They stole my points

[col]

I was saving up my points, 180,000 plus for our golden wedding anniversary, I found out today that they expired in 2020, there was no communication to tell me that was going to happen! What a waste, we have flown with virgin 15 times to Barbados, and was planning another trip to celebrate our golden wedding and my 70 birthday, o well the robbing so and so can keep my miles, I’m now going with British Airways

[Rob]

Virgin Points don’t expire – ever.

However this may not have been the rule in 2020.

You can’t have flown with Virgin since at least 2017 because they wouldn’t have expired. Virgin is the outlier and the only major airline where points never expire. If you’ve ever collected any airline miles, ever, in your life you should have expected expiry.

You presumably haven’t even logged in to your account for five years if you hadn’t noticed ….

[davefl]

@Col BA Avios expire if there’s no activity in 3 years. So if you’d have left them as long as you did with Virgin you’d have lost them as well.

@Rob Other airlines that don’t expire that are far bigger than Virgin include United and Delta.

[Blair Waldorf Salad]

Troll detector is buzzing on this one….

[JDB]

Blair Waldorf Salad wrote:

Troll detector is buzzing on this one….

Yes, I thought Col the Troll had a good ring to it as well.

[BA Flyer IHG Stayer]

So loyal to VS they havn’t flown with them for several years!

Even if VS points did expire these days there is no excuse in letting points expire as there are many methods that don’t actually involve flying where you can earn / spend in a qualifying way to extend validity.

I managed to keep my VS points live (not flown with them since something like 2016) by limking my credit card to Virgin Red and earning some points when I booked a national express coach or a train ticket.

[Skywalker]

@Col Quote from Virgin website – https://flywith.virginatlantic.com/us/en/flying-club/members/flying-club-news/exciting-changes-to-your-miles.html :

“As of 24th September 2020, Flying Club miles will never expire. They’ll also have a new name – Virgin Points. This change means that you can build up your Virgin Points balance for as long as you want, and enjoy rewards at your leisure – whenever you’re ready.”

@Rob’s article here: https://www.headforpoints.com/2020/09/24/goodbye-virgin-flying-club-miles-hello-virgin-points/

Sadly it seems you may have lost the points before the 24/09/20 changeover date

On a happier note, congratulations on your golden wedding anniversary and the milestone birthday 🙂

And welcome!