• Virgin Atlantic Silver Card holders will be recognised as SkyTeam Elite Members
• Gold Card members will become Elite Plus.

Who is currently in SkyTeam?

• Aeroflot,
• Aerolíneas Argentinas,
• Aeroméxico,
• Air Europa,
• Air France,
• China Airlines,
• China Eastern Airlines,
• Czech Airlines,
• Delta Air Lines, Inc.,
• Garuda Indonesia,
• ITA,
• Kenya Airways,
• KLM Royal Dutch Airlines,
• Korean Air,
• Middle East Airlines,
• Saudia,
• TAROM,
• Vietnam Airlines
• XiamenAir.

How to get Virgin Atlantic Tier Status

I fly back and forth to the UK a lot, and recently we’ve seen some very attractive business class sales out of mainland Europe/UK that Virgin as has been a part of…this news may incentivize me to pay cash for a couple of those flights since top tier Virgin Atlantic Gold can be attained with just 2 roundtrip upper class flights booked in J, C, D, or I ( some of the discounted flights were in I ). I’d then have elite benefits while traveling in the States on Delta which operates out of my home airport ATL.

I’m planning on trying out their latest Upper Class early next year on the A330neo – if possible I’d pay extra to sit in these bad boys.

Recap

While this will potentially open up more booking options ( I’m a big fan of China Airlines, would love to fly Korean and Vietnam Airlines ) we may also see the loss of an incredible sweet spot in the Virgin Atlantic chart with ANA. Only time will tell.