Bits: Virgin Atlantic closes Hong Kong Clubhouse, get 1500 Flying Club miles with Worldhotels
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News in brief:
Virgin Atlantic closes Hong Kong Clubhouse
This news passed me by at the time, but Virgin Atlantic closed its Clubhouse lounge in Hong Kong on 5th February. Virgin customers flying from Hong Kong must now use the Plaza Premium lounge.
This is not a surprising move. Supporting a lounge for one flight a day isn’t easy and only works when you can persuade other airlines to pay you to let their customers use it too. With no shortage of excellent lounges in Hong Kong this obviously wasn’t a workable option.
Triple Flying Club miles Worldhotels
You may not have heard of Worldhotels, which is an independent marketing group for 500 upscale hotels, spread across 65 countries. These are hotels which do not want to formally join a branded chain but still want to be able to offer their guests loyalty benefits and to benefit from global marketing campaigns.
You can find our more about Worldhotels here.
It is currently offering a decent promotion with 1,500 Virgin Flying Club miles with any stay before the end of March. 250 of the 500 properties in the group are taking part.
Full details can be found here. You need to book a specific rate code which is inserted during the booking process, so make sure you compare the price with any other deals available. You will not also earn Peakpoints in the Worldhotels loyalty scheme – although the miles are probably better value.
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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