News: Virgin Red drops Greggs!, save £250 on Cathay flights, win a BA Holiday to New York

News in brief:

Virgin Red splits with Greggs!

In a move destined to send shock waves through the loyalty industry, Virgin Red appears to have split with Greggs.

All of the Greggs redemption offers have disappeared from the Virgin Red app.

Whilst we used to joke about the Greggs redemptions, they DID play an important part in the programme.

They were very low value (from 200 points) which made them useful for people who only earned a small number of Virgin Points, perhaps from credit card spend or economy flights.

They also provided a good ‘pence per point’ value, especially in London where Greggs products are priced higher than the rest of the UK.

The cheapest ‘spend’ redemption in the Virgin Red app is now a £5 Costa Coffee or Caffe Nero giftcard for 1,000 Virgin Points.

Save £250 on Cathay Pacific business class flights

Cathay Pacific is offering a £250 saving on new business class flight bookings if you use code SAVE250GB.

You need to choose from the following desinations beyond Hong Kong:

• Taiwan China: Taipei, Kaohsiung
• Chinese Mainland: Guangzhou, Xiamen, Shanghai, Xi’an, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, Wenzhou, Haikou, Chongqing, Beijing, Zhengzhou, Qingdao, Fuzhou
• Southeast Asia: Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Phnom Penh, Jakarta and Surabaya 
• East Asia: Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Sapporo and Seoul
• South West Pacific: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland, Christchurch

You must book by 23rd December and travel between 1st March and 30th June 2025.

Bookings must be made directly on the Cathay Pacific UK website here and you need to use the code SAVE250GB.

Win a BA Holiday to New York

The BA Community Fund is raising money for Alzheimer’s Society and The Royal Albert Hall with a prize draw.

British Airways Holidays has donated a package to New York which includes:

• two Club World flights on British Airways to New York 
• four nights at a British Airways Holidays four star approved hotel

Entries cost £2 each and the competition closes on 6th January. 100% of your money goes to the two charities.

You can enter here.