Bits: Virgin West Coast sale, last day for £50 Virgin Atlantic cashback

News in brief:

Virgin West Coast sale now on

Virgin Trains has been running a special sale this week which continues until Tuesday.

Here are the headline fares:

• Birmingham to London one way from only £5
• London to Manchester one way from only £11
• London to Liverpool one way from only £11
• London to Glasgow one way from only £18

These are Standard Class but First Class sale fares are also available.  The key dates are:

• Book by 11th July
• Travel between 21st July – 8th December 2017

Full details are on the special Virgin Trains sale website here.

Don’t forget that Virgin West Coast is halving the Flying Club earning rate from 1st August so you may want to take Nectar points instead.

Get a £50 gift card with a Virgin Atlantic booking

Head for Points (and a few other websites) have teamed up with Virgin Atlantic to offer their readers a £50 gift card for every flight booking of £1,200 or more.  This deals ends TODAY, 9th July.

This offer happily coincides with the current Virgin Atlantic economy fare sale.  Note that whilst the sale continues until Monday, the £50 voucher deal ends today.

Virgin Atlantic is price-matching the current British Airways sale so, with the £50 gift card, Virgin should end up cheaper.

The £50 gift cards you can choose from are:

• Amazon
• Argos
• Virgin Experience Days
• Debenhams

It is a two stage process.  You must follow this link and fill out your name and email address before making your booking to receive the £50 gift card with any transaction over £1,200.

The offer cannot be combined with any other offers, vouchers, discount or promotion codes and is not applicable for flight and hotel bookings.

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.)