Virgin Atlantic is now offering up to a 50% bonus when you purchase Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club miles. Until 16th February, you will be offered the following tier bonus:
- 5,000 – 9,999 miles: 15% Bonus
- 10,000 – 29,999 miles: 20% Bonus
- 30,000 – 69,999 miles: 30% Bonus
- 70,000 – 100,000 miles: 40% Bonus
- 101,000 – 150,000 miles: 50% Bonus
Other Key Details:
- Maximum base miles you can buy: 150k miles.
- Cost per mile: £0.0101/mile (If you max out this purchase)
- Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club charges a fixed fee of £15 per 1000 miles purchased.
- Miles expiry date: 3 years from the last mile transaction
Click here to buy Flying Club Miles.
Should You Purchase Flying Club Miles?
At £0.0101 per mile, you can still gain substantial savings if you use miles instead of cash to purchase First/Business Class flight tickets. One of the best way use of Flying Club miles is to redeem premium cabin flights on partner airlines, as Virgin Atlantic charges high surcharge on its own flights. These partner airlines consist of some Skyteam and Star Alliance member airlines.
Here are some great use of Flying Club miles on partner airlines:
| Route(One Way) | Cabin Class | Airlines | If Redeem With Miles (£0.0101 per mile) | If Purchase With Cash |
| Between Japan – Australia / Canada / Western USA | Business Class | ANA* | 45k miles (£454) | £1710 |
| Between New Zealand – North/South America | Business Class | Air New Zealand | 62.5k miles (£631) | £1700 |
| From US East Coast/Central to Europe | Business Class | Delta | 47.5k miles (£479) | £1300 |
*Only round trip redemptions are available on ANA flights.
Click here to buy Flying Club Miles
Click here to buy Flying Club Miles
Conclusion
As a general rule of thumb, you should also check the seat availability before making any miles purchase, unless you are certain that your desired route has decent amount of availability. At £0.0101 per mile, you can secure cheap First/Business Class tickets, especially when compared to the conventional way of booking a revenue ticket directly.
As different partner airlines have different redemption rates, you may wish to click here to find out who Virgin Atlantic’s partner airlines are and their respective redemption rates.
The transaction fee is £15 PER 1000 miles, not a flat £15.
So an extra £2250 if you want to max out.
Hi, is this offer valid for non US and non UK based people? If I join Virgin Miles now, can I straight away buy the miles on promotion? May I check if you redeem Tokyo to Australia, roughly how much taxes need to pay? And if vice versa? And lastly, using Virgin Miles can redeem one way for all Virgin flights and it’s airline partners?
Hi Sam,
– valid for non US/UK based resident.
– unfortunately, there must be some sort of miles transaction before you can buy any miles. But you double check on this just in case this policy differs from acct to acct. If this rule holds true for you, there are many ways to have a miles transaction (need not require you to fly). Do explore around Flying Club program.
– Please set up an account and play with Virgin Atlantic booking system – at the main page, select miles instead of cash (just like you usually book your tickets)
– you can redeem one way or round trip for all virgin flights and airline partner (except for Ana which requires you to book round trip)