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 have not yet linked their account to Virgin Red) received emails with a unique promo code offering bonus points for linking by December 24. You can only use promo codes once, and they are non-transferable.
Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club is the airline’s loyalty program, while Virgin Red is a Virgin Group-wide rewards club with over 150 ways to earn and over 200 ways to redeem Virgin Points.
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Although 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 any 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.
As of our December 2024 valuation, TPG values Virgin points at 1.4 cents, making those 4,000 bonus points worth $56. While that may not sound like much, London Saver fares now start at just 6,000 points plus fees, taxes and surcharges starting at just $73.
That means this simple account linking provides you with more than half the points you need for a flight to the UK
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Virgin Points are easy to earn, and Flying Club is a transfer partner in every major transferable currency:
It’s worth noting that Capital One miles transfer to Virgin Red, not directly to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.
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The bottom line
If you haven’t linked your Flying Club and Virgin Red accounts yet, it’s worth checking your email and following the linking steps to earn a very easy 4,000 Virgin Points. You can then 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 it’s for a new saver seat, upgrading a Virgin cash fare with points or for a variety of travel and other experiences through Virgin Red.