Get 3,000 Flying Club miles with a Virgin Money International Money Transfer

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• the real harry1 says:

  15 Dec15 December 06:46

  I did a comparison Virgin vs HIFX, Moneycorp, Azimo – Virgin were easily the worst by a huge margin; the 3000 points/ £30 didn’t change that

  so you’d be better off buying the points or whatever & using a cheaper FX provider/ credit card

  vs the Post Office/ high street banks – no idea but I wouldn’t use them anyway as their rates are so poor

  if you can get your company to reimburse FX – that’s different

  • JamesB says:

    15 Dec15 December 07:31

    Thanks Harry, save me the hassle. Have my ISA to cancel next month which might be a last roll of the dice on that given the new 12 month condition. Hopefully the new credit cards will be worthwhile but not very optimistic.

    • Genghis says:

      15 Dec15 December 07:35

      If V ISA T&Cs remain as at the latest version, I don’t plan on doing it. I’ll actually invest now my LTV on mortgage has hit a nice figure for renewal.

      • the real harry1 says:

        15 Dec15 December 07:42

        do you reckon we can just leave a nominal £1 in the V ISA after 6 months? I wonder what would happen if you did that then fees ate up the £1?

        I might just do that with our current 6 month minimum ISAs, to see what happens – or give them a ring, they are pretty good at picking up the phone

      • JamesB says:

        15 Dec15 December 07:50

        Morning Snuffles, nice to put a face to you man 🙂 Biggest downside for us unable to attend is not being able to know folks personally and HFP starts to feel like it has an inner and outer circle. Also nice to spot a guy I know in the pics from first party post.

      • Liz says:

        15 Dec15 December 08:10

        Do we have to keep this last ISA open for 12 months ? My last payment is due at the end of this month?

        Has anyone received the 1000 Virgin Miles for auto converting their Tesco a/c yet? I had it diraried for 13/12 to check.

      • the real harry1 says:

        15 Dec15 December 08:22

        @ Liz it depends when you opened the ISA – they changed the T&Cs about September

        so for ISAs opened early on in the financial year, it was 6 months minimum

        then it changed to 12 months minimum – this cannot be applied retrospectively

      • JamesB says:

        15 Dec15 December 08:24

        @Liz, your cancelattion date would suggest you are on 6 month term, I think it was just that latest offer in last few months that changed to 12. Hope you enjoyed your visit to London and not adversely affected by weather.

      • Genghis says:

        15 Dec15 December 09:36

        @Liz. It sounds like you opened the account similar time to me. I have just withdrawn cash after the 6 monthly DD payment. The account had already been open 6 months. I’ll formally close it later this month.

      • Liz says:

        15 Dec15 December 10:25

        Thanks for replies – I will see if I can find out which T&Cs apply before I do anything.
        @JamesB – good trip to London. Went down by train on Monday and we were only 20 mins late getting in – missed all the flying chaos. Back in style yesterday 1st class booked in the Virgin sale – paid a quarter of the price the lady opposite paid and she was only going to Newcastle – was very nice! Enjoyed our anniversary and birthday celebrations in the big city despite the cold! Travels over for 2017 – countdown to Oz in May!

      • Liz says:

        15 Dec15 December 10:33

        Just spent ages on to Amex online chat – we had 10 manual SS credits added this morning – without any chasing from me – I was going to phone them today. They are currently working on manual credits from 2-5 Dec I was told. Had to get them to confirm which credits I received as there is no info against the credit. Now missing 10 out of 44 transactions – 9 from 1 shop that is on the list and I have used the past 2 years but no emails received and one deli not on the list but they were a small shop which took Amex. So getting there slowly with mine. They said they are working on it. I reported back that out of 44 transactions I only got 11 auto emails and 11 auto credits – so if that is happening to everyone taking part they have an awful lot of checking and manual credits to get through.

    • JamesB says:

      15 Dec15 December 08:13

      @TRH1, probably not a good idea to alert them to it or T&C may change again. Better just try it to see if it works.

    • JamesB says:

      15 Dec15 December 17:08

      @Liz, glad it went well. Agree on train first class, so much more relaxing and enjoyable than taking the plane.Rge difference between standard and first on a deal is a lost wiped out by food and drinks provided plus the lounge too.

• thehornets says:

  15 Dec15 December 07:37

  Slightly O/T: Does anyone know how Virgin Atlantic release rewards seats? Are they like BA where a certain amount of seats are released for each cabin att-355?

  I am hoping to get a family of four to the US West Coast in Summer 2019 and am wondering what Premium Economy availability will be like. I’m tempted to forget abour Flying club (and the hassle of trying to find seats) and just book the cheapest cash fare on whichever airline fits my need. Any thoughts?

  • Louise says:

    15 Dec15 December 07:41

    I looked a few weeks ago and lots of availability to San Fran over LA for Aug 18.

    Head over to V Flyer Forum if you haven’t already

  • JamesB says:

    15 Dec15 December 07:57

    I used to get very frustrated with it to HKG, on that route I was finding better availability about 3 or 6 months out. Was not like BA at all. Have you considere option of BA on a380 into SFO or the recently discussed service to Oakland? If either of those work you could convert the Virgin miles to Hilton to cover hotels.

    • Lady London says:

      15 Dec15 December 16:34

      Cash fares for the West Coast have been extremely competitive lately. Especially if you’re flexible as to which airport there you land in. Definitely worth checking cash fares out as seen many offers for summer. That way you’ll earn miles rather than spending them but up to you.

      • thehornets says:

        15 Dec15 December 20:58

        Thanks for all your replies – am coming round the opinion of benefitting from the competitive cash fares for flights and using the FC miles for hotels or (preferably) a rainy day trip!

        Will check out v-flyer too – thanks Louise

• the real harry1 says:

  15 Dec15 December 07:45

  O/T people are reporting getting the free BA 2000 Xmas Avios credited to BAEC a/cs – none for us so far (flying tomorrow) but they are RFS redemptions so perhaps no surprise there – my wife has a revenue flight back on 2/1/18 & no 2000 Avios gift there either

  T&Cs may appear today

  • the real harry1 says:

    15 Dec15 December 07:46

    oh I see TFFT has a reward flight and got the 2000 Avios gift!

• Gulz says:

  15 Dec15 December 10:21

  Tipoff for you guys. Lebara money transfer accepts Curve, and Curve recognises Lebara as a Business Service rather than a money transfer service. I recently transferred £3k and got an excellent rate with Lebara (much better than Virgin Money Transfer) and £3k virgin miles. The only limitation I found was that you can use Lebara to send money to Europe and India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Ghana.

  • JamesB says:

    15 Dec15 December 10:36

    Great, ghank very much 🙂

  • Gavin says:

    24 Dec24 December 09:21

    Hi Gulz, nice tip to use Curve on Lebara. Do you have a Lebara money referral link to share?

  • Gavin says:

    31 Dec31 December 23:08

    It appears that Lebara Money no longer accepts Curve, I tried. Debit or pre-paid cards are the only forms of payment.

• Sam says:

  15 Dec15 December 13:57

  Sure it’s been mentioned a few times here, but of course American Express International Payments allow you to collect Membership Rewards. Not a huge amount and a few restrictions, but they all add up, and in recent weeks their rate has been better than our other international payment providers. Happy to refer!

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