Match your Flying Club Gold status to the new Virgin Voyages Sailing Club
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Whilst we don’t normally cover cruise travel on Head for Points, we have been looking at the new Virgin Voyages operation.
We visited Scarlet Lady, the first ship, in The Bahamas late last year. We’ve also sent a lot of readers off on Virgin Voyages cruises thanks to the exceptionally generous Virgin Points redemption deals which have been running recently. Frankly, it has been the best redemption deal of the year across any airline or hotel programme.
Virgin Voyages has now announced its own loyalty programme – Virgin Voyages Sailing Club. Full details are on the Virgin Voyages website here.
We don’t intend to look into this in detail because we don’t know anything about how it compares to other cruise loyalty schemes. However, I want to flag two things:
- if you have Gold status in Virgin Flying Club, you can enrol as a Sea Rover – this unlocks a generous list of extra perks when you make a booking
- if you’ve done two trips in 2022, which is possible if you’ve been taking advantage of the redemption deals, you will also qualify for Sea Rover status (assuming that Virgin Red redemption sailings count – EDIT, they do NOT count according to the comments)
Virgin Voyages will also give you Sea Rover status if you have status with any other cruise programme.
You can learn more about Virgin Voyages Sailing Club 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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