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Frequent Flyers Programs
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- AeroMexico Club Premier
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- Asiana Club
- Avianca Lifemiles
- British Airways Executive Club
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- El Al Matmid Club
- Emirates Skywards
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- Eva Air Infinity Mileagelands
- Finnair Plus
- Flying Blue
- HawaiianMiles
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- Iberia
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- Japan Airlines
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
Program overview
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is the loyalty program of Virgin Atlantic Airways. Virgin Atlantic offers 2 types of award flights - Standard season and Peak season. The best availability is offered for the Standard season. This program is not widely known, but it is definitely worth a look especially for its partner airline redemptions.
Alliance | No official alliance affiliation |
Program website | |
Approximate miles value | 1.1 cents per mile |
Miles validity | Never expire |
Program accrual | % of base flown miles |
Limit on amount of miles you can purchase | Up to 100,000 points in the calendar year. |
Waitlist option | No |
Courtesy Hold for award reservation | Allowed for 24 hours |
Do you need to open an account to check availability? | No |
Stopover option | No, you need to pay per segment |
Family account | Yes for members with Gold elite status |
Upgrade option | Yes |
Online booking | You must call to book most partner flights |
Airline partners | Delta, Air France, KLM, Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand, Virgin Australia, South African Airways, ANA, Hawaiian Airlines |
Credit card partners | American Express (1:1.30 - 30% bonus until 12/31, instant transfer), Chase (1:1, instant transfer), Citi ThankYou (1:1, instant transfer) |
Hotel partners | IHG Rewards (5:1, 6 weeks transfer), Marriott Bonvoy (3:1, 48 hours transfer), Hilton Honors (10:1.5, up to 30 days transfer), World of Hyatt (5:3, 6-8 weeks transfer) |
Co-Branded credit card in the US | None |
Point/Miles Conversion Chart
Pros
- Miles never expire
- Virgin Atlantic usually allows holding an award flight for 24 hours
- Frequent transfer bonus promotion from AmEx and sometimes Citi
Cons
- Fuel surcharges are among the highest in the industry
- The site doesn’t show all destinations for its partner airlines
Excellent for
- Business Class on Delta from the US to Europe for 50,000 miles; from the US to Asia for 60,000 miles or from the US to South America for 45,000 miles one way.
- Round trip from the US to Tokyo on ANA starts from 90,000 miles in business and 110,000 in First
- Round trip from the US to Auckland on Air New Zealand non-stop flights starts from 80,000 miles in Economy and 125,000 miles in Business Class.
Insider Tip
- A great option for ANA one way flights: Virgin Atlantic Flying Club allows ANA one way flights while ANA Mileage Club does not. Given its instant transfer times and courtesy hold, you may be better off transferring miles to Virgin even when the award is also available with Singapore or ANA programs directly since the transfer to those programs is not instant.
- Availability on Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines is below average.
- Not all partner flights are displayed online. In this case, try to check them through Expert Flyer service. If award seats are available, call the airline to book using miles.
- The Homebase Stopover Strategy works very well for London based travelers, however British Airways Executive Club with its much wider network and versatility of its points may be more effective when combined with the strategy.
Do you use this program? Share your experience and tips in the comments below. Your thoughts would be very valuable to us!
Choose where you are going from and to by selecting the respective zones. There are two ways to choose your origin and destination - you can either select the zones they fall into on the map or by clicking on the bars above the map and entering the city name or airport code into the search fields.
- Choose one of the three point combination options which is applicable to you. If you don't have any miles in any airline accounts you can leave those fields blank.
- Input all of the different points you have on the credit cards you are planning to use. You can enter as many as you like. If you have multiple cards on one name from the same bank you can combine and enter the total amount of points between all of your cards.
- Enter all the miles you have in airlines frequent flyer programs on the left hand side following the airlines name.
- Once you input the information, click on the analyze button at the bottom of the page.
- The analyzer will offer you the optimal transfer combinations to explore as well as pros and cons of each.
- Review analyzer recommendations. Total number of miles is not the only consideration you should take into account. Analyzer will give you additional information about each program to make the right decision. You can also download results to a pdf and even send them to others if you like.
- Proceed to check availability with respective airlines. Do not transfer any miles until you confirm the desired option is available on the airline’s website. Note the transfer time and hold the reservation if possible before transferring any miles.
- Remember all transfers are final as you would not be able to send the points back to your credit card. If your trip is cancelled your miles will go back to the respective airline account.
- Transferring points to airline's frequent flyer programs is not the only way to obtain the award ticket. You can also redeem the points through your credit card directly by using the Book Travel option. You can find out more by checking out our Credit card reward tab on Wikimiles home page.
- WikiMiles Crew is always here to answer any questions. For an additional fee we can also assist you with the bookings. Use the Contact us section to reach out to us.
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