Virgin Atlantic offering a targeted Miles Booster ‘buy miles’ promotion

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Virgin Atlantic has brought back its occasional ‘Miles Booster’ promotion with a 30% bonus. This allows you to buy Virgin Flying Club miles very cheaply if you have a Virgin Atlantic cash or reward booked or have taken one recently.

This offer appears to be targeted to people who were emailed about it by Virgin Atlantic. I cannot find any reference to the deal on the Flying Club website. If you were not contacted yesterday then you should assume you are not included.

Miles Booster only works if you have a Virgin Atlantic cash or reward flight booked or have taken one in the last six months. You are able to buy an additional 200% of the base miles you will earn from the flight for just 1p each. This gets even cheaper during this promotion.

Click here for details. If you have a New York economy flight booked, for example, you would earn 6,916 base miles from your trip.

Miles Booster allows you to buy up to 13,832 additional miles for just 1p each. Plus, until 9th March 2018, you would get an extra 30% bonus as well.

If you maximised the Miles Booster option for a New York economy flight, you would be able to buy a total of 17,981 Virgin Flying Club miles for just £138.32. That is 0.77p each, which is well worth considering.

You can retrospectively buy miles via Miles Booster for any Virgin Atlantic flights taken in the last six months, cash or reward. Yes, even previously flown or currently booked redemptions count. If your trip is in the future, you will not receive your Miles Booster miles under three days after you return.

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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totaltool says:

24 Feb24 February 15:07

Sorry if this is a daft question but I am flying with mrs totaltool on qatar. i have BEAC account but mrs t does not. can I claim avios for both of us or does she need to open a BEAC account (and presumably a QATAR one as well)?
- Rob says:
  
  24 Feb24 February 15:11
  
  Needs her own BA account. No need for a Qatar account.
- Polly says:
  
  24 Feb24 February 17:28
  
  Avoid Qatar account like the plague..make sure both flights go to baec
  - JamesB says:
    
    24 Feb24 February 20:21
    
    So we need not worry about you entering next weeks competition Polly?
Roger says:

24 Feb24 February 16:52

Any recommndation of using hotels in either Europe or Asia for Travel Package, I have one expiring in next couple of months. Tying to decide and book flights with Amex Travel offer.

Domes of elounda marriott in Greece is on radar. Any other worthwhile place which is also fun for kids too?

Genghis, was that you who mentioned about Borneo? Looking for ideas.
- Jeremy i says:
  
  24 Feb24 February 17:09
  
  We’re also looking for recommendations for using our Travel Package. Phy quoc looks amazing (and goes up to cat 6 shortly ) but the flights are a killer as TUI direct flights ending this month for the season. What about the Tuscany resort or one of the cat 5 or 6 Thai options ? Anyone got any experience of these Marriott properties or other good uses of the TP? Cheers and happy Saturday everyone … Jeremy
- Roger says:
  
  24 Feb24 February 17:28
  
  Just checked that hotel for MTP, seems website is giving some error.
  - Roger says:
    
    24 Feb24 February 17:29
    
    works for 2 adults and 1 child but when both children are added shows an error.
- JamesB says:
  
  24 Feb24 February 20:27
  
  Roger, there is a brand new Marriott opening in Bangkok next month. It is only category 5. It is on Suriwongse Road which is sin city but far down the other end closer to the river but not on it.
- Talay says:
  
  25 Feb25 February 00:30
  
  I first went to Phu Quoc back in about 2000/01 and it was like Samui 20 years before that. I loved the place but for whatever reason, I haven’t been back. However, I was trying to get out there for Easter.
  
  Flights are easier from Thailand on Bangkok Airways (credit to Etihad mileage) from at least Bangkok and Chiang Mai direct. Far easier than going via Saigon unless you want to of course.
  
  JW Marriott with crazy buildings and colours is a year old I think and a suite type room was £1800 for the week, though payable as 40 billion dong of course. I thought it offered good value if you had kids too big for sharing a bed but too young for their own rooms.
  
  Of course the old Phu Quoc has gone forever and memories will be all I have left of that place but even if it is not Samui from 30 years ago, then I’ll take Samui from 20 years ago as that was far better than Samui of today.
  
  Hopefully back for a week just before Christmas or next Easter.
Roger says:

24 Feb24 February 17:05

Thanks, Genghis.

Just hope that MTP can be used for all SPG hotels too and very soon (and without affecting earning spg points negatively)
- Jonny says:
  
  24 Feb24 February 21:19
  
  Upgrade it for to the next category up, which resets the clock for a further 12 months.
  - Roger says:
    
    24 Feb24 February 21:24
    
    Assume, you just upgrade by adding extra points to your account and phoning customer services.
    - Jonny says:
      
      24 Feb24 February 22:54
      
      Yep is straightforward!
Jeremy i says:

24 Feb24 February 17:16

Sorry me again. Does anyone (Rob? Anika?) have any contacts at Etihad. I’ve hit a brick wall with CS re no power in the first apartment AUH-LHR, meaning the bed and seat didn’t work. They offered 10k Etihad miles which I thought was very low and unfair but now not responding to my request for a better offer. Any tips / escalation routes greatly appreciated ! Thanks Jeremy
- JamesB says:
  
  24 Feb24 February 20:39
  
  Address an email to the CEO, a very nice Irish lady will likely respond if she is still there. She likes to resolve problems, but much to cheaply IMO (sounds like maybe you got her already) so don’t show too much enthusiasm for her initial suggestions. I thought she was offering me 50k EG miles, turned out to be 15k!
  - Jeremy i says:
    
    24 Feb24 February 21:39
    
    Thanks James that’s a helpful tip . Thanks to others for the MTP tips.
- Talay says:
  
  25 Feb25 February 00:33
  
  I threatened court and after a number of attempts, I finally got someone to understand that my lawyers bill would be nothing short of £10k, their in house might be half that at least, my time would eclipse the sum of both of those with ease and before they knew it they would be staring at a £50k plus cost when it would cost perhaps two free flights to get them out of the problem they created.
  
  Let us say that common sense prevailed.
Robin says:

24 Feb24 February 18:57

O/T – I have an IHG Rewards Premium card (annual fee £99). I am awaiting the issue of the free night certificate once I reach the date of the one year card anniversary. Can anyone tell me, is this a one-off or can you earn a free night certificate every membership year, if you meet the £10k spend target? If the latter, I will keep the card, otherwise will most likely cancel once i have the free night certificate.
- Genghis says:
  
  24 Feb24 February 19:01
  
  Every membership year.
  - Robin says:
    
    24 Feb24 February 19:05
    
    cheers Genghis.
IndiaCharlie says:

24 Feb24 February 20:17

O/t avios(iberia) /Groupon Spain deal is running. 2000 for €19, 8000 for €99 and others. There are a couple of codes online for 20% (max €20) discounts. Via gtsp. Approx 88p/pt
- JamesB says:
  
  24 Feb24 February 20:41
  
  .88p 🙂
  - IndiaCharlie says:
    
    25 Feb25 February 21:53
    
    Ha. Sorry yes of course.
Phil L says:

25 Feb25 February 15:31

Thanks for the heads-up. That’s Vancouver and Whistler sorted for next Jan/Feb with an UUA to First on the way home
Gulz says:

26 Feb26 February 09:37

Interesting thing to share about the miles booster promotion. I got the miles booster on a reward flight late last year. It later transpired that I wasn’t going to able to fly. So I cancelled the flight. I was also able to cancel the miles booster since it was within the 14 day period. I got my money back and the miles booster miles were taken away from my account. But almost a month later, I got the 30% bonus miles.