Go Dutch With Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is one of the most generous airline loyalty schemes. It’s also incredibly easy to earn Virgin Points. The airline partners with the popular Tesco Clubcard loyalty programme and you can earn points through Virgin Red too. If you use a Virgin Atlantic branded credit card you can earn Virgin Points on all your spending. American Express will also let you convert Membership Rewards points into Virgin Points, on a one-for-one basis, providing you swap a minimum of 1,000 points in one go. Yet redeeming loyalty points for Virgin Atlantic reward flights are less common than collecting and spending British Airways Avios. One of the reasons fewer people focus on saving on Virgin Atlantic points flights is that the airline doesn’t fly to as many destinations as its larger British rival. As a long haul airline, Virgin Atlantic serves destinations in the US, Caribbean, Africa and Asia but doesn’t operate flights from the UK to Europe. Virgin coordinates schedules with easyJet on connecting routes to an extensive list of European cities. But you won’t earn any extra Virgin Points when you take an EasyJet flight and you can’t buy their tickets as reward flights either. However, there is another way to earn and spend points with Virgin Atlantic when you fly within Europe and beyond.