Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
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.
If you have a large chunk of self-assessment income tax due this month, there is an upside. Last April, HMRC slashed its credit card fee to roughly 0.4%. One of the biggest jokes, since the EU cap on .....
If you have a large chunk of self-assessment income tax due this month, there is an upside. Last April, HMRC .....
11 Jan 201711 January 2017 • 97 comments
News in brief: Tesco makes changes to the Tesco Premium Credit Card Tesco removed the 2,500 bonus Clubcard points (6,000 Avios or 6,250 Virgin miles) sign-up bonus from the Tesco Premium Credit Card .....
News in brief: Tesco makes changes to the Tesco Premium Credit Card Tesco removed the 2,500 bonus Clubcard .....
6 Jan 20176 January 2017 • 67 comments
Tesco Bank runs regular promotions offering bonus Clubcard points if you are prepared to hand over your insurance renewal dates. It turns out that I haven’t mentioned this deal for 6 months .....
Tesco Bank runs regular promotions offering bonus Clubcard points if you are prepared to hand over your .....
30 Dec 201630 December 2016 • 5 comments
If you are looking for a way to give your Avios or Virgin Flying Club a little free boost for the new year, this deal is worth a look. Tesco Bank is still offering a ‘secret’ sign-up bonus .....
If you are looking for a way to give your Avios or Virgin Flying Club a little free boost for the new year, .....
29 Dec 201629 December 2016 • 38 comments
The relaunch of the Virgin Atlantic website last month will not go down as one of the greatest IT triumphs of the year, to put it mildly. As well as general technical issues – such as not being .....
The relaunch of the Virgin Atlantic website last month will not go down as one of the greatest IT triumphs of .....
23 Dec 201623 December 2016 • 50 comments
News in brief: Last day for the Tesco / LEGO deal – delivery by Christmas A quick reminder that today, Thursday, is the last day to get 2,400 Avios or 2,500 Virgin miles (ie 1,000 Clubcard .....
News in brief: Last day for the Tesco / LEGO deal – delivery by Christmas A quick reminder that today, .....
22 Dec 201622 December 2016 • 13 comments
Lloyds Bank announced yesterday that it was the winner of the auction to acquire the UK operations of credit card group MBNA from Bank of America. It paid £1.9bn as well as taking over MBNA’s .....
Lloyds Bank announced yesterday that it was the winner of the auction to acquire the UK operations of credit .....
21 Dec 201621 December 2016 • 44 comments
Tesco Direct and LEGO have launched a last-minute deal for anyone out there who still needs to buy Christmas presents. Until Thursday (22nd December) you will get 1,000 extra Clubcard points – .....
Tesco Direct and LEGO have launched a last-minute deal for anyone out there who still needs to buy Christmas .....
20 Dec 201620 December 2016 • 24 comments
Early November I wrote about Virgin Money International Money Transfer as a new Virgin Flying Club partner. As an introductory offer Virgin Money offered 3000 Virgin Atlantic miles when making your .....
Early November I wrote about Virgin Money International Money Transfer as a new Virgin Flying Club partner. As .....
20 Dec 201620 December 2016 • 3 comments
There is one redemption opportunity via a UK frequent flyer programme which – in terms of flights departing the UK – is head and shoulders about the rest in terms of value. Even more .....
There is one redemption opportunity via a UK frequent flyer programme which – in terms of flights .....
15 Dec 201615 December 2016 • 98 comments
I get the occasional email regarding travel insurance for mileage redemption tickets. To be honest, I have never fully seen the point unless you have a pre-paid hotel reservation at your .....
I get the occasional email regarding travel insurance for mileage redemption tickets. To be honest, I have .....
7 Dec 20167 December 2016 • 42 comments
Last weekend I ran an article outlining hotels chains which do not give Avios but which do give Virgin Flying Club miles. I mentioned Yotel. According to the Virgin Atlantic site, you only earn .....
Last weekend I ran an article outlining hotels chains which do not give Avios but which do give Virgin Flying .....
24 Nov 201624 November 2016 • 38 comments
If you travel on business, earning airline miles from your hotel stays is an easy way of running up your Avios points balance. You should never take airline miles by default, though, as it is .....
If you travel on business, earning airline miles from your hotel stays is an easy way of running up your Avios .....
20 Nov 201620 November 2016 • 5 comments
According to reports in Business Traveller, British Airways is changing the way it calculates credit card fees on bookings from 14th December. The current charge is a flat fee of £5 per booking, .....
According to reports in Business Traveller, British Airways is changing the way it calculates credit card .....
18 Nov 201618 November 2016 • 112 comments
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