Virgin Atlantic reward seat sale now on

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Since I have had numerous emails asking about this recently, I thought this was worth an extra article.

A full analysis will follow tomorrow.

Virgin Atlantic has launched its semi-regular Reward Seat Sale.

Economy and Premium Economy routes are reduced by 30%.

New York, for example, is just 24500 miles return instead of 35000.

No discount on taxes or Upper Class, however.

You can book as far in advance as you want.

At the time of writing there is no branding on the website but the fares are already reduced. Pop over to the Virgin website and take a look.

Remember that transfers of American Express Membership Rewards points to Virgin are INSTANTANEOUS as long as the accounts are already linked. You will also get a 20% bonus on Tesco Clubcard conversions at the moment as I explained here.

How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards (December 2021)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Virgin Points from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses.

You can choose from two official Virgin Atlantic credit cards (apply here, one has a bonus of 15,000 points):

Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard

The UK’s most generous free Visa or Mastercard at 0.75 points / £1 Read our full review

Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard

15,000 points bonus and the most generous non-Amex for day to day spending Read our full review

You can also earn Virgin Points from various American Express cards – and these have sign-up bonuses too.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is FREE for a year and comes with 20,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert into 20,000 Virgin Points:

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & two airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express comes with 30,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert into 30,000 Virgin Points:

The Platinum Card from American Express

30,000 points and an unbeatable set of travel benefits – for a fee Read our full review

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Virgin Points.

(Want to earn more Virgin Points? Click here to see our recent articles on Virgin Atlantic and Flying Club and click here for our home page with the latest news on earning and spending other airline and hotel points.)

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Peter K says:

10 Feb10 February 10:41

Do they often do Upper Class sales? If so maybe I should diversify into Virgin, not just BA. Thinking of going to St. Lucia with my wife and with sales like this it would be worth it and ignoring the BA 241.
- Rob says:
  
  10 Feb10 February 10:52
  
  No, they don’t. Taxes are also the same as BA – Virgin taxes are usually a lower than BA for economy routes.
- Brian says:
  
  10 Feb10 February 12:48
  
  Remember that availability is generally MUCH better on Virgin than on BA, so that alone is a reason to diversify somewhat.
nerd. says:

10 Feb10 February 11:28

Was looking into whether it would be possible to dodge the APD by flying from Belfast but “Flying Club miles cannot be used for this route”. It does look like it’s only a single once-a-week route from Belfast to Orlando for a month in the summer (and quite popular) so presumably no need to fill extra seats.
David says:

10 Feb10 February 11:34

Thanks for the heads up. I thought they were going to skip the “Jan” sale, and only looked up yesterday that the following opportunity last year was around May… Is the end date known yet?
DW201 says:

10 Feb10 February 12:35

I was just about to book economy flights to grenada for May in cash so this works out nicely.

Question – the cash fares allow extended stopovers for free – will these redemptions offer similar and if so how do I book the extended stopovers?
Reward Seat Sale Loaded Or Me Going Mad? - FlyerTalk Forums says:

10 Feb10 February 13:22

[…] Head for Points is reporting that a sale has begun and, whilst the fares have been reduced, the website is not currently advertising it. Now to decide where to go! […]
Pol says:

10 Feb10 February 13:30

Also a bonus on buying miles, 30%.
Tom says:

10 Feb10 February 13:43

I booked a reward flight on Friday. So this is pretty frustrating.

Does anyone know if they’re fairly amenable to letting me rebook and take advantage of the sale?
- Pol says:
  
  10 Feb10 February 14:18
  
  As long as there are seats you can rebook and just pay the change fee. If there are no seats you would be taking a big gamble because you’d have to release yours before you could rebook and there’s no guarantee they’d go back into the reward bucket.
  - Tom says:
    
    10 Feb10 February 14:50
    
    Presumably the change fee isn’t worth the 5000 miles saved though.
- Anon says:
  
  10 Feb10 February 19:20
  
  Same here, I have just pinged an email to;
  customer.service@fly.Virgin.com
  
  Ive stated my similar situation and asked nicely for 30% miles credit, let’s hope they recognise its the flexibility in Customer Service that retains loyalty…
Europe Awards on Sale for Just 12,250 Miles Each Way (and 30% Off Premium Economy) - View from the Wing says:

10 Feb10 February 15:06

[…] This doesn’t appear to be advertised on the Virgin Atlantic website yet but they appear to have their award semi-regular award sale pricing for economy and premium economy redemptions loaded. (HT: Head for Points) […]