Virgin Atlantic Reward+: As much as 22,500 bonus factors increase (ended)
When you acquire Virgin Factors relatively than Avios, this provide till 4 March 2024 will earn you double the standard factors on spending for 2 months.
| Card | Charge | Requirement | Welcome bonus | Boosted factors |
| Virgin Atlantic Reward+ | £160 a yr | Spend as much as £5,000 earlier than 14 April | 15,000 | As much as 7,500 |
You’ll get 15,000 factors together with your first buy with this card, after which double factors (so 3 per £1 relatively than 1.5 on most spending, or 6 relatively than 3 on Virgin Atlantic/Virgin Vacation funds) till you attain £5,000 or 14 April (whichever occurs first).
This implies the extra factors you possibly can earn is capped at 7,500 and a complete of twenty-two,500. After this you’ll get the usual 1.5 factors per £1 on extra spending.
It’s price noting the cardboard is price free overseas if you happen to spend in Euros, Swedish Kronor or Romanian Lei inside the EAA or UK. It doesn’t apply to money withdrawals.
You’ll be eligible for the provide so long as you’ve not held this Virgin Atlantic card within the final six months. When you’ve got the free model of the cardboard it is possible for you to to get this provide.
The provide ends on 4 March 2024.
Is it price it?
It’s an honest increase, however sadly that is decrease than the 34,500 factors out there from an identical provide that ran late Autumn 2023.
I had a fast search for an off peak flight in November 2024, and people factors can be sufficient to get you a return ticket from London to New York through Virgin Atlantic, although you’d must pay taxes of round £281 on prime. That’s as an alternative of paying money of round £574. So on this case the factors can be price round £300.
Keep in mind there’s a £160 annual price, and also you received’t get a refund if you happen to cancel it after getting the bonus, so the flight within the instance above would even have price you £460. However that’s nonetheless a saving of £115ish.
There’s additionally a improve voucher to Premium or a 2-4-1 companion voucher if you happen to spend £10,000 throughout a yr.
After all these calculations will fluctuate by route, date and availability, and also you may be capable to pay much less if you happen to shopped round for different presents.
When you don’t need to use these in the direction of flights you possibly can redeem them on the Virgin Red site, together with for prepare tickets or present playing cards at Costa, Nike and Pizza Specific. You’ll get half a penny (0.5p) per level, so these 22,500 factors can be price £112.50.
You too can swap for issues like Virgin Wine and Gregg’s sausage rolls!
