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My Virgin America Gold Status Begins… Now What?

December 3, 2012

Last month, Virgin America started offering elite flyers of American and United the chance to status match to the two elite tiers of its own Elevate points program. Though I don’t really think I’ll switch to Virgin America because their routes network isn’t extensive enough for me, I figured I might as well take advantage [...]

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Reasonable Flights Abound: JetBlue and Virgin America Flight Discounts and Overall Fare Observations

November 20, 2012

Outside of peak holiday travel dates, winter travel is generally a slower period for the airlines and they’re more motivated to discount fares to fill plane. This summer I thought fares were noticeably higher than past years and I was worried that they wouldn’t come back down- especially with so much industry consolidation within the [...]

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Hawaiian and Virgin America Partnership: Potentially Lucrative Award Opportunities

November 16, 2012

Virgin America and Hawaiian Airlines just announced a new partnership and codeshare agreement that allows members of both frequent flyer programs to book flights on the other carrier. This is great news for members of both programs: Hawaiian members (and thus those with American Express Membership Rewards points because they are a 1:1 transfer partner), [...]

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Virgin America Elevate Program Offers Status Match/ Challenge Program

November 14, 2012

Virgin America launched its Elevate elite status program back in July, and now it’s offering members the chance to status match. Between now and April 30, 2013, qualifying elite level flyers from United Airlines and American Airlines’ frequent flyer programs will be able to request matched status to Virgin America’s Elevate Gold and Elevate Silver [...]

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50% Virgin America Transfer Bonus From Amex Until November 21

November 7, 2012

Update: This is a targeted offer so in order to see if it is available to you, you will have to log into your Membership Rewards account and go to the Virgin America transfer page to see the transfer ratio. Now through November 21, American Express Membership Rewards is giving a (targeted) 50% bonus when [...]

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Consolidated List of Hurricane Sandy Flight Refund and Change Policies

October 28, 2012

The East Coast is battening the hatches as Hurricane Sandy bears down on it, and airlines have already issued travel advisories and cancellation/refund policies. The bad news is that 900 flights have been cancelled up and down the East Coast today already, and airlines expect that over 2,500 will be cancelled for Monday. The good [...]

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20% Off Virgin America Flights and Double Points On West Coast Flights

October 11, 2012

Virgin America is currently holding a Facebook promotion to win a four-night stay at a Waldorf Astoria hotel or resort of your choice plus a flight for you and one other passenger for a long weekend anywhere Virgin flies. But more interestingly, when you like Virgin on the offer page, you’ll get a promo code [...]

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50% Bonus on Purchasing Virgin America Elevate Points Until October 26- Worth It?

October 5, 2012

It seems like October is quite the month for mileage specials with United, American and US Airways all running offers. Virgin America is also running a 50% bonus on purchased miles until October 26, 2012. The Elevate program is a hybrid fixed value/ traditional frequent flyer programs – when you redeem on Virgin America you [...]

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Reminder: Last Day For 20,000 Point Virgin America Visa Sign Up Bonus

August 31, 2012

Just a friendly reminder for you Virgin America flyers that the special 20,000-point sign up offer for the Virgin America Visa is ending today, August 31, 2012. While 20,000 points might not seem like a huge amount, usually the first-use bonus on this card is just 10,000 points, so this promo is worth double, and [...]

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30% Bonus on Amex to Virgin America Elevate Transfers Until September 2, 2012

August 27, 2012

American Express Membership Rewards added the Virgin America Elevate program as transfer partner in October of 2011, but as I wrote about when it first launched, the transfer ratio is a dismal 2 Amex points per 1 Elevate point. Virgin America Elevate is a fixed value rewards program, which means you can use points to [...]

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Virgin America Visa 20,000 Point Signup Bonus Until August 31, 2012

August 23, 2012

The first-use bonus on the Virgin America Visa Signature is usually just 10,000 Elevate points, but from now through August 31, the first-use bonus is double that, at 20,000 Elevate points, which equates to as much as $460 in Virgin America flights since Elevate points are worth about 1.6-2.3 cents a piece when redeemed for [...]

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Free Hilton Gold Status and Up To 50,000 Points (Targeted)

August 11, 2012

Hilton HHonors has launched several different offers for members of their airline partners with bonuses of up to 50,000 HHonors points and Gold Status. Each offer is for a targeted group of members of the the following airline partners: American, Delta, US Airways, United, American, Jetblue and Virgin America. All of these offers  include instant HHonors [...]

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Transcontinental Series: Virgin America

August 1, 2012

This is a post in my new Transcontinental Series aimed at helping flyers choose the best options while flying coast-to-coast, as well as strategies on leveraging elite status and miles to get the most valuable upgrades possible. Other posts include: American Airlines, Delta and United. Today I’ll be talking about Virgin America’s transcontinental routes from LAX/SFO to JFK. Virgin America primarily [...]

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20% Off Virgin America Flights First Pitch Promo

July 25, 2012

Virgin America is hosting a contest in conjunction with the San Francisco Giants to throw out the first pitch televised live on Virgin America flight. By entering the contest, however, you also earn a 20% discount on Virgin America itinerary this fall. Enter by August 15, 2012, and you’ll be emailed a discount code that [...]

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Virgin America Launches Elite Status Program

July 23, 2012

Virgin America announced today at the Global Business Travel Association Convention that its Elevate frequent flyer program will now include a two-tier elite status component starting August 8, 2012. Virgin America’s chart explaining the benefits of its new elite status tiers. Perks will include: -Priority check-in, security clearance and boarding -Points-earning bonuses (25% for Silver, [...]

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Travel Tuesday Top 10: Best Credit Card Companion Tickets Deals

June 12, 2012

In addition to earning cardholders frequent flyer miles or points, several travel credit cards offer another valuable perk: airline companion tickets and passes. To qualify for one of these tickets or passes, it’s usually a matter of meeting a certain spending threshold within a year, or just outright purchasing a pass that’s good all year [...]

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Updated Airline Award Charts and Partner Lists

May 24, 2012

The past year has seen some major changes in the airline world, especially concerning frequent flyer programs. New airlines have joined alliances, formed non-alliance partnerships with each other, and even introduced all-new mileage programs like British Airways Avios. So I thought it was time to update my consolidated list of airline award charts and partner [...]

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1,000 Free Elevate Points With Virgin America Facebook Promo

March 22, 2012

Virgin America is running a Facebook promotion to celebrate their 2,000,012th member signing up for the Elevate mileage program. They are giving everyone who signs up for this promotion 1,000 free Elevate points and a chance to win one of 20 grand prizes of 100,000 Elevate points each. You must link your Facebook page to [...]

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New Virgin America Redemption Options on Virgin Atlantic and Australia: Worth It?

March 21, 2012

Virgin America Elevate members can now use points to redeem for flights on Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia, but before you get too excited, fasten your seatbelts because the fuel surcharges, taxes and fees can get out of this world. Elevate points can normally be used towards any Virgin America flight for about 1.6-2.1 cents per [...]

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30% Amex to Virgin America Transfer Bonus: A Good Deal?

March 19, 2012

From March 19 – March 26 you can get a 30% bonus on American Express Membership Rewards to Virgin America Elevate transfers. Elevate just became a transfer partner in October 2011 and I wasn’t pleased with the 2:1 transfer ratio, when I wrote about it then: “Unfortunately the tranfer ratio is 200 Amex = 100 [...]

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Flight Review: Virgin America Main Cabin Select – Is It Worth It?

March 14, 2012

TPG Managing Editor Eric chimes in with his thoughts on Virgin America’s Main Cabin Select, which I gave him for a work trip, since I got a 3 pack of flights at a great discount with Gilt City. With more and more airlines putting in some sort of “premium” product in their coach cabin—see TPG’s [...]

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20% Discount on Virgin America and 10% off British Airways

January 25, 2012

Virgin America is offering a 20% discount on fares booked using a Visa this spring while British Airways is running a 10% discount on fares purchased with a BA Visa all year long. 20% Off Virgin America For Liking Visa NFL On Facebook Although you’re supposed to ‘like’ Visa NFL on Facebook, it looks like [...]

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Free Points for Using Topguest

October 3, 2011

Free points are my favorite kind, so I cherish an opportunity to build my balances without breaking the wallet- unless it takes up a lot of my time. Topguest is a way to get free points just by using social media sites Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter, Gowalla and Instagram. The whole concept is that hotels want [...]

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Virgin America Now an Amex Membership Rewards Transfer Partner

October 1, 2011

Amex recently announced that Virgin America would be joining the Membership Rewards program, but they didn’t release what the transfer ratio would be (most airline partners transfer at 1:1). The partnership was supposed to go live on October 5, 2011, but it seems like it’s already up, because I logged into Membershiprewards.com and noticed they are [...]

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