Virgin Atlantic Reward+: Up to 22,500 bonus points boost
If you collect Virgin Points rather than Avios this offer until 4 March 2024 will earn you double the usual points on spending for two months.
| Card | Fee | Requirement | Welcome bonus | Boosted points |
| Virgin Atlantic Reward+ | £160 a year | Spend up to £5,000 before 14 April | 15,000 | Up to 7,500 |
You’ll get 15,000 points with your first purchase with this card, and then double points (so 3 per £1 rather than 1.5 on most spending, or 6 rather than 3 on Virgin Atlantic/Virgin Holiday payments) until you reach £5,000 or 14 April (whichever happens first).
This means the additional points you can earn is capped at 7,500 and a total of 22,500. After this you’ll get the standard 1.5 points per £1 on additional spending.
It’s worth noting the card is fee free abroad if you spend in Euros, Swedish Kronor or Romanian Lei within the EAA or UK. It doesn’t apply to cash withdrawals.
You’ll be eligible for the offer as long as you’ve not held this Virgin Atlantic card in the last six months. If you have the free version of the card you will be able to get this offer.
The offer ends on 4 March 2024.
Is it worth it?
It’s a decent boost, but sadly this is lower than the 34,500 points available from a similar offer that ran late Autumn 2023.
I had a quick look for an off peak flight in November 2024, and those points would be enough to get you a return ticket from London to New York via Virgin Atlantic, though you’d need to pay taxes of around £281 on top. That’s instead of paying cash of around £574. So in this case the points would be worth around £300.
Bear in mind there’s a £160 annual fee, and you won’t get a refund if you cancel it after getting the bonus, so the flight in the example above would actually have cost you £460. But that’s still a saving of £115ish.
There’s also a upgrade voucher to Premium or a 2-4-1 companion voucher if you spend £10,000 across a year.
Of course these calculations will vary by route, date and availability, and you might be able to pay less if you shopped around for other offers.
If you don’t want to use these towards flights you can redeem them at the Virgin Red site, including for train tickets or gift cards at Costa, Nike and Pizza Express. You’ll get half a penny (0.5p) per point, so those 22,500 points will be worth £112.50.
You can also swap for things like Virgin Wine and Gregg’s sausage rolls!
