Reply To: Virgin Atlantic charging annual fee well before renewal

[Pointsamateur]

davefl wrote:

My approval date was 24/9 last year and they notified me in August that the Sept statement (on the 24th) would have next year’s charge.

What is concerning is that it’s been 30 days since I hit the spend target and no sign of the voucher yet. I’ve not spent anything on it since then and I want to cancel before the 24th.

The start date isn’t when you receive the card, it’s the date your application was accepted. It took over 3 weeks for my card to arrive last year.

Thanks for the info. Our application date was 28th Sept 2021. So in my opinion, the fee should be charged once we reach that anniversary, which would put it on the next statement. As this is a card in my wife’s name, it’s very possible that she has had an email about the impending renewal fee and missed it.