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Virgin Atlantic and Flying Club

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is the frequent-flyer program for Virgin Atlantic. Instead of miles, you get ‘Virgin Points’ which can be used for a range of redemptions at Virgin companies and partners, including Virgin Voyages, Virgin Wines, Experience Days and of course flights.

If you are interested in earning Virgin Points from UK credit card spend then you should read this article comparing the two Virgin Atlantic credit cards. This article explains how the Virgin credit card upgrade and companion vouchers work.

The link to the Virgin Atlantic website is here.  You can apply for the Virgin Atlantic credit cards here and earn a 15,000 Points bonus!

Virgin Atlantic announces a loss for 2018

Virgin Atlantic announced a £26m loss for 2018 yesterday, following a £49m loss in 2017. Underlying numbers were more promising, with revenue rising by 5.8% to £2.78bn, passenger numbers growing by .....

Virgin Atlantic announced a £26m loss for 2018 yesterday, following a £49m loss in 2017. Underlying numbers .....

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What happened at the Virgin Atlantic A350 launch party?

On Monday night we were invited to the Virgin Atlantic offices in Crawley for the A350 cabin reveal.  Since Rob was on a family holiday in Scotland, I went down to take a look. Here’s my .....

On Monday night we were invited to the Virgin Atlantic offices in Crawley for the A350 cabin reveal.  .....

by Rhys Jones56 comments

IT’S HERE! The new Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Suite! (Part 1)

Virgin Atlantic has just launched its new Upper Class Suite, as part of the launch event for its new A350-1000 aircraft.   Let’s take a look.  These two articles focus on the new Upper Class .....

Virgin Atlantic has just launched its new Upper Class Suite, as part of the launch event for its new A350-1000 .....

by Rob Burgess70 comments

IT’S HERE! The new Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Suite! (Part 2)

This is part 2 of my overview of the new Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Suite, launched tonight as part of the A350 launch event. You can read Part 1 of my A350-1000 Upper Class suite review here. You .....

This is part 2 of my overview of the new Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Suite, launched tonight as part of the .....

by Rob Burgess35 comments

How you can earn Virgin Flying Club miles shopping at Waitrose

Our other article today includes ways of topping up your Virgin Flying Club account.  One of these ways is earning miles at Waitrose. I realised that we haven’t actually mentioned this .....

Our other article today includes ways of topping up your Virgin Flying Club account.  One of these ways is .....

by Rob Burgess149 comments

Five new Virgin Atlantic aircraft ‘icons’ revealed

As we gear up for the launch of the new Virgin Atlantic Upper Class seat next Monday, Virgin has rolled out five new “Flying Icons” to adorn its new A350-1000 fleet.  These will replace the .....

As we gear up for the launch of the new Virgin Atlantic Upper Class seat next Monday, Virgin has rolled out .....

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Virgin Money is closing its London lounge at Eagle Place, Piccadilly

Virgin Money is closing its lounge at Eagle Place, just off Piccadilly, on 24th May. The Haymarket lounge, which is nearby, will remain open.  I have never been into Haymarket so I can’t .....

Virgin Money is closing its lounge at Eagle Place, just off Piccadilly, on 24th May. The Haymarket lounge, .....

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