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Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is the frequent-flyer program for Virgin Atlantic. Instead of miles, you earn ‘Virgin Points’ which can be used for a range of redemptions at Virgin companies and partners, including Virgin Voyages, Virgin Wines, Experience Days and of course flights.
If you are interested in earning Virgin Points from UK credit card spend then you should read this article comparing the two Virgin Atlantic credit cards.
The Virgin Atlantic website is here.
You can apply for the Virgin Atlantic credit cards here and earn a bonus of 3,000 points on the free card or 18,000 points on the paid card.
A relatively new development in the frequent flyer world has been the ability to earn tier points towards airline status by booking a package holiday. You have always earned tier points if you booked .....
A relatively new development in the frequent flyer world has been the ability to earn tier points towards .....
9 Mar 20259 March 2025 • 52 comments
We ran an article yesterday on the British Airways policy for unaccompanied children. I thought it was worth taking a look at how Virgin Atlantic tackles the same problem. Following a rule change in .....
We ran an article yesterday on the British Airways policy for unaccompanied children. I thought it was worth .....
9 Mar 20259 March 2025 • 14 comments
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 .....
In 2021 Virgin Red launched a new way of letting you earn Virgin Points – its own train ticket booking .....
5 Mar 20255 March 2025 • 8 comments
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer your points into selected frequent flyer schemes. What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your miles INTO a hotel .....
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer your points into selected frequent flyer schemes. What .....
4 Mar 20254 March 2025 • 7 comments
The biggest problem with Virgin Red, the central portal for earning and spending Virgin Points, is that very few Virgin Group businesses are fully integrated apart from Virgin Atlantic. This is a .....
The biggest problem with Virgin Red, the central portal for earning and spending Virgin Points, is that very .....
25 Feb 202525 February 2025 • 13 comments
Back in September 2020 – so it was easy to miss at the heart of the pandemic – Virgin Atlantic become the first airline in the world to give you tier points when you booked a redemption .....
Back in September 2020 – so it was easy to miss at the heart of the pandemic – Virgin Atlantic .....
24 Feb 202524 February 2025 • 43 comments
HfP readers, and indeed HfP writers, have been generally scathing about the introduction of dynamic reward pricing at Virgin Atlantic. It has, to all intents and purposes, killed off your chances of .....
HfP readers, and indeed HfP writers, have been generally scathing about the introduction of dynamic reward .....
19 Feb 202519 February 2025 • 49 comments
“How to get a discount on airport car parking” is a difficult and long-winded question, especially at Heathrow. Luckily for me, the good people at moneysavingexpert.com have written .....
“How to get a discount on airport car parking” is a difficult and long-winded question, especially .....
19 Feb 202519 February 2025 • 22 comments
Tesco and Avios may have gone their separate ways but Virgin Atlantic / Virgin Red remains a Tesco Clubcard partner. Virgin Red has brought back the exceptionally generous offer it ran twice last .....
Tesco and Avios may have gone their separate ways but Virgin Atlantic / Virgin Red remains a Tesco .....
19 Feb 202519 February 2025 • 13 comments
Virgin Trains Ticketing, the standalone rail booking app from Virgin Red, is offering 2,000 bonus Virgin Points when you buy a Railcard. This offer also lets you beat the increase in Railcard fees .....
Virgin Trains Ticketing, the standalone rail booking app from Virgin Red, is offering 2,000 bonus Virgin .....
13 Feb 202513 February 2025 • 20 comments
Virgin Red has a partnership with SquareMeal, the restaurant booking service, to allow you to earn Virgin Points when you eat out. There are four ways to earn. You can, as you would expect, earn 100 .....
Virgin Red has a partnership with SquareMeal, the restaurant booking service, to allow you to earn Virgin .....
8 Feb 20258 February 2025 • 7 comments
Despite having been a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance for almost two years, Virgin Atlantic retains earning and burning mileage partnerships with a number of other airlines. The one we cover .....
Despite having been a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance for almost two years, Virgin Atlantic retains .....
7 Feb 20257 February 2025 • 17 comments
It's back! Virgin Atlantic is repeating its biggest ever deal for buying Virgin Points! This offer runs until 7th March. If you are short of points for your next redemption, then now is a good time to .....
It's back! Virgin Atlantic is repeating its biggest ever deal for buying Virgin Points! This offer runs until .....
6 Feb 20256 February 2025 • 37 comments
Three new American Express cashback deals popped up yesterday which look interesting. The Virgin Atlantic one is particularly good and is worth £250. Let’s start with the hotel offers, however. .....
Three new American Express cashback deals popped up yesterday which look interesting. The Virgin Atlantic one .....
5 Feb 20255 February 2025 • 34 comments
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