Jan 12, 2020 how to book air new zealand awards via virgin atlantic. In august i was excited to report that delta awards could be booked online via virgin atlantic s website see. Oct 11, 2017 virgin atlantic apparently charges these ridiculous fees for all flights tofrom london regardless of whether you book online or by calling so there doesnt appear to be a workaround. How to book delta flights with virgin atlantic miles. Virgin atlantic is doubling down on new destinations, with twice daily flights to tel aviv from summer 2021. Fare inclusions and rules can be viewed and compared by hovering over the fare types titles, i. If you prefer to spend as you go, with new miles plus money you can use your miles to pay less for your next flight, starting from 3,000 miles. You can book deltaoperated flights using virgin atlantic miles with no fuel. How to use velocity points to book virgin atlantic flights. Using velocity frequent flyer points to book virgin.
Redeeming delta skymiles for virgin atlantic flights. The best ways to fly to japan with points and miles step. You can either buy the miles youve flown for a set price or double the miles youve flown for double the price. Based in the united kingdom, virgin atlantic is the smallest airline partnered with chases ultimate rewards points program. Additionally, members may redeem miles for flights operated by virgin atlantic, subject to availability. Confident virgin atlantic lays out 2021 flight plan. Upper class business class, premium premium economy and economy each class of travel offers passengers a significantly different in flight and ground. Booking ana first class with virgin atlantic miles one. Best ways to book virgin atlantic upper class with points stepby. Virgin operates a mix of boeing 787, 747, airbus a330 and a340 aircraft, as well as its forthcoming a350 aircraft featuring brand new seats in each of the three classes. Plus, virgin atlantic miles are much easier to earn. Unlock incredible value with virgin atlantic flying club. Whether a flight is 600 miles or 4,000 miles, it doesnt matter. You can book available virgin atlantic flights on delta.
Redeeming delta skymiles for virgin atlantic flights points. How to book a virgin atlantic award flight with velocity points unfortunately, it is not possible to book virgin atlantic reward seats online. How to book flybe flights via virgin atlantic head for points. Feb 02, 2020 i have 87,000 ultimate reward points from my chase visa card, and about 3,900 flyer miles through virgin s flying club. Watch our how to video or follow the steps below to use your velocity points to book flights on board virgin australia and our partner airlines. Its often quickest to use the website, but if you need to talk to someone were here to help. Virgin atlantic operates to a range of destinations across north america, the middle east, africa and asia from its hubs at london heathrow, london gatwick and manchester. In addition, the airline has announced continued seasonal flights direct from glasgow and belfast to orlando, florida, broadening the appeal to travelers outside of the uks southeast. The feature described in this post has disappeared. Just remember to select pay with miles when youre searching for your flight. From economy flights to business class, it can be astounding.
Virgin atlantic adds more a350 flights, how to book with. Book virgin america flights with virgin atlantic miles. Jan 09, 2019 since delta isnt a transfer partner with chase, transfers to virgin atlantic give you a way to use ultimate rewards points to book flights with one of the worlds largest airlines. Virgin atlantic is a fun experience from the clubhouse to the inflight bar to the revivals lounge. Starting at 95,000 miles every seat in virgin atlantic upper class has direct aisle access. Virgin atlantic flying club transfer points membership rewards. Simply put, in almost all cases virgin atlantic flying club has lower redemption rates on delta than delta skymiles does, especially for.
For example, they charge 120,000 miles for roundtrip first class from chicago to tokyo, which would be 93,000 membership rewards points roundtrip under the current promotion. This is really only worthwhile if youre booking a nonstop flight. How to book ana flights with virgin atlantic flying club miles. How to book cheap delta award flights with virgin atlantic miles. With the 30% bonus, youll only need to transfer 85,000 to 93,000 amex. A hidden gem of the velocity frequent flyer scheme is being able to book flights with virgin australias sister airline, virgin atlantic, especially on journeys between hong kong and london thats because unlike many of velocitys other airline partners including etihad airways and singapore airlines, the number of points needed to book with virgin atlantic is on the lower side and in.
Its great that its gotten so much easier to search for and book delta flights to seoul using virgin atlantic miles. Low fare flights book flights with virgin atlantic. Today well take a look at your best options for booking this flight with points and miles in every cabin. This table shows the amount of miles youll need for a virgin atlantic reward flight, which are available in economy classic, premium and upper class. Jan 30, 2020 you can book deltaoperated flights using virgin atlantic miles with no fuel surcharges, including transatlantic and transpacific routes. Receive monthly progress reports from a dedicated account management team. Normally, booking virgin america flights with virgin america elevate points is the best way to go, since oneway awards are available for as few as 2,149 points each way. It makes up for having fewer route options with comfortable seating, a. Save your skymiles, book delta flights through virgin atlantic. When you book a flight and pay in cash not miles, virgin lets you buy extra miles at a discounted price. On nonstop flights, virgin atlantic usually charges fewer miles than delta for the same delta flights. When booking our recent first class trip to tokyo last september both mr. Transfer those points over to virgin atlantic, and youre set. Find our best fares on your next flights to the us and beyond, with a fantastic choice of food, drinks, award winning entertainment and onboard wifi.
You can book deltaoperated flights using virgin atlantic miles with no fuel surcharges, including transatlantic and transpacific routes. Travelocity offers great prices on virgin atlantic flights to quebec with our low price guarantee. How to redeem virgin atlantic flying club miles like a. You can also redeem your points for a rewards seat on flights with delta air lines, etihad airways, singapore airlines, silkair, hainan airlines and hong kong airlines 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Be careful with this delta mistake when booking virgin. Heres how to find exactly what you want using your virgin atlantic flying club points with just one click reward flight finder. Virgin atlantic and flying with points air travel forum. Guide to booking flights to japan with transferable points. The taxes will be a hundred or so dollars more but if you find the space on virgin it should only cost you 39,000 amex mr with the 1. Below is the redemption chart for flights on virgin australia, virgin atlantic, alitalia, and delta air lines. Virgin opted out of using a firstclass product on its aircraft, instead offering three classes. You can do this either when you book your flight or it can be added anytime. To use your miles for virgin atlantic flights, you can book directly through delta.
Find our best fares on your next flights to the us and beyond, with a fantastic choice of food, drinks, award winning. The 2 most important virgin atlantic airline partners are ana and delta. You can also use ana mileage club miles to book flights operated by virgin atlantic. That means youll have to transfer points from chase ultimate rewards, amex membership rewards, citi thankyou rewards or marriott bonvoy to flying club and book it directly on virgin atlantics website or over the phone. Last call to book air china flights on virgin atlantic miles. In the air and on the ground, flying club gives you better rewards for your frequent flyer miles than other loyalty programmes. Once you find award availability that will work, you will have to pick up the phone and call virgin atlantic to actually book the ticket. Apr 27, 2019 the process of redeeming for virgin atlanticoperated flights is easy. Earn points per mile flown when you travel in an eligible class on virgin atlantic operated flights, with an vs or va flight number 1. Unfortunately, other airline partners such as air new zealand and south african airways dont have award charts that are competitive. Tt and i had great phone agents that were very knowledgeable and attentive.
Transferring chase ultimate rewards points to virgin atlantic. Virgin australia velocity offers award redemptions using a distancebased award chart, and prices vary slightly depending on which partner you are choosing to make a redemption with. Tpg uk really likes the fiveweek flexible date search option and the calendar of results displayed. Jul 29, 2019 virgin atlantic flying club allows members to book tickets with cash and points. Children must be aged 211 on the date of their flight. There a few ways to book flights operated by virgin atlantic with points or miles. Travelocity offers a wide range of virgin atlantic flight routes from quebec.
Log into your flying club account and be sure to choose pay with miles plus money when booking a flight. Discounted virgin australia lounge memberships and offers yearround. Unlike skymiles, virgin atlantic accepts points from both chase sapphire cards and citi thankyou rewards, and the rates are pretty good, better than deltas skymiles rates, even. Virgin atlantic also partners with singapore airlines, which allows you to use krisflyer miles to book upper class. Alternatively, you can earn life membership, and a special gift to boot, when you earn a million base flown miles on virgin atlantic flights. Reach rewards faster with the virgin atlantic world elite mastercard. Next thing you know, youve landed on the delta booking page below and are quite literally one click away from confirming your reservation. The trick to booking virgin atlantic award seats with. Though virgin atlantic isnt a member of a major airline alliance, the airline is partners with delta air lines. I transferred over 75,000 of my citi thankyou points to get 97,500 virgin atlantic points.
If your travel dates are fairly flexible, take a look at the 5 week calendar. Earn miles and tier points when travelling with us in economy, premium economy. Standard season reward flights start from as little as 18,000 miles for an economy classic return flight. See information about flying with special assistance and fare types. Before you book fly with us help centre virgin atlantic. You can book them as standalone flights, or in conjunction with a virgin atlantic longhaul flight. Use virgin atlantic miles for cheap air new zealand. Virgin australia will cease operating flights to hong kong from 2 march 2020. Using velocity frequent flyer points to book virgin atlantic. However, there are cases in which redeeming virgin atlantic flying club miles works out better. If there wasnt availability, you could get business class for 63,000 miles return. New york jfk haneda hnd for 120,000 virgin atlantic miles in ana first class. Find out all the hints and tips for the best way to book your reward flight.
Jan 16, 2020 you can book them as standalone flights, or in conjunction with a virgin atlantic longhaul flight. Like most airlines, virgin splits its planes into various cabin classes for different price points. When you use to book your travel reservations, you may qualify for virgin atlantic frequent flyer reward points. How to use points for flights earn velocity points. To earn miles for a virgin atlantic flight, be sure to include your skymiles number on your reservation, whether you are booking at delta. The first step to finding award space on virgin atlantic flights is see which us cities that they fly to from london most routes are out of heathrow, but they do. If you can find award availability which can be challenging, you can book air new zealand businessclass flights to new zealand with virgin atlantic miles for just 45,000 miles oneway when flying from hawaii, and 62,500 miles when flying from anywhere else in the u. Top 5 ways to use virgin atlantic flying club miles points with q. How to find virgin atlantic seats using points in one easy click. Heres a great article explaining in detail how to book delta flights with virgin atlantic miles and why its a good idea. First up, youll need to transfer points to virgin atlantic flying club. Check out 11 of the best ways to use your virgin atlantic miles. Until may 2018, air china was the sweet spot in the virgin atlantic reward chart.
Oct 11, 2016 normally, booking virgin america flights with virgin america elevate points is the best way to go, since oneway awards are available for as few as 2,149 points each way. I like how it explains bugs and limitations to this method as well. Apr 09, 2018 a hidden gem of the velocity frequent flyer scheme is being able to book flights with virgin australias sister airline, virgin atlantic, especially on journeys between hong kong and london. How to book anas new a380 service using points and miles. Using virgin atlantic miles to book flights on delta everyday. How to book virgin atlantic flights with ultimate rewards points. If you are searching for virgin atlantic and an option solely on delta metal appears, that should be available using velocity points as delta does partner with velocity. Virgin atlantic award flights are priced at the same lower level as reward seats on virgin australias own flights. For example, fees on roundtrip flights between the u. Enter your dates, select within 5 weeks and youll find lots more reward seat availability.
American express is not responsible for availability of flights, accommodation or any other rewards in the virgin atlantic flying club programme. Booking virgin atlantic flights is a relatively good use of velocity points. May 15, 2018 to look for upgrades on virgin atlantic, head to their website as if you were going to book a flight using points only. Virgin atlantic s website wont search for miles tickets under any of deltas destinations. How to book virgin atlantic flights with velocity points. Ultimate rewards and thankyou points cards can help you earn points to transfer to virgin atlantic. Jet off on a reward flight to your very own piece of paradise, kick back by upgrading your revenue ticket to a discounted reward seat, or whisk someone away with you. Unfortunately, the ability to do so quickly disappeared thankfully, the feature is back my bet is that they had been working on the feature for a while and had accidentally released it too early in august.
Stepbystep booking ana flights with virgin atlantic on. Search for up to 6 separate flights to a number of worldwide destinations. Earn tier points on flights and move up the tiers, unlocking more benefits as you go. Via virgin atlantic, you can often book the same exact flights for fewer miles and far lower change fees than delta would charge. Redeem singapore miles on virgin atlantic one mile at a time. This table shows the amount of miles youll need to get a virgin atlantic reward flight. Young adult passengers travelling alone cant book online please contact reservations on 0844 209 7777. Flying virgin atlantic airlines guide the points guy uk. Discover the infinite ways you can spend your flying club miles. You could book air china in first class, london to beijing, for just 75,000 miles return. As a point of comparison, heres how much other programs charge. Prior to transferring your points, please confirm availability with virgin atlantic. The airlines frequent flyer programme is the flying club, which offers rewards including flights and upgrades.
Ultimately singapore airlines sold their 49% stake in virgin atlantic to delta, which in part explains the joint venture between delta and virgin atlantic. Unlock incredible value with virgin atlantic flying. You click the flights, get it all pulled up, confirm that it says premium economy, and you think hmmm maybe delta has a special deal on partner flights with virgin. If you are unable to search for a specific delta route online, youll need to search with air france or klm then call virgin atlantic flying club to book 1. Members will be able to earn miles on all delta and virgin atlanticmarketed flights as long as the flight is operated by delta, delta connection, or virgin atlantic. Peak season reward flights start from 22,000 miles for an economy classic return flight. If you want to book a flight on virgin atlantic or delta with miles, you can do so online quite easily. How to book air france and klm flights with virgin miles. Book delta one suites to seoul for 60k points via virgin. As you can imagine, were working hard to help all of our customers who have been impacted by covid19 coronavirus. Important transit information following the recent announcements regarding the ban for transit passengers through singapore and abu dhabi, virgin australia recommends guests do not travel through these hubs unless all flight, entry and transit requirements can be met. Youll have to take connecting flights with virgin australia, but using virgin atlantic miles to book on these 2 partners is a nobrainer. To get these excellent rates, youre going to have to book award flights with virgin atlantic flying club itself. In may 2018, virgin atlantic decided that this was simply too generous.
I have been doing some reading, and it looks like the points are worth more 1. Bespoke requests include things like special assistance, flying with pets, larger group bookings and corporate travel. Thanks to one mile at a time i just learned that virgin atlantic is now allowing users to book awards on delta flights online. Best ways to book virgin atlantic upper class with points. If youve flown a virgin atlanticoperated flight whether you paid cash or miles for it you can use flying club s miles booster to score some extra miles for cheap. You can book virgin atlantic and delta flights by transferring your chase ultimate rewards points directly to your flying club account.
The number of velocity points you earn with virgin atlantic is based on the fare class and the number of miles you are travelling, so the higher your fare type, the more points you earn. Best ways to use virgin atlantic miles million mile secrets. If you earn 300 tier points on virgin atlantic flights within 10 consecutive years as a gold member, youll qualify for membership into this circle of elites. Virgin atlantic flying club members can transfer membership rewards points into flying club miles. Jan 27, 2020 booking delta flights with virgin atlantic miles. There are frequently transfer bonuses from transferable points currencies to virgin atlantic flying club. Thats because unlike many of velocitys other airline partners including etihad airways and singapore airlines, the number of points needed to book with virgin atlantic is on the lower side and.
In general, we find the best availability for delta flights when booking through virgin atlantic is for months before departure. Why redeeming virgin atlantic miles on delta is a good deal. May 07, 2019 so that means youre getting 1,300 flying club miles for every 1,000 amex points, which even further increases the value of these redemptions. Virgin atlantic flying club provides some amazing ways to book flights with miles. For example, fly to new york and you can get 6,916 miles for. Mar 10, 2018 delta air lines, a member of the skyteam alliance, offers many options for redeeming miles on flights to europe using skymiles. Booking ana first class with virgin atlantic miles one mile. Reward flights are only available in economy classic, premium and upper class. While with some skymiles award partner redemptions like air europa you must call delta to book, youre usually able to search and book virgin atlantic award flights on. Jan 18, 2020 virgin atlantic doesnt fly to tokyo or japan, but they are worth mentioning because they have an amazing award chart for partner award flights on ana. Your search will show whether the fare is eligible for miles plus money. Considering youll pay at least 80,000 miles when flying the legacy u. Sure enough, the same date as shown on expertflyer also shows on the delta website as being available to book with points.
Best ways to redeem virgin atlantic flying club miles. Simply login to your ultimate rewards account, select use points, select transfer to travel partners, select transfer points to the right of virgin atlantic, and transfer the points necessary for your redemption. Call virgin atlantic at 8003659500 to book the flight. With the virgin atlantic miles in your account, use these steps to help book the flight. How to book delta flights with virgin atlantic miles 2020. Onto the first in our list of best ways to use virgin atlantic miles. Virgin atlantic flying club can be reached at 18003659500. Ways to spend miles book flights with virgin atlantic. This is huge because virgin atlantic award prices are excellent on many routes and virgin atlantic.
How to book virgin atlantic flights with ultimate rewards. Plus, virgin atlantic miles are supereasy to collect and theres a 30% transfer bonus through july 1, 2019. While virgin atlantic never has been part of one of the big three alliances, they did have a pretty close partnership with singapore airlines for a long time. If you want a cobranded card that earns airline miles directly, bank of america provides a cobranded card that earns virgin atlantic flying club miles while american express provides several personal and small business credit cards that earn delta skymiles. From flexible booking options to free 24 hour cancellation, we make booking your next trip easier than ever before. That means youll have to transfer points from chase ultimate rewards, amex membership rewards, citi thankyou rewards or marriott bonvoy to flying club and book it directly on virgin atlantic s website or over the phone. So for 1,000 thank you points, youd get 1,300 virgin atlantic points. Enter your membership number and program name into your account as you book your car rentals, hotels, and flights, to determine if the providers offer frequent flyer mileage on these bookings. Top us travel hacker, points with q, shares how to book virgin atlantic flights.
Enter the flight info for the flight youd like to book using cash and then upgrade using points, but this time, press pay with miles only. Many times understanding how to redeem points and miles for free flights can be a confusing process. So you want to use virgin atlantic to book a flight on delta air lines. Virgin atlantics flying club program can get you award flights on. The miles needed for a klm or air france flight do not match what you need for a virgin atlantic flight. Keep in mind that virgin atlantic imposes rather high fuel surcharges on its award flights, and you will also be subject to the high government and airport taxes when flying through the u. Apr 09, 2020 there are frequently transfer bonuses from transferable points currencies to virgin atlantic flying club. Check out the post for all the recommendations, click here now.
Ana requires that you book roundtrip flights while delta allows you to. A great option is to redeem delta skymiles to fly on virgin atlantic, which delta actually owns 49% of the airline. Virgin atlantic is controlled by virgin atlantic limited which is currently owned 51% by the virgin group and 49% by delta air lines, though air franceklm is set to acquire a 31% stake. Using virgin atlantic miles and award chart for delta flights. Another big issue with online booking is that many airports arent included. We could go on and on about all the different ways you could save some serious miles by booking delta flights through virgin atlantic.
Dec 11, 2019 to get these excellent rates, youre going to have to book award flights with virgin atlantic flying club itself. Save 10% on select domestic and international flights. Best ways to use 80,000 virgin atlantic flying club miles. In australia, the easiest way to obtain virgin atlantic flying club miles is through an american express membership rewards credit card which earns into the ascent or ascent premium tier. What you could do is book one way with delta miles and the other way with virgin miles. Amusingly, you may even find that they are cheaper via.
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