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25% off sale on Virgin Atlantic Reward flights
Ends at 11:59pm GMT 9/17/24
Virgin Atlantic has a great deal that reduces the price of Virgin Atlantic award flights, upgrades, and companion bookings by 25%. The big thing to pay attention to on this deal is that only the points are reduced by 25%, not the surcharges. .
We’ve seen several Virgin Atlantic Reward sales in the past, most recently was a full site 20% off sale so this is larger, but more selected in region. The biggest sale we’ve seen is a whopping 50%.
Get 25% off Virgin Atlantic Award flights booked by 09/17/24
The main details:
- In the UK
- In the US
- Book by 06/24/24
- 25% off the points part of the booking
- Valid on Virgin Atlantic reward flights, upgrades, and companion bookings (including those earned on Virgin Atlantic Credit Cards)
- for one-way or return flights in Economy, Premium and Upper Class.
- Bookings in Economy will be for travel in the Economy Classic category.
- Must fly by Dec 31st, 2024
More details
- Offer valid for new reward seats, upgrades and companion bookings in all cabins booked using Virgin Points between 00:01 GMT 13th September 2024 and 23:59 GMT 17th September 2024. All flight departures, including returns, must be on or before 31st December 2024.
- A 25% reduction will be applied at the time of booking to the Virgin Points price of all redemption bookings booked between 13th September 2024 – 17th September 2024.
- Discount is not valid on Gold Reward flight bookings (reward flight bookings booked with double points) or Points Plus Money bookings.
- Valid on Virgin Atlantic designated flights that are Virgin Atlantic marketed and operated routes only (flight number starts with VS). Partner airline and codeshare flights are not eligible.
- To be eligible for this offer, members must book a new reward flight, upgrade or companion booking through virginatlantic.com or Virgin Atlantic Customer Centre.
- Full taxes, fees and carrier-imposed surcharges apply and vary according to the choice of cabin, departure airport, destination, and date(s) of travel. The exact amount will be advised at the time of booking. The discount only applies to Virgin Points, not any cash element (taxes, fees, and carrier-imposed surcharges) of the flight price.
- Standard tier points will be awarded. Passengers are not entitled to earn Virgin Points.
- This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other Virgin Atlantic promotional offer.
- Existing bookings changed within the promotional booking period will be eligible for this offer and any reduction in the points price will be credited back to the member’s account. Changes are subject to the usual change fees and any increase in taxes, fees, and carrier-imposed surcharges.
- Bookings made within the promotional booking period which are then subsequently changed outside of promotional booking period detailed within this offer, will no longer be eligible for this offer and will be charged the difference in points plus any applicable fees, and additional taxes, fees, and carrier-imposed surcharges at the time of making the change.
- Reward flight, upgrades and companion bookings are strictly subject to availability.
- The earning and redemption of Virgin Points is subject to the standard Flying Club Terms & Conditions and the Virgin Red Programme Terms and Conditions (which are subject to change from time to time).
- All travel is subject to Virgin Atlantic’s Conditions of Carriage (which are subject to change from time to time). These Terms & Conditions are subject to English Law and the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
Keep in mind that Virgin just rolled out a brand new A330-neo Upper Class that features a suite in the front. I’ve been lucky enough to fly it 3 times now, including once in the Retreat Suites shown below.
What’s the Catch?
There isn’t really a “catch” per se, but rather Virgin Atlantic has exceptionally high surcharges on their flights. So, while you’ll get 25% off the points, you don’t get 25% of the surcharges back…which can a lot.
Don’t forget the Reward Seat Checker
This feature of Virgin makes finding award space much easier. You can find it here – it shows a calendar of avail. You can find it here
Also… Air France, Delta, and Hawaiian miles can be book Virgin Atlantic.
Here’s what the same flight shown above would price out with these currencies:
Air France:
Delta
Hawaiian
This should price at 62.5k miles and roughly $300 to $400;however, Hawaiian hasn’t been able to book Virgin for quite some time, but this could always change and it’s worth being on your radar.
Overall
If you don’t mind paying the surcharges, or perhaps you’re using this for a one way flight back from the UK where it’s quite difficult to avoid high fees in general, this could be a very opportune time to fly in a super cool lie flat Upper Class experience.
Or…if you don’t care so much about flying flat, the surcharges are far more palatable in Economy or Premium Economy.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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