Earn 4,000 bonus points by linking your Virgin Red and Flying Club accounts

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

Target Virgin Atlantic Flying Club members (who may not have linked their account to Virgin Red) received emails with a unique promo code offering bonus points for linking on Dec. 24. Promo codes can only be used once, and are non-transferable.

Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club is the airline’s loyalty program, while Virgin Red is Virgin’s full 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 Virgin points balance will appear in both programs. You can redeem the same points with any account.

If you don’t have a Virgin Red account, you can create one for free here. Then, link your existing Flying Club account and enter the unique email code in the “Promo Codes” section of your “My Account” tab on Virgin Red to earn easy bonus points.

According to our December 2024 estimates, TPG values ​​Virgin points at 1.4 cents each, making those 4,000 bonus points worth $56. While that may not seem like much, Saver fares to London now start at 6,000 points plus fees, taxes and surcharges of just $73.

That means this simple account linking gives you more than half the points you’ll need to fly in the UK

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Virgin points are easy to earn, and Flying Club is a transfer partner for all major transfer currencies:

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

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Bottom line

If you haven’t linked your Flying Club and Virgin Red accounts yet, it’s worth checking your email and following the link steps to get 4,000 Virgin points super easy. Then you can earn Virgin points by flying Virgin Atlantic or its SkyTeam partners, including Delta Air Lines and Air France-KLM.

With two linked programs, there are many ways to redeem Virgin points, whether it’s a new Saver seat, upgrading Virgin fares with points, or a variety of travel and other experiences with Virgin Red.