News: redeem IHG points for concerts, win 10000 Nectar points, 500 points for joining Virgin Red

News in brief:

Redeem IHG One Rewards points for concert tickets

After a fallow few months, IHG One Rewards – the rewards programme for InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo etc – has added new tickets for UK events to its ‘experiences’ platform, IHG Access.

This is what is currently available:

• Hits Live Manchester (AO Arena) – 11th November
• Free Radio Hits Live Birmingham (Resorts World Arena) – 12th November
• Led Zepellin Symphonic Live (London Palladium) – 24th November
• Magic of Christmas (London Palladium) – 26th November, matinee and evening
• Scala Radio Christmas Live (London Palladium) – 27th November

All of these events are priced at 15,000 IHG One Rewards points for two tickets. You get ‘preferred’ seating. No hospitality is provided.

We value IHG One Rewards points at 0.4p so you are ‘buying’ the tickets for around £30 per person.

Click here to find out more and redeem.

Win 10,000 Nectar points

To promote its range of Christmas offers, Nectar is giving away 10,000 points to 100 people. This means 6,250 Avios in HfP money ….

You will find the competition in the Nectar app or on the website. There is nothing to do except load the offer to your account with a click.

Get 500 Virgin Points for joining Virgin Red

We have talked about Virgin Red, Virgin Group’s new rewards club, many times on HfP over the last couple of years, so I suspect that most of you are already members.

If you have held out, however, Virgin Red is offering you a bribe of 500 Virgin Points.

You need to join via this link on the Virgin Group website. Once you have created an account, you can link it to your Virgin Flying Club account and the two balances will merge.

Your Virgin Flying Club account remains intact, but going forward you will be able to check your balance and activity via the Virgin Red app. Virgin Red opens up a lot of new redemption opportunities for your Virgin Points, albeit that most only get you 0.5p per point which is worse than a premium cabin flight.

The offer of 500 points runs to 31st December.

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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):

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.

The Platinum Card from American Express comes with 40,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert into 40,000 Virgin Points.

Small business owners should consider the two American Express Business cards. Points convert at 1:1 into Virgin Points.

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.)