Top up your points balance by buying extra, and reach those rewards sooner. You can even spend them with our airline partners as well as on a Virgin Atlantic flight.
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Flying Club has three member levels within its loyalty program, and members start in the Red tier just for joining Virgin Atlantic Flying Club. After earning 400 tier points, you're upgraded to Silver tier and after 1,000 tier points, you'll reach the Gold tier.
It costs £15/$25 for every 1,000 base points purchased. For example, if a member buys or gifts 1,000 base points they will pay £30/$47, if they buy or gift 5,000 base points they will pay £90/$147 and if they buy or gift 10,000 base points they will pay £165/$272.
Unlike Flying Club Miles, Virgin Points will never expire. This means you have as much time as you need to redeem your Virgin Points, which have exactly the same value as miles. So no matter what life throws at you, your points are yours to use now or in the future.
Booking a return Economy ticket will earn 5,000 bonus Virgin Points, a Premium ticket will bag an extra 10,000 points, while an Upper Class flight getting you a bonus of 20,000 points.
In-flight entertainment: Virgin Atlantic boasts over 300 hours of movies and TV shows in premium economy. No lounge access or priority security: While Virgin Atlantic premium economy passengers get airport perks like priority check-in and priority boarding, they don't get priority security or lounge access.
The world is very much your oyster with 20,000 points in your account, as that's enough for a return flight from the UK New York and the Caribbean,* while a trip to Washington or Boston could be on the cards with a reward seat starting from 18,000 Virgin Points plus taxes.