st January to 30th April 2025. You can register for the offer by clicking here.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

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Hilton HHonors has launched a 4th quarter promotion in association with Virgin Atlantic.

(At this time, it seems that similar promotions will be launched with Miles & More and Emirates, albeit with a later starting date. I will post more information when these promotions are launched.)

Here is the link for the Virgin Flying Club deal. It is a very simple promotion, running from 26th September to 31st December. Pre-registration is required.

• On your first stay, earn 1,000 Virgin miles
• On your second stay, earn 2,000 Virgin miles
• On your third stay, earn 3,000 Virgin miles
• On your fourth stay, earn 4,000 Virgin miles
• On your fifth stay, earn 5,000 Virgin miles
• Stays 6+ only earn standard miles

These miles are on top of the usual miles, which for the major Hilton brands are 1,000 per stay.

To qualify, you need to set your Hilton HHonors profile to either ‘Points + Fixed Miles’ or ‘Points + Variable Miles’ (it doesn’t matter which) and select Virgin Atlantic as your airline partner. The miles will transfer automatically after your stay.

If you already collect Flying Club miles, this is a decent deal. If you don’t, then this is not really a good reason to start, since 15,000 (20,000 if you include the base miles) doesn’t get you very far. (12,500 gets you a £50 voucher for Virgin Wines or some other Virgin companies.)

Although, if you tie this in with the 20,000 VS miles offered with their credit card at the moment, you would have a one way in Upper Class to New York.

However, there is a twist. As I posted here, you can convert Virgin miles to Hilton HHonors points. You need to transfer 10,000 at once (and then in multiples of 5,000) which gets you 20,000 Hilton Hhonors points. 5 stays would get you 20,000 Virgin miles, including the base miles of 1,000 per stay, which is 40,000 Hilton points. This is likely to be substantially more lucrative than selecting ‘Points + Points’ as your earnings choice.

Don’t forget the Avios route

Before rushing into this promotion, don’t forget the amazingly generous deal that BMI Diamond Club has with Hilton.

If you select ‘Points + Fixed Miles’ and select BMI as your airline partner, you earn 1,000 Avios (once you have converted your Diamond Club points to Avios) per night, up to a maximum of 3,000 Avios per stay. If your typical stay in 2-3 nights, and of course assuming you collect Avios, this option may be more attractive.

If your Hilton stays are generally 1-nighters, though, the Virgin promo will probably be better.

As I said at the start, I also expect other variants of this promotion to emerge, Emirates and Lufthansa are already known to be coming. More news soon.

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How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards (April 2025)

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 18,000 Virgin Points and the free card has a bonus of 3,000 Virgin Points):

Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard

18,000 bonus points and 1.5 points for every £1 you spend Read our full review

Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard

3,000 bonus points, no fee and 1 point for every £1 you spend 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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express comes with 50,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert into 50,000 Virgin Points.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

The Platinum Card from American Express

80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

Small business owners should consider the two American Express Business cards. Points convert at 1:1 into Virgin Points.

American Express Business Platinum

50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus 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.