Virgin Atlantic has announced an interesting new route. From next June, it will become the first European airline to fly to St Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean. Services will operate twice .....

Virgin Atlantic has announced an interesting new route. From next June, it will become the first European .....

3 Nov 20203 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic’s 51% shareholder, has been leading the way in attempting to wean the world off frequent flyer schemes. A number of years ago it stopped publishing redemption .....

Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic’s 51% shareholder, has been leading the way in attempting to wean the .....

2 Nov 20202 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Virgin Atlantic is relaunching two more Caribbean routes tomorrow. Flights to Antigua and Grenada will restart on Monday. There are two flights per week scheduled for each island. Virgin Atlantic is .....

Virgin Atlantic is relaunching two more Caribbean routes tomorrow. Flights to Antigua and Grenada will restart .....

25 Oct 202025 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

I recently spent a few hours in Terminal 2 at Heathrow as the guest of Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines. The aim was to show a small group of media representatives how the airlines are looking .....

I recently spent a few hours in Terminal 2 at Heathrow as the guest of Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines. .....

22 Oct 202022 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

Last Monday, we exclusively broke the news that Tesco Clubcard and Avios were getting a divorce.  The partnership ends on 18th January 2021. I have a feeling that Avios has a new supermarket partner .....

Last Monday, we exclusively broke the news that Tesco Clubcard and Avios were getting a divorce.  The .....

19 Oct 202019 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

Virgin Atlantic is turning its gaze to India after announcing new routes to neighbouring Pakistan in August. It will launch two new routes from Manchester. Service to Mumbai will start on the 19th .....

Virgin Atlantic is turning its gaze to India after announcing new routes to neighbouring Pakistan in August. .....

16 Oct 202016 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

British Airways and Tesco have decided to part ways. The option to convert your Tesco Clubcard points into Avios is ending soon. Nothing will change with the partnership between Tesco Clubcard and .....

British Airways and Tesco have decided to part ways. The option to convert your Tesco Clubcard points into .....

12 Oct 202012 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 329 comments

American Express is opening a new Centurion Lounge at New York JFK this week. It is in Terminal 4. It looks fantastic, especially the 1850’s style ‘speakeasy’ bar pictured below. To .....

American Express is opening a new Centurion Lounge at New York JFK this week. It is in Terminal 4. It looks .....

10 Oct 202010 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Unsurprisingly, Virgin Atlantic has pushed back the relaunch of its Orlando services. The Heathrow service will now start on 10th December, using an A330-300. The Manchester service will relaunch on .....

Unsurprisingly, Virgin Atlantic has pushed back the relaunch of its Orlando services. The Heathrow service .....

6 Oct 20206 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

Today, Thursday 1st, is your last day to earn double Virgin Points on Virgin Atlantic flight bookings. (Virgin Points is the new name for your Virgin Flying Club miles, as we explained in this article .....

Today, Thursday 1st, is your last day to earn double Virgin Points on Virgin Atlantic flight bookings. (Virgin .....

1 Oct 20201 October 2020 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Hotel booking site Rocketmiles is currently running an EXCELLENT ‘first user’ promotion which can earn you 5,000+ easy Avios, Virgin Flying Club or other airline miles from just one night. .....

Hotel booking site Rocketmiles is currently running an EXCELLENT ‘first user’ promotion which can .....

28 Sep 202028 September 2020 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Red have launched the first stage of the new Virgin Group-wide loyalty scheme today. From today, Virgin Flying Club miles are known as Virgin Points. Virgin Points becomes .....

Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Red have launched the first stage of the new Virgin Group-wide loyalty scheme .....

24 Sep 202024 September 2020 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

Virgin Flying Club has a partnership with hotel booking site Kaligo.com to offer an alternative way of redeeming your Virgin points.  You can use them to pay for hundreds of thousands of hotels .....

Virgin Flying Club has a partnership with hotel booking site Kaligo.com to offer an alternative way of .....

17 Sep 202017 September 2020 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Virgin Atlantic has launched a short-term promotion for holders of its Reward and Reward+ credit cards. This offer runs to 31st October. If you are planning to book a Virgin Atlantic flight or Virgin .....

Virgin Atlantic has launched a short-term promotion for holders of its Reward and Reward+ credit cards. This .....

14 Sep 202014 September 2020 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments