Virgin launches new reward sale in Economy and Premium Economy
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Virgin Atlantic has launched another 20% off sale for reward seats.
This time, Premium Economy is included as well. The sale runs until 23rd September.
Virgin taxes on Economy redemptions are lower (by roughly £100) than British Airways although they are roughly similar for Premium Economy. Following the Avios devaluation in April, you will also need substantially fewer miles than BA for an identical route.
Here are some example prices in both Economy and Premium Economy:
New York – 28,000 miles + £249 / 44,000 miles + £363
Barbados – 36,000 miles + £225 / 56,000 miles + £359
Delhi – 34,000 miles + £293 / 56,000 miles + £407
Hong Kong – 40,000 miles + £328 / 64,000 + £325
You can ALSO travel to Washington, Miami, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, Orlando, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Antigua, Cuba, Grenada, Montago Bay, St Lucia, Cancun, Tobago, Johannesburg, Lagos, Dubai, Hong Kong and Shanghai. The taxes and miles needed can be found here.
What is interesting about this sale is that you can book for any time in the next 11 months. There are no date restrictions as long as seats are available. Remember that, even with 20% off, not all of these deals necessarily make sense in low season – New York cash tickets would only be £300 in January for example.
You must book before September 23rd.
If you are short of miles, remember that Virgin miles transfer INSTANTLY from American Express Membership Rewards as long as your accounts are already linked. It will take a couple of days if you have not previously linked your accounts.
Transfers from Tesco Clubcard are also very fast, usually overnight – the ‘Clubcard to Virgin’ page is here.
You can combine these discounts with a CombiFare. CombiFare is explained in this post, but basically if you can only find a redemption in one direction Virgin will sell you a cash ticket for the other half at a discounted rate.
You cannot do a ‘miles plus money’ redemption for these deals. It has to be a 100% miles booking.
Virgin is also offering a 20% bonus on purchased miles and a 20% bonus on Miles Booster. I will look at this in more detail tomorrow.
Full details of the Reward Seat Sale can be found here.
How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards (April 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.
American Express Business Platinum
40,000 points sign-up bonus 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.
(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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