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Redeem 12,000 Virgin Points for an Easter wine deal

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Virgin Red has teamed up with Virgin Wines to offer a special Easter wine redemption.

12,000 Virgin Points will get you a case of ‘craft’ wines which includes, subject to availability:

  • x1 Conde de Valencia Gran Seleccion (Spain, 14% ABV)
  • x1 Le Zeitgeist Grenache Syrah (France, 13% ABV)
  • x2 Touro Preto Premium Seleccao Tinto (Portugal, 13.5% ABV)
Virgin Red wine offer
  • x2 The Craftsmen Cabernet Sauvignon (South Africa, 14% ABV)
  • x2 Vitalita delle Venezie DOC Pinot Grigio (Italy, 12% ABV)
  • x2 Ribera Del Segura Verdejo (Spain, 12% ABV)
  • x1 T918 Single Site Sauvignon Blanc (South Africa, 13% ABV)
  • x1 Trois Calices Essentiel (France, 11.5% ABV)

For most of the UK, delivery – which is included – is within three working days. Orders received by 5th April should arrive in time for Easter.

You can order via this page of the Virgin Red website or in the Virgin Red app.

If you are not registered with Virgin Red, you will need to download the app, create an account and then link it to your Virgin Flying Club account. Your Flying Club points balance will show in the app and you will also be able to see your full Flying Club activity statement.

If you want to earn more Virgin Points, our review of the Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard credit card is here (15,000 bonus points) and our review of the free Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard credit card is here.

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How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards

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. 

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Comments (10)

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  • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:
    23 Mar23 March 04:51

    Re the wine offer there are also cases of red and and a white case available as well.

  • Dilbert says:
    23 Mar23 March 06:57

    I used the last Marriott Homes and villas offer to book a villa for our Orlando holiday this summer. Got an email last week out of the blue to say they were cancelling my booking because they have decided to no longer work with the rental company.
    Their customer service has been awful, basically a shrug of shoulders and refund. Now shopping for an alternative with 4 months to go, but prices have shot up. Won’t be using them again.

    • Will says:
      23 Mar23 March 08:49

      Was it full pre pay no cancellations on your side?
      I have a real problem with that when cancellations are asymmetric.

    • ankomonkey says:
      23 Mar23 March 10:22

      I had a fairly similar experience with Vrbo. I asked them find me an equivalent property and honour the price I paid for the cancelled one and they told me to use their search engine and rejected any type of price matching/honoring. So basically they wanted me to search and re-book as if I’d never booked with them in the first place.

      I find the risk of these single-property booking sites far higher than booking a hotel that has multiple rooms they can put you in.

  • Jack says:
    23 Mar23 March 07:47

    Previous round of double tier points on Marriott Homes and Villas was a nightmare. Best case scenario was delays of 2 months on crediting the nights, while most of the time had to chase, chase, chase and at the end of the year I given up on some of them. Customer service awful also dealing with issues, as they don’t tKe any responsibility for basic problems (broken doors, no hot water etc).

    It left such a bad taste that this year I didn’t put any night on Marriott at all vs 50+ nights last year.

  • Arch says:
    23 Mar23 March 09:48

    Wine offer not bad. Face value of bottles £137.88, so at 12k points, you getting 1.15p value per mile. However, given that to existing members Virgin Wines is offering £20 off any case, this reduces to £117.88. Furthermore, as a wine bank member, you get a 20% topup for any deposit, so on the reduced case cost, you’re actually only paying ~£98.23, giving a comparative point redemption value of 0.82p for some people. Still not bad vs economy class redemptions.

    • ianM says:
      23 Mar23 March 18:20

      You can get a return flight on Delta in the US for 12k Virgin points plus very little tax, which I think is better use?

      • Chrisasaurus says:
        24 Mar24 March 23:56

        Well yes but getting there isn’t free and it’s an expensive time to be in the US so unless you already had the need then I’d argue a bird in the hand and all that

  • John Flower-Jones says:
    23 Mar23 March 12:58

    Great offer from Virgin. You haven’t mentioned the Wine Flyer offers at all. Have you seen you can earn 1,500 Avios when you spend £100 …even if you turn that into nothing using points to redeem.

    And also you can earn 2,000 when you spend £80 on your Amex.

    And these offers are additive so you can get 3,500 if you spend £100 in cash on your Amex!!!!

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