Virgin Atlantic has announced a £400 million investment from Virgin Group and Delta Air Lines, in a move which should hopefully allow the UK airline to survive the Omicron storm. £204 million is .....

Virgin Atlantic has announced a £400 million investment from Virgin Group and Delta Air Lines, in a move .....

13 Dec 202113 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

News in brief: Qantas and Emirates re-open their UK lounges There is good news for anyone flying with British Airways out of Heathrow Terminal 3 in the near future. Qantas has re-opened its Heathrow .....

News in brief: Qantas and Emirates re-open their UK lounges There is good news for anyone flying with British .....

11 Dec 202111 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

News in brief: Is Virgin Money planning a Curve-style product? Virgin Money has been circulating an interesting survey to selected customers asking for their views on what appears to be a Curve-style .....

News in brief: Is Virgin Money planning a Curve-style product? Virgin Money has been circulating an .....

9 Dec 20219 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

This is our review of Virgin Atlantic’s premium economy experience on the A350 from London Heathrow to New York JFK. After reviewing BA’s premium economy (World Traveller Plus) in 2019 I .....

This is our review of Virgin Atlantic’s premium economy experience on the A350 from London Heathrow to .....

7 Dec 20217 December 2021 by Rhys Jones • 78 comments

Virgin Flying Club has launched another big bonus if you buy Virgin Points – see here. The maximum bonus is 60%. If you are a Gold member of Virgin Flying Club, you get 70%. To put this in .....

Virgin Flying Club has launched another big bonus if you buy Virgin Points – see here. The maximum bonus .....

4 Dec 20214 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

This is our review of the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3. With Virgin Atlantic now having sent two Clubhouse passes to all Flying Club Silver members we thought it was .....

This is our review of the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3. With Virgin Atlantic .....

3 Dec 20213 December 2021 by Rhys Jones • 43 comments

News in brief: Funky new American Express Platinum designs …. but not for the UK Perhaps aware that the design of The Platinum Card has become a little staid, American Express is launching two .....

News in brief: Funky new American Express Platinum designs …. but not for the UK Perhaps aware that the .....

3 Dec 20213 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

Today I want to look at how you can earn Virgin Points, in the Virgin Atlantic frequent flyer scheme, when you stay at YOTEL hotels. I recently ran an article outlining hotels chains which do not give .....

Today I want to look at how you can earn Virgin Points, in the Virgin Atlantic frequent flyer scheme, when you .....

27 Nov 202127 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

There are two interesting bits of corporate news which are worth knowing about: Virgin Atlantic in talks to raise a further £400 million Sky News, which has a good track record in breaking Virgin .....

There are two interesting bits of corporate news which are worth knowing about: Virgin Atlantic in talks to .....

23 Nov 202123 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Tesco and Avios may have gone their separate ways but Virgin Atlantic remains a Tesco Clubcard partner. Virgin Atlantic has launched another bonus if you agree to convert your future Clubcard .....

Tesco and Avios may have gone their separate ways but Virgin Atlantic remains a Tesco Clubcard partner. .....

21 Nov 202121 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Because most frequent traveller currencies can be converted into something else, there are always odd opportunities that get thrown up. Sometimes you can do a conversion which you would logically not .....

Because most frequent traveller currencies can be converted into something else, there are always odd .....

18 Nov 202118 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

If you are planning a trip to South Africa or the Caribbean, Virgin Atlantic is running a flash sale until Monday night. Details are here. South Africa Promo code SOUTH gets you: £30 off Economy .....

If you are planning a trip to South Africa or the Caribbean, Virgin Atlantic is running a flash sale until .....

14 Nov 202114 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

On Tuesday we published details of five positive improvements to Virgin Flying Club. In summary: the thresholds to earn Silver and Gold status will be reduced from April 2022 Silver members can now .....

On Tuesday we published details of five positive improvements to Virgin Flying Club. In summary: the .....

12 Nov 202112 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

Virgin Atlantic has announced a flurry of improvements to Virgin Flying Club this morning. The good news is that they are all genuine improvements. None of them are revolutionary, and not all of them .....

Virgin Atlantic has announced a flurry of improvements to Virgin Flying Club this morning. The good news is .....

9 Nov 20219 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments