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Get £250 Virgin Atlantic Holidays cashback with American Express

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Virgin Atlantic Holidays has launched a new cashback deal with American Express.

You need to look under the ‘Offers’ tab in the app or on the Amex website for each card you have, although you are unlikely to find this on British Airways or Marriott Bonvoy cards.

You will receive £250 back when you spend £5,000 by 19th August.

Virgin Atlantic Holidays £250 American Express cashback

The small print has a couple of gotchas if you’re not careful:

  • cumulative spend counts
  • only website bookings count, not transactions completed in Virgin Atlantic Holidays stores
  • bookings made on the Virgin Atlantic Holidays mobile app do NOT count – it must be on the website
  • ‘flight only’ bookings do not count
  • part payments or deposits do not count (although how Amex would know this I have no idea)
  • purchases made on finance or ‘buy now pay later’ do not count
  • gift card and voucher purchases do not count

The bottom line is that you need to visit the website (and ONLY the website) and spend £5,000 in one or more transactions in full payment for a holiday (not just a flight) to get the £250.

Remember that you can earn bonus tier points in Virgin Flying Club when booking with Virgin Atlantic Holidays, as well as earning additional Virgin Points.

The Virgin Atlantic Holidays website is here.


How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards

How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards (July 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.

The American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card 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 Credit Card

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 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

50,000 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.

The American Express Business Platinum Card

50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

The American Express Business Gold Card

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

Comments (15)

  • Danny says:

    News to me that Sheffield city centre has a Double Tree… Looking online it’s on Bramall Lane so not the nicest area unless you’re there for the football.

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