Get 1,000 Virgin Points with your first Virgin Trains Ticketing booking

If you’ve not tried Virgin Trains Ticketing yet, the Virgin Red-owned rail booking app, there is a generous incentive available.

You will receive 1,000 Virgin Points with your first booking of £5+.

1,000 Virgin Points are worth £5 off a future Virgin Trains Ticketing booking or can be used towards reward flights or any other Virgin Red redemption.

This is how the deal works:

• download the Virgin Trains Ticketing app

• register or sign-in using your Virgin Red account details (you will need to install the Virgin Red app if you haven’t already, and link it to your Virgin Flying Club account)

• make your first purchase (this offer is strictly for new Virgin Trains Ticketing customers) for £5+ with Virgin Trains Ticketing

• you will receive a promo code during the checkout process for 1,000 Virgin Points which you need to redeem via the Virgin Red app

You can, as Virgin Red suggests, use the 1,000 points for £5 off your next train ticket, but in reality you are free to use them as you wish.

The offer runs to 1st September.

And double points for everyone!

Whether or not you are a new customer to Virgin Trains Ticketing, you will receive 6 Virgin Points for every £1 you spend in the app by 1st September.

Points should post within seven days of travel.

It’s worth noting that the Virgin Trains Ticketing app offers split ticketing, allowing you make additional savings if two separate tickets – instead of one direct ticket – would be cheaper. London Paddington to Bath Spa, for example, could be cheaper if booked as London Paddington to Reading and Reading to Bath Spa. The app will identify such anomalies automatically.

If you have a Virgin Atlantic credit card, you may also have a decent cashback offer for Virgin Trains Ticketing in your app. I know some people are seeing 9%, which would stack with these offers. I don’t see anything in my app but I have used a similar offer in the past which may disqualify me.

You can find out more about this offer in the Virgin Red app.

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How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards (September 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 18,000 Virgin Points and the free card has a bonus of 3,000 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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 22nd October 2024, the bonus on American Express Business Platinum is increased to up to 80,000 Membership Rewards points, worth 80,000 Virgin Points. You will receive 8 points per £1 spent for the first three months, on up to £10,000 of spending. Click here to read our full card review. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 22nd October 2024, the bonus on American Express Business Gold is increased to up to 40,000 Membership Rewards points, worth 40,000 Virgin Points. You will receive 4 points per £1 spent for the first three months, on up to £10,000 of spending. The card is FREE for your first year. Click here to read our full card review. Click here to apply.

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.)