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Get big savings on No1 Lounges with a Virgin Atlantic offer

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Pre-pandemic, No1 Lounges ran a series of attractive promotions with Virgin Flying Club. I thought these had gone away but, as per our comments section yesterday, it seems that the deals are alive and well.

This means that you can book My Lounge at Gatwick’s South Terminal – which I reviewed yesterday – for just £15. This is 50% off the standard pre-booking price. Even better, you’ll receive 200 Virgin Points on top.

Get big savings on No1 Lounges with a Virgin Atlantic offer

There are similar deals available on the other No1 spaces at Gatwick, as well as Heathrow Terminal 3 and Birmingham. The Virgin Flying Club member prices are:

  • £35 – Clubrooms
  • £25 – No1 Lounges
  • £15 – My Lounge

…. and the Virgin Points you earn are:

  • 400 points at Clubrooms
  • 350 points at No1 Lounges
  • 200 points at My Lounge

You can book the Virgin Flying Club / No1 Lounges offer via this link.

As points are earned per booking, you should make separate bookings for each adult in your group. However, each booking must contain a different Virgin Flying Club account number – the terms restrict points earning to one reward per Virgin account per day.


Getting airport lounge access for free from a credit card

How to get FREE airport lounge access via UK credit cards (April 2024)

Here are the four options to get FREE airport lounge access via a UK credit card.

The Platinum Card from American Express comes with two free Priority Pass cards, one for you and one for a supplementary cardholder. Each card admits two so a family of four gets in free. You get access to all 1,300 lounges in the Priority Pass network – search it here.

You also get access to Eurostar, Lufthansa and Delta Air Lines lounges.  Our American Express Platinum review is here. You can apply here.

The Platinum Card from American Express

40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review

If you have a small business, consider American Express Business Platinum instead.

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is FREE for the first year. It comes with a Priority Pass card loaded with four free visits to any Priority Pass lounge – see the list here.

Additional lounge visits are charged at £24.  You get four more free visits for every year you keep the card.  

There is no annual fee for Amex Gold in Year 1 and you get a 20,000 points sign-up bonus.  Full details are in our American Express Preferred Rewards Gold review here.

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

HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard gets you get a free Priority Pass card, allowing you access to the Priority Pass network.  Guests are charged at £24 although it may be cheaper to pay £60 for a supplementary credit card for your partner.

The card has a fee of £195 and there are strict financial requirements to become a HSBC Premier customer.  Full details are in my HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard review.

HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard

A huge bonus, but only available to HSBC Premier clients Read our full review

PS. You can find all of HfP’s UK airport lounge reviews – and we’ve been to most of them – indexed here.

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