Earn double Virgin Points with Virgin Trains Ticketing
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In 2021 Virgin Red launched a new way of letting you earn Virgin Points – its own train ticket booking platform called Virgin Trains Ticketing. It was originally part of the Virgin Red app but is now a standalone smartphone app.
It is a very simple structure:
- you earn 3 Virgin Points per £1 spent
- there are no booking fees
Until 11th September, you will receive double rewards – 6 Virgin Points per £1 spent. Your ticket can be for travel at any future date.
As long as the rail company you are using does not have exclusive discounts for users of its own website, you will be getting the same price as you would pay elsewhere.
Virgin Trains Ticketing also offers split tickets, so you could actually pay less than booking direct – although you may need to swap seats part-way through your trip. The company claims that split ticketing saves an average of £14.
However, at the moment LNER is offering 5% to 10% cashback on many American Express cards and some Mastercard / Visa cards. You can use the LNER website to book tickets for any train company.
Most Uber users will have an offer for 3% back in Uber credit for train tickets booked via the app, and this includes Eurostar.
If you don’t have access to an LNER offer, and especially if you don’t have access to a 10% offer, Virgin Trains Ticketing should be competitive.
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