Virgin Atlantic Flying Club

The Highlights

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club can offer solid value, but only in specific cases.

• Virgin adds fuel surcharges to many awards, especially on its own metal and transatlantic routes.
• ANA Business Class roundtrips between the U.S. and Japan are among the cheapest in points — but require round-trip bookings and can be hard to find.
• You can transfer points from Amex, Chase, Citi, Capital One, and Bilt, which makes miles easy to earn.

What to Know About This Point System

Virgin Atlantic is a niche airline. But thanks to their partnership with Delta, they have a decent U.S. reach. If your needs match their flights (or Delta’s), there are some great values, especially on premium seats. In fact, it often costs fewer points to book a Delta flight on Virgin Atlantic (even first class) than it does directly with Delta.

The other great thing about Virgin Atlantic is they partner with the four major point systems: Amex, Citi, Chase and Bonvoy. That means you can pool your points in one place, particularly if you’re trying to use up some orphaned balances. Account creation is free and relatively easy.

Occasionally their cards have special offers, which are worthwhile if you pair them with some Citi or Amex points. But Virgin Atlantic tends to be more of a “point booking” portal than a “point accumulation” partner.

How to Redeem

Visit Virgin Atlantic Flying Club