How many Virgin Points do you need to fly to ….? (Virgin Redemption University #2)

How many Virgin Points do you need to fly to a particular city?

This article is Part 2 of our updated ‘Virgin Redemption University’ series. Further articles will follow on different aspects of spending Virgin Points. We ran a ‘work in progress’ version of these articles last year and then refined them after reader feedback. This year you are getting the polished versions up front!

If you want to earn more Virgin Points, our review of the Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard credit card is here (18,000 bonus points) and our review of the free Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard credit card is here (3,000 points bonus).

Before we look at how to redeem Virgin Points for flights (Part 3 and Part 4 of this series), we want to get the points pricing information out of the way.

Taxes and charges are mentioned briefly but will be covered in more detail in a future article.

We will look at how to work out upgrade pricing in a future article.

How much are reward flights using Virgin Points?

Virgin Atlantic has two pricing charts – one for its own flights below and one for flights on SkyTeam and other partner airlines. A separate article on SkyTeam partner redemptions will follow.

Unlike Avios flights, there is only one price for a Virgin Atlantic redemption. You cannot mix and match cash and points depending on how points-rich or cash-rich you feel at the time.

How many Virgin Points are Virgin Atlantic reward flights?

This chart lists Virgin Atlantic destinations alphabetically with pricing to / from London.  Prices are return – simply divide by two for one-way.

You can use the search bar at the top to search the table for a specific destination.

Shanghai, Nassau (Bahamas) and Providenciales (Turks & Caicos) are not listed as the routes have been dropped, although flights are still continuing for a while.

Return prices	Standard economy	Standard Premium	Standard Upper Class	Peak economy	Peak Premium	Peak Upper Class
Accra	25,000	45,000	115,000	45,000	65,000	135,000
Antigua	20,000	35,000	115,000	40,000	55,000	135,000
Atlanta	25,000	45,000	95,000	45,000	65,000	115,000
Barbados	20,000	35,000	115,000	40,000	55,000	135,000
Bengaluru	20,000	35,000	75,000	40,000	55,000	95,000
Boston	20,000	35,000	95,000	40,000	55,000	115,000
Cape Town	25,000	50,000	115,000	45,000	85,000	135,000
Delhi	20,000	35,000	75,000	40,000	55,000	95,000
Dubai	20,000	35,000	75,000	40,000	55,000	95,000
Grenada	20,000	35,000	115,000	40,000	55,000	135,000
Jamaica	20,000	35,000	115,000	40,000	55,000	135,000
Johannesburg	25,000	50,000	115,000	45,000	85,000	135,000
Lagos	25,000	45,000	115,000	45,000	65,000	135,000
Las Vegas	30,000	55,000	135,000	50,000	75,000	155,000
Los Angeles	30,000	55,000	135,000	50,000	75,000	155,000
Maldives (Male)	25,000	50,000	115,000	45,000	85,000	135,000
Miami	25,000	45,000	95,000	45,000	65,000	115,000
Mumbai	20,000	35,000	75,000	40,000	55,000	95,000
New York	20,000	35,000	95,000	40,000	55,000	115,000
Orlando	25,000	45,000	95,000	45,000	65,000	115,000
Riyadh	20,000	35,000	75,000	40,000	55,000	95,000
San Francisco	30,000	55,000	135,000	50,000	75,000	155,000
Seattle	30,000	55,000	135,000	50,000	75,000	155,000
St Lucia	20,000	35,000	115,000	40,000	55,000	135,000
St Vincent	20,000	35,000	115,000	40,000	55,000	135,000
Tampa	25,000	45,000	95,000	45,000	65,000	115,000
Tel Aviv	18,000	32,000	56,000	22,000	40,000	66,000
Tobago	20,000	35,000	115,000	40,000	55,000	135,000
Toronto	20,000	35,000	95,000	40,000	55,000	115,000
Washington DC	20,000	35,000	95,000	40,000	55,000	115,000

It’s also possible to fly Virgin Atlantic between some Caribbean islands. These inter-island redemptions are only available in economy:

Inter-island flights	Standard economy	Peak economy
Barbados to St Vincent	4,500	5,000
St Vincent to Barbados	4,500	5,000
Barbados to Grenada	4,500	5,000
Grenada to Barbados	4,500	5,000

What are the taxes and charges on Virgin Atlantic redemptions?

A few months ago we published a table of Upper Class taxes and charges – click here to read it.

You should expect to pay £1,000 return per person for an Upper Class flight to the United States, and between £800 and £900 for other routes.

Premium seats are around £550 whilst Economy seats are around £275 to the US and £375 elsewhere, return.

What are the peak and off-peak dates for flying Virgin Atlantic?

Virgin Atlantic lists peak and off-peak dates on this page of its website.

Confusingly, albeit logically, there are separate peak and off-peak dates for the Caribbean. (It was always odd how Avios charged peak pricing to, say, the Middle East in August but off peak pricing during the main tourist season from October to March!)

For non-Caribbean routes for the rest of 2024:

…and 2025:

…. and for the Caribbean for the rest of 2024:

…and 2025:

Coming up ….

The next two articles in this series will look at how to redeem Virgin Points for Virgin Atlantic flights on SkyTeam partner flights.