LAST CHANCE: Win an Apple Watch and 50,000 Virgin Atlantic miles with HfP and Rocketmiles

Today is your LAST CHANCE to enter our fantastic competition in association with Rocketmiles.

One lucky Head for Points reader will, at midnight UK time tonight (Friday), win a brand new Apple Watch plus 50,000 Virgin Flying Club miles!

With an Apple Watch selling for £479, and roughly 1p of value from each Virgin Atlantic mile, you are looking at a prize pot of £1,000!

The sponsor of this generosity is hotel booking site Rocketmiles. It has just launched a new partnership with Virgin Flying Club and wants you to know all about it.

About Rocketmiles

Rocketmiles is a specialist hotel booking site which allows you to earn a substantial amount of airline miles with every room booking.

The company has a deep inventory of rooms available across the world. Both cancellable and non-cancellable room are available (all bookings must be prepaid but cancellable rooms are fully refundable).

Each booking earns you a generous amount of miles in your chosen airline programme. Whilst this competition focusses on promoting the new Rocketmiles partnership with Virgin Flying Club, they also work with 29 other airline programmes.

As with any third party hotel booking, you will usually not earn any stay credit or points from the hotel stay where you stay. You may get your elite status recognised, depending on the hotel. This is, of course, offset by the generous amount of miles that Rocketmiles will deposit in your airline account after your stay.

Celebrating the new Virgin Atlantic partnership

To promote their new partnership with Virgin Atlantic, Rocketmiles is offering 3,000 bonus Virgin Flying Club miles to new customers when they make their first booking.

This is valid on any booking of any size. It is on top of the standard amount of Virgin Flying Club miles you will earn. This is clearly a very attractive deal – and if you book a cheap one night stay to trigger the miles, it will be an excellent deal.

The terms and conditions of the ‘first booking bonus’ can be found here. You have until July 31st to make your booking and the stay can be for a date even further into the future.

For clarity, you do not need to make a booking to enter the competition.

How can I win?

It is very simple indeed. It really could not be easier.

Click here to visit the Rocketmiles site. After a few seconds, a pop-up box will appear.

Enter your email address and that’s it! You’re entered!

Please read the rules carefully

The full rules for the competition are here.

Here is a summary of the important bits, although please note that the official rules take precedence over this summary:

You must be at least 21 years old to enter

There is one prize consisting of an Apple Watch (probably black as in the photo but the style may vary) and 50,000 Virgin Flying Club miles

Strictly one entry per person

Entries will close at midnight TONIGHT, Friday, London time

There are NO geographic restrictions – the competition is open to Head for Points readers wherever they live

There is NO requirement to make a hotel booking via Rocketmiles in order to enter

Existing Rocketmiles customers can enter the competition, although they cannot earn 3,000 bonus Virgin from their first booking

Rocketmiles is responsible for fulfilling your prize. Neither Head for Points or Virgin Atlantic are responsible. Employees of Virgin Atlantic cannot enter.

Good luck. The winner will be announced on Head for Points 7-10 days after the closing date.

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How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards (March 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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 8th April 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Business Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to 120,000 points. You receive 80,000 points when you spend £12,000 within three months and a further 40,000 points if you spend on the card between Month 14 and Month 17. Points convert 1:1 into Avios and many other programmes. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 8th April 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Business Gold is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 60,000 points. You receive 40,000 points when you spend £6,000 within three months and a further 20,000 points if you spend on the card between Month 14 and Month 17. Points convert 1:1 into Avios and many other programmes. Click here to apply.

American Express Business Platinum

Up to 120,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

Up to 60,000 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.