HfP / Virgin Atlantic deal: £50 gift card with your next flight booking

Head for Points and a few other websites have teamed up with Virgin Atlantic to offer their readers a £50 gift card for every flight booking of £1200 or more by 9th July.

This offer happily coincides with the current Virgin Atlantic economy fare sale, of which more below.

The £50 gift cards you can choose from are:

Amazon

Argos

Virgin Experience Days

Debenhams

It is a two stage process.  You must follow this link and fill out your name and email address before making your booking to receive the £50 gift card with any transaction over £1,200.

This deal expires on 9th July.

The offer cannot be combined with any other offers, vouchers, discount or promotion codes and is not applicable for flight and hotel bookings.

Virgin Atlantic Economy fare sale

To coincide with this £50 gift voucher deal, Virgin Atlantic has launched a sale with pretty good Economy fares to key destinations in the US.

These fares are included in the gift card offer as long as your total spend (not per person) is over £1,200.

The offers are:

New York: Return flights from £399 (departures before 21st June or 17th August – 29th March)

San Francisco: Return flights from £462 (departures between 29th October 2017 – 12th December 2017 and 25th December 2017 – 29th March 2018)

Los Angeles: Return flights from £432 (departures between 29th October 2017 – 12th December 2017 and 25th December 2017 – 29th March 2018)

Boston: Return flights from £338 (departures between 29th October 2017 – 12th December 2017 and 25th December 2017 – 29th March 2018)

Orlando: Return flights from £401 (departures between 29th October 2017 – 12th December 2017 and 25th December 2017 – 29th March 2018)

Flights need to be booked by 11th July and the travel dates are restricted.  However, you’ll need to book by 9th July to get your £50 gift card.

The sale website to book is here.

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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.