Virgin Atlantic has decided to take the fight to British Airways for your 2021 bookings by offering a status match to Executive Club members. You can find full details, and apply, on this page of the .....

11 Jan 202111 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 118 comments

Good news! Virgin Atlantic has confirmed today that there will be no price increases on Delta Air Lines redemptions from the US to Europe. This means that the great value 50,000 points redemptions in .....

11 Jan 202111 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Virgin Atlantic has launched a new promotion, offering 50% bonus Virgin Points AND tier points on new bookings. Importantly, since Virgin Atlantic recently became the first airline to offer tier .....

9 Jan 20219 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

Yesterday we told you how Virgin Atlantic’s website is now showing substantial increases to the points required for Delta Air Lines flight redemptions, with the exception of flights to and from .....

3 Jan 20213 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Virgin Atlantic has, with no notice, massively devalued Virgin Flying Club redemptions on US airline (and 49% Virgin shareholder) Delta. Before we go into this, I want to be clear about one thing. .....

2 Jan 20212 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

If you are considering travelling to Japan, the obvious options – especially if you want to earn Avios and British Airways tier points – are British Airways and Japan Airlines. (Japan .....

28 Dec 202028 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

Sale news in brief: Virgin Atlantic adds some extra sale discounts We covered the current Virgin Atlantic sale in this article two weeks ago. A couple of extra deals have been added: Save an extra .....

26 Dec 202026 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

EDIT: This offer has been extended to bookings made by 31st March 2020 For much of 2020, hotel booking site Rocketmiles has been running an EXCELLENT ‘first user’ promotion which can earn .....

22 Dec 202022 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Virgin Red, the new company which oversees your Virgin Flying Club points, has bought a suite at the AO Arena in Manchester. This is a similar arrangement to the one which Marriott has at the O2 Arena .....

21 Dec 202021 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Virgin Atlantic has just launched a winter sale, offering discounted fares in all classes. Travel is valid until 31st December 2021, so you should be able to find something that suits you. Full .....

16 Dec 202016 December 2020 by Rhys Jones • 52 comments

News in brief: Free Uber rides and Uber Eats meals for NHS staff Uber is offer 200,000 free £10 rides to NHS and HSC staff over the Christmas period, from 23rd to 27th December. You can see full .....

13 Dec 202013 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Today, just under 50 lucky ticket holders will be able to say their farewells to the last Boeing 747 owned by a British airline. We were lucky enough to be able to go to a press preview of the event, .....

12 Dec 202012 December 2020 by Rhys Jones • 16 comments

This is Part 2 of our press preview of Virgin Atlantic’s Boeing 747 retirement event yesterday. Part 1 is here. Crossing under the aircraft, we moved to the opposite wing where one engine was .....

12 Dec 202012 December 2020 by Rhys Jones • 40 comments

A couple of weeks ago we had British Airways selling off its First Class crockery …. now it is joined by Virgin Atlantic, which is selling its surplus wine! Reading between the vines The auction .....

10 Dec 202010 December 2020 by Rhys Jones • 39 comments