Earn 4,000 bonus Virgin Points by linking your Virgin Red and Flying Club accounts – The Points Guy

Check your email for holiday goodies: You can easily earn 4,000 Virgin Points for just a few minutes of work by linking your Virgin Red account to your Flying Club account.

targeted Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Members (who have not yet linked their account to Virgin Red) have received emails with a unique promo code offering bonus points for linking by December 24th. You can use promo codes only once, and they are non-transferrable.

Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club is the airline’s loyalty program, while Virgin Red is the Virgin group-wide rewards club, with over 150 ways to earn and over 200 ways to redeem Virgin points.

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Although they are technically separate programs, once you link your Flying Club and Red accounts together, your single Virgin Points balance will appear in both programs. You can redeem the same points through any account.

If you don’t have a Virgin Red account, you can do so Create one for free hereThen, link your existing Flying Club account and enter the unique email code in the “Promo Code” section of your “My Account” tab at Virgin Red for easy bonus points.

according to our December 2024 assessmentTPG values ​​each Virgin point at 1.4 cents, making those 4,000 bonus points worth $56. Although it may not seem very big, London fares saved Start now with just 6,000 points and fees, taxes and surcharges are just $73.

This means this simple account linking gives you more than half the points you need for a flight to the UK

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Earning Virgin Points is easy, and Flying Club is a transfer partner for every major transferable currency:

It’s worth noting that Capital One miles transfer to Virgin Red, not directly to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.

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If you haven’t linked your Flying Club and Virgin Red accounts yet, it’s worth checking your email and following the linking steps to get a very easy 4,000 Virgin Points. You can then earn Virgin Points by flying Virgin Atlantic or its skyteam partnerWhich includes Delta Air Lines and Air France-KLM.

Through the two linked programmes, there are a number of ways to redeem Virgin Points, whether for a new saver seat, upgrading a Virgin Cash fare with points, or for various travel and other experiences through Virgin Red.