On Sunday we were the first English-language source to publish the rumours that Virgin Group was attempting to cancel its agreed share share to Air France-KLM. You can read that article here. Sir Richard Branson has just confirmed the story on his personal blog. To […]
Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Flying Club
Virgin Flying Club is the loyalty scheme for Virgin Atlantic Airways. The articles below outline the best ways of earning and spending Flying Club points and cover changes to the Virgin route network.
Virgin is a partner with American Express Membership Rewards, Heathrow Rewards and Tesco Clubcard amongst others. You can find out more about Virgin Flying Club on their website here.
There are various ways of earning Virgin Flying Club miles from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses! Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Virgin Flying Club miles.
Get a Virgin Atlantic Economy Delight flight for £1 + taxes with its Cyber Monday Golden Ticket game
2 December 2019 By
Virgin Atlantic is bringing back its Golden Ticket game for Cyber Monday. It is adding 90 £1 Economy Delight flights into its flight search system today. However, these are totally random flights. We don’t know the dates or the destinations, so your chance of finding […]
“Virgin Group wants to retain control of Virgin Atlantic and cancel the deal to sell 31% to Air France-KLM” – report
1 December 2019 By
Our lead story last Monday was about the successful conclusion of the transatlantic joint-venture between Virgin Atlantic, Delta Air Lines and Air France – KLM. The US had finally given its approval to the venture (EU approval had already been obtained) and everything is now […]
FOR NEW AND EXISTING USERS: Get 5,000 Avios or other miles with a Rocketmiles hotel booking
30 November 2019 By
Hotel booking site Rocketmiles has launched an EXCELLENT Black Friday promotion which can earn you 5,000+ easy Avios or other airline miles from just one booking. Importantly, this offer is open to ALL Rocketmiles customers. It is not just for new users – even if […]
Final Black Friday post: Virgin Upper Class to Boston for just £925!
29 November 2019 By
I think we’ve all just about had enough of Black Friday deals now. I’d be failing in my duty not to mention this one though. Virgin Atlantic is offering a £925 return fare to Boston in Upper Class. This is an exceptional Upper Class fare […]
And more Black Friday: £25 off Lufthansa, more Virgin Atlantic deals, Qatar Airways deals, Opodo discounts
29 November 2019 By
I am planning to run one, and possibly two, additional Black Friday articles during Friday. These will be emailed out on Saturday morning, but our email readers may want to pop back to the website during Friday to make sure that they don’t miss out. […]
Why the bonus miles with Virgin’s Economy Delight fares makes them good value
28 November 2019 By
18 months ago, Virgin Atlantic relaunched its economy pricing structure. There are now three levels of pricing, offering different benefits. At the bottom end you have no checked baggage and will be allocated a seat at check-in, with no guarantee that couples will be sat […]
Credit & Charge Card Reviews (15): Virgin Atlantic Reward Plus Mastercard
27 November 2019 By
This is my review of the Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard credit card. This article was updated on 13th January to reflect the special sign-up offer which is running until 28th February. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty […]
Credit & Charge Card Reviews (14): Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard
27 November 2019 By
This is my review of the Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard credit card. This article was updated on 13th January to reflect the higher sign-up bonus of 25,000 miles on the Reward+ card until 28th February. It is part of my series of articles looking at […]
Virgin Atlantic drops its second Johannesburg service
26 November 2019 By
When Virgin Atlantic announced its 2nd daily service to Delhi recently, it didn’t mention where the aircraft was coming from. Now we know. Virgin Atlantic is dropping its 2nd daily Johannesburg service from 29th March 2020. The upside, which we already knew, is that the […]
Game on … Virgin Flying Club ‘earn and burn’ on Air France and KLM coming as US approves deal
25 November 2019 By
At long last …. and this saga has been going on for over two years …. the final box has been ticked. Late last week, the US Department of Transportation approved the creation of a joint venture for transatlantic flights between Virgin Atlantic, Delta Air […]
Vitality adds Virgin Atlantic flight discounts from 2020
22 November 2019 By
On Tuesday we told you about the new American Express credit card being launched in conjunction with life and health insurer Vitality. It is a fascinating product. The cashback element paid by Amex is identical to what is offered on its existing cashback cards BUT […]
Virgin announces four new A350 routes and an extra daily to Delhi
20 November 2019 By
Virgin Atlantic has now confirmed its Summer 2020 schedule, which will begin on the 29th March. Virgin has been slowly ramping up its UK-India routes, which suffered a loss when codeshare partner Jet Airways went into administration. It clearly thinks there is extra flying to […]
Virgin Atlantic announces a codeshare deal with WestJet
19 November 2019 By
Virgin Atlantic has launched a codeshare deal with Canadian airline WestJet. From today, you can book WestJet flights from London Gatwick via the Virgin Atlantic website. WestJet flies year-round from Gatwick to Calgary and Toronto. During the Summer it also flies to Halifax and Vancouver. […]
How I earned 7,000 Heathrow Rewards points (= 7,000 Avios) with a £135 Rocketmiles hotel booking
12 November 2019 By
Back in September, we wrote about an excellent hotel promotion. Hotel booking site Rocketmiles was (and still is) offering ‘first time users’ 5,000+ easy Avios or other airline miles for a one night booking. I tried this offer out myself last week when I was […]
BA adds new flights for Avios redemption whilst Virgin expands at Manchester
8 November 2019 By
British Airways has added two new services for the Summer 2020 timetable, which starts at the end of March. These services are now available for Avios redemption, so if you previously struggled to find seats to these destinations you may want to take another look. […]
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