ENDS MONDAY: Get £100 or £250 Virgin Atlantic cashback with American Express

Last April we saw the first ever Virgin Atlantic cashback deal. Since then they have become a regular feature.

The latest deal ends tomorrow, Monday 30th June. As always, you need to see if the deal shows under the ‘Offers’ tab on one or more of your American Express cards. You need to click ‘Save to card’ to register before making your transaction. Don’t waste your time checking British Airways American Express cards!

You will get £250 cashback when you spend £2,000 with Virgin Atlantic or £100 cashback when you spend £800. You don’t get to choose – Amex has chosen for you.

You must book by tomorrow, 30th June, and depart from a UK airport. Cumulative spend is OK.

I am fairly certain that taxes and charges on Virgin Atlantic redemption flights WILL trigger the cashback as long as you hit the £800 or £2,000 threshold. They go through your credit card in the usual way. American Express will get details of the underlying flight but is it smart enough to weed out redemptions? The T&C don’t even explicitly block reward flights.

The cashback will NOT trigger on the purchase of Virgin Points because this is handled by a third party intermediary. Anything booked via Virgin Holidays will not count.

Registration was capped at 15,000 cards so if you can no longer see the offer and didn’t save it when launched it may no longer be available.

You can check prices and book on the Virgin Atlantic website here.

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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.