Earn 4,000 bonus Virgin points by linking your Virgin Red and Flying Club accounts
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available.
Check your email for a holiday gift: You can easily earn 4,000 Virgin points for just a few minutes of work by linking your Virgin Red account to your Flying Club account.
Targeted Virgin Atlantic Flying Club members (who may not have yet linked their account to Virgin Red) have received emails with a unique promo code offering bonus points for linking by Dec. 24. You can only use promo codes once, and they are nontransferable.
Virgin Atlantic's Flying Club is the airline's loyalty program, while Virgin Red is the Virgin group-wide rewards club, with more than 150 ways to earn and more than 200 ways to redeem Virgin points.
Related: The new Virgin Red Rewards Mastercard is now available — is it worth it?
Though they are technically separate programs, once you link your Flying Club and Red accounts together, your single Virgin points balance will appear in both programs. You can redeem the same points through either account.
If you don't have a Virgin Red account, you can create one for free here. Then, link your existing Flying Club account and enter the unique email code in the "Promo Codes" section of your "My Account" tab in Virgin Red for easy bonus points.
According to our December 2024 valuations, TPG values Virgin points at 1.4 cents each, making those 4,000 bonus points worth $56. While that might not seem huge, Saver fares to London now start from just 6,000 points plus fees, taxes and surcharges of just $73.
That means this simple account linking provides more than half the points you'll need for a flight to the U.K.
Related: Flexibility is key: Why I (mostly) like the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club changes
Virgin points are easy to earn, and Flying Club is a transfer partner of every major transferable currency:
- American Express Membership Rewards (at a 1:1 ratio)
- Bilt Rewards (1:1)
- Capital One (1:1)
- Chase Ultimate Rewards (1:1)
- Citi ThankYou Rewards (1:1)
- Wells Fargo Rewards (1:1)
- Marriott Bonvoy (3:1, with a 5,000-point bonus for transferring 60,000 points; 48-hour transfer time)
It's worth noting that Capital One miles transfer to Virgin Red, not directly to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.
Related: Is Virgin Atlantic Economy Delight worth it on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner?
Bottom line
If you have not yet linked your Flying Club and Virgin Red accounts, it is worth checking your email and following the linking steps to pick up a very easy 4,000 Virgin points. Then you can earn Virgin points by flying Virgin Atlantic or its SkyTeam partners, including Delta Air Lines and Air France-KLM.
Through the two linked programs, there are many ways to redeem Virgin points, whether for a new Saver seat, to upgrade a Virgin cash fare with points, or for various travel and other experiences through Virgin Red.
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