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Save 25% on Virgin Atlantic flight redemptions in all cabins

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If all went to plan overnight, all Virgin Atlantic flight redemptions should be showing with a 25% points discount this morning.

Here are the key details:

  • You need to book by 17th September
  • You must fly by 31st December. If your outbound is before this but your return is later, only the outbound flignt will be discounted.
  • Only flights operated by Virgin Atlantic are included. No codeshares and no SkyTeam or other partner flights are reduced.
  • Taxes and charges are NOT reduced
  • All cabins are included

We tend to see a version of this offer every autumn. With cash flights to the US, Virgin Atlantic’s main market, dropping sharply over the colder months, a promotion like this is the only make to make redemptions look attractive.

Even with 25% off, however, you should check cash alternatives carefully.

The sweet spot is probably flights to Dubai, the Maldives and the Caribbean, which are also reduced by 25% even though we are heading into their peak season.

You can check out availability and taxes / charges on the Virgin Atlantic website here.


How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards

How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards (December 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):

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.

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.

The Platinum Card from American Express

Huge 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

(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.)

Comments (45)

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  • Mikeact says:

    I do feel it would be appropriate to move some of these comments to the BA forum….nothing to do with 25% off Virgin.

  • Stefan says:

    Hmm was told they can’t do an reduced-points upgrade, if the original flight was booked in cash via a 3rd party e.g. Navan. Does that sound right? Didn’t spot this in the T&Cs. Also I could only spot T&Cs on U.S. site rather than UK one: https://flights.virginatlantic.com/en-us/points-flight-deals

    • Rob says:

      Yes, because the airline doesn’t control the booking – Navan controls it. It only gets released to the control of the airline at check-in. Virgin can’t touch it.

      BA DOES allow agent bookings to be upgraded but it took them 20 years to work out how to do it and it only came in relatively recently.

  • Frances says:

    am just about to book the St Regis. was worried about the proximity to the airport though.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      If you do book please report back.

      The soft launch reviews are all positive and imagine there’s no noise inside but wonder what it might be like out door, even though MCT isn’t a major hub there will still be regular flights.

  • ZoeB says:

    Any idea which dates the Finnair sale apply to?

  • david says:

    Comms received by OMAAT is 25% off all cabins. The other data matches yours Rob.

  • Alex says:

    Suggest warning people that the Finnair lite fares are the most inflexible ever. NO changes. NO cancellations. NO exceptions. Even if you’re willing to pay a penalty and all fare changes, there is NO way of changing your ticket whatsoever, even in extenuating circumstances and/or months in advance. You’re locked in and you’re going! So make sure you’re 100% committed and have a good travel insurance policy!

    • Rob says:

      That differs from BA in what way? OK, BA would give you the APD back, but you’re not paying APD on these fares anyway.

      • Alex says:

        Of course this differs from BA – you can change the lowest BA fares subject to fare difference and penalty. Finnair Lite can’t be touched.

    • BJ says:

      If you want a flexible fare to Asia buy avios at around 1p and redeem on Finnair from their Zone 1. Around £1250 return plus minimal tax/fees.

  • Adem says:

    Since turn of 2024, I have stopped chasing 2-4-1 vouchers as they are progressively offering less and less value given that you can pick up many discounted fares at better, same/similar rates to using air miles – and that’s before taking into consideration the chaotic availability. In the last couple of years I’ve collected a few vouchers in the same year (along with also upgrade vouchers) and have struggled to get good value from these. Airline status, for the moment anyway, is worth having but, that’s also going the same way so probably not for too much longer.

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