Virgin is further rolling out ‘preferred’ seating charges in the Premium cabin, following its introduction in economy last year. The bottom line, however, is that you don’t need to .....

Virgin is further rolling out ‘preferred’ seating charges in the Premium cabin, following its .....

9 Aug 20229 August 2022 by Rhys Jones • 70 comments

If you are considering travelling to Japan next year as the country starts to reopen, the obvious options – especially if you want to earn Avios and British Airways tier points – are .....

If you are considering travelling to Japan next year as the country starts to reopen, the obvious options .....

9 Aug 20229 August 2022 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them or add to them. This is most likely to happen with secondary programmes where you once .....

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them .....

6 Aug 20226 August 2022 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

A few weeks ago, Virgin Atlantic unveiled its new Upper Class cabin for its A330neo fleet. Click here for our report from the launch party. The A330neo will be Virgin’s newest aircraft type, .....

A few weeks ago, Virgin Atlantic unveiled its new Upper Class cabin for its A330neo fleet. Click here for our .....

5 Aug 20225 August 2022 by Rhys Jones • 17 comments

If you missed this amazing offer earlier in the year, it is back. You can get a seven night European cruise on ‘Valiant Lady’, the 2nd ship in the Virgin Voyages fleet, for just 115,000 .....

If you missed this amazing offer earlier in the year, it is back. You can get a seven night European cruise on .....

3 Aug 20223 August 2022 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

Virgin Money is still running a strong Virgin Points offer for its Virgin Money current account. This is the highest bonus ever offered. I wanted to flag this offer again as the interest rate on the .....

Virgin Money is still running a strong Virgin Points offer for its Virgin Money current account. This is the .....

31 Jul 202231 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

Back in July, we covered the devaluation of the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer reward chart. In that article, we said that there were no immediate changes to redemptions on partner airlines but that it .....

Back in July, we covered the devaluation of the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer reward chart. In that article, we .....

19 Jul 202219 July 2022 by Rob Burgess

Virgin Hotels has enhanced its partnership with Virgin Flying Club and Virgin Red by doubling the number of Virgin Points you will earn when you stay. It has also retained the special perks for elite .....

Virgin Hotels has enhanced its partnership with Virgin Flying Club and Virgin Red by doubling the number of .....

16 Jul 202216 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Virgin Atlantic has just launched its new Upper Class seat, as part of the launch event for its new A330neo aircraft.   Let’s take a look. I was at the official unveiling event in .....

Virgin Atlantic has just launched its new Upper Class seat, as part of the launch event for its new A330neo .....

12 Jul 202212 July 2022 by Rhys Jones • 53 comments

Virgin Atlantic has confirmed the story we covered a couple of weeks ago – that it is launching a new route to Tampa in Florida. The airline has been allocated Heathrow slots forfeited by .....

Virgin Atlantic has confirmed the story we covered a couple of weeks ago – that it is launching a new .....

7 Jul 20227 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Back in May 2021, Virgin Red launched a new way of letting you earn Virgin Points – its own exclusive train ticket booking platform, called Virgin Trains Ticketing. At the time Virgin Trains .....

Back in May 2021, Virgin Red launched a new way of letting you earn Virgin Points – its own exclusive .....

2 Jul 20222 July 2022 by Rob Burgess

Virgin Red, the app which lets you earn and spend Virgin Points from non-flying activities, has launched a new offer with sister company with Virgin Wines. If you are not already a Virgin Red member, .....

Virgin Red, the app which lets you earn and spend Virgin Points from non-flying activities, has launched a new .....

1 Jul 20221 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

News in brief: Save up to £80 on Virgin Atlantic flights to the Caribbean Virgin Atlantic is running a new promotion on Caribbean flights, with savings of up to £80. The routes covered are Antigua, .....

News in brief: Save up to £80 on Virgin Atlantic flights to the Caribbean Virgin Atlantic is running a new .....

30 Jun 202230 June 2022 by Rob Burgess

Whilst British Airways has many operational issues at the moment, it is hard to deny that IAG Loyalty / Avios has been on a roll. We’ve had the move to 14 guaranteed reward seats per flight .....

Whilst British Airways has many operational issues at the moment, it is hard to deny that IAG Loyalty / Avios .....

29 Jun 202229 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 139 comments