Virgin news: win 1 million Virgin Points, earn points with Karhoo

News in brief:

Win 1 million Virgin Points with Virgin Red

Virgin Red, the new app which gives you lots of new non-flying ways to earn and spend Virgin Points, has launched a new competition.

Five members will win 1 million Virgin Points, and there are a further eight runner up prizes from Virgin Group companies.

It is very simple to enter and will take under a minute if you have the app installed. If you’ve not signed up yet, you can register and download it here.

You will find the competition under the ‘Earn’ tab where it should be the top tile. Click through, answer an idiot-proof question and you’re done. There is no need to fill in any personal details.

The competition ends on 30th November.

Earn Virgin Points with Karhoo

Talking of Virgin Points ….. Virgin Red has launched a new partnership with minicab booking app Karhoo.

Karhoo works with over 200 minicab firms across the UK and claims to provide an average of five price quotes for every booking request. It covers 80% of the top 500 towns and cities.

The good news is that you will earn 4 Virgin Points for every £1 you spend with Karhoo.

The bad news is that this is not integrated with the Karhoo app. You will only earn points if you visit Karhoo by opening the Virgin Red app, finding Karhoo under the ‘Earn’ tab and clicking through. It adds quite a bit of faff to the process compared to just opening the Karhoo app directly.

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.)