Transfer Citi ThankYou<sup>®</sup> Points to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club With a 30% Bonus Transfer Citi ThankYou<sup>®</sup> Points to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club With a 30% Bonus

Transfer Citi ThankYou® Points to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club With a 30% Bonus

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Got Citi ThankYou® Points? Through May 17, 2025, you can transfer them to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club with a 30% bonus. Since Flying Club offers some spectacular redemption rates, this bonus gives you the chance to stretch your ThankYou Points even further.

With this bonus, you could transfer as few as 6,000 Citi points to book a short-haul Delta flight, 23,000 points to book Virgin Atlantic Upper Class, or 35,000 points to fly ANA business class from the U.S. West Coast to Japan. No matter where you're headed, this bonus opens the door to fantastic value. Here are all the details.

Citi Transfer Bonus to Virgin Atlantic Key Terms

Screenshot of Citi ThankYou points 30% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
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Best Ways To Use Virgin Atlantic Points

Award travelers love the many sweet spots in the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club program. Here are a few of our favorites.

Virgin Atlantic Upper Class from 23k Citi points

Virgin Atlantic uses dynamic pricing for its own flights. While some award rates can be sky-high, you can still regularly find excellent deals — especially in Upper Class.

The cheapest redemptions we’ve seen between the U.S. and Europe — in Upper Class — start at just 29,000 Virgin points. Thanks to the 30% bonus, you’d only need to transfer 23,000 Citi points to book one of these flights, such as New York or Boston to London. You can expect to pay a couple hundred dollars in taxes and fees, but this is still an outstanding value.

Virgin Atlantic award -- JFK to LHR
Credit: Virgin Atlantic

Fly to Japan in ANA business class or first class

One of the best uses of Virgin points is booking ANA business or first class awards. Here’s what one-way awards typically cost — and what you'd pay in Citi points with the 30% bonus:

  • 35,000 Virgin points to/from Hawaii → 27k Citi points during this transfer bonus
  • 45,000 Virgin points to/from the U.S. West Coast → 35k Citi points during this transfer bonus
  • 47,500 Virgin points to/from the U.S. East Coast or Europe → 37k Citi points during this transfer bonus

If you're lucky enough to find availability, you can also snag ANA first-class awards for a stellar price. One-way flights from the U.S. West Coast cost 72,500 Virgin points (just 56,000 Citi points with the bonus), while East Coast or European routes cost 85,000 Virgin points (66,000 Citi points).

ANA First Class
ANA's “The Suite.” Credit: Cameron Laufer/AwardWallet

ANA first-class award space is notoriously hard to find, but one of the best workarounds is using Seats.aero’s ANA first-class finder tool. Once you spot a bookable seat through Seats.aero or another ANA partner program, call Virgin Atlantic Flying Club at 800-862-8621 to reserve your award.

Even without the bonus, these are fantastic redemptions. With it, they’re even better.

Domestic Delta award flights from 6k Citi points

You can also use Virgin points to book Delta flights, with short-haul redemptions starting at just 7,500 points for routes under 500 miles. AwardWallet has found nearly 400 Delta routes available at that price, so you’ve got plenty of options no matter where you’re starting from

Virgin Atlantic award on Delta -- LGA to ILM.
Credit: Virgin Atlantic

With the 30% transfer bonus, that starting price drops to just 6,000 Citi points.

Screenshot showing transferring 6,000 Citi ThankYou points to 7,800 Virgin Atlantic Flying Club points after 30% transfer bonus
Credit: Citi

Boosting Your Virgin Atlantic Points Balance

If you find an award you want to book but don’t have quite enough Citi points, there are several other ways to top off your Virgin Atlantic account. Flying Club partners with nearly every major transferable points program, which makes it easy to build your balance in a flash:

From
To
Transfer Ratio
Min.Transfer
Average Time
Virgin Atlantic (Flying Club)
1,000:1,000
-
Immediate
Virgin Atlantic (Flying Club)
500:500
1,000
Unknown
Virgin Atlantic (Flying Club)
-
Immediate
Virgin Atlantic (Flying Club)
1,000:1,000
-
Immediate
Virgin Atlantic (Flying Club)
3:1
3,000
15 hours
Virgin Atlantic (Flying Club)
1,000:1,000
2,000
15 hours

Note: Capital One miles transfer to Virgin Red, not directly to Flying Club. You’ll need to link your Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Red accounts to use those points for flights.

Related: Do Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Points Expire?

Final Thoughts

Through May 17, 2025, Citi is offering a 30% bonus when you transfer ThankYou Points to Virgin Atlantic. If you’ve been eyeing a SkyTeam award or one of Flying Club’s best sweet spots — like ANA business or first class — now is the time to act. Just don’t wait too long because this deal will be gone before you know it.

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