Get a 40% bonus when you use Virgin Flying Club ‘Miles Booster’ to buy miles – good deal?
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Virgin Atlantic is currently running its semi-regular bonus on ‘Miles Booster’.
‘Miles Booster’ IS a potentially very good deal. This version is better than ever, both in terms of the discount and the number of miles you can buy.
Miles Booster only works if you have a Virgin Atlantic cash or reward flight booked or have taken one in the last six months. With this offer, you are able to buy an additional 300% of the base miles you will earn from the flight for just 0.71p each.
How Virgin’s Miles Booster works
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 20,748 additional miles for just 1p each. Plus, with this promotion, you would get an extra 40% bonus as well.
The bonus is staggered. Buy 1x miles flown and you get a 20% bonus. Buy 2x miles flown and you get a 30% bonus. Buy 3x miles flown and you get a 40% bonus. The maths in this article are based on buying 3x and getting the full 40% bonus.
If you maximised the Miles Booster option for a New York economy flight, you would be able to buy a total of 29,047 Virgin Flying Club miles for just £207.48. That is 0.71p 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. Note that – for flights which you have not yet taken – you will not receive your Miles Booster miles until after you have flown.
Even if you don’t have any current bookings, you may be able to take advantage of this based on recent flights you’ve taken. At this price, I would consider the Miles Booster deal if you know that you will be using them in short or medium term.
This offer runs until 14th July.
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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