Buy Virgin Points From 1.14 Cents Each with Virgin Atlantic's Points Booster Promotion

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Virgin Atlantic Points Booster is back. Once again, you can get up to 40% bonus points on “boosts” made by June 30, 2022. While a 40% bonus isn't as high as we see with other buy miles promotions, you can use this promotion to purchase Virgin points for significantly less than usual.

Without a promotion, buying Virgin Atlantic points cost 2.7 cents each. With Points Booster, you can purchase points for 1.6 cents each—and that price drops to 1.14 cents per point by utilizing this 40% bonus. Let's show you how.

How Virgin Atlantic's Points Booster Works

When purchased outright, Virgin Atlantic points cost $27 for 1,000 points if paying with USD—or £15 for 1,000 points if paying with GBP—plus a transaction fee of $25 or £15. However, with Virgin Atlantic's Points Booster, members can purchase points at the rate of just $16 or £10 for 1,000 points.

The catch? You need to have an upcoming or recently-flown flight booked through Virgin Atlantic to be eligible for Points Booster. This promotion is valid for both cash and award tickets.

The number of points that you can buy through Points Booster depends on the distance of your upcoming or recent Virgin Atlantic-booked flight. You can choose single, double, or (during some promotions) triple helpings on any flight you book through Virgin Atlantic.

So, for a 6,916-mile round-trip flight from London to New York, a single boost would let you purchase 6,916 points for $110.66 or £69.16.

You can also complete a Points Booster to flights completed within the past 6 months by calling customer service.

Points Booster 40% Bonus Promotion

Until June 30, 2022, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club members can get up to a 40% bonus when purchasing points through Points Booster:

• Single boosts earn 20% bonus points.
• Double boosts earn 30% bonus points.
• Triple boosts earn 40% bonus points.

For instance, a flight between Tokyo Haneda (HND) and New York (JFK) is 6,751 miles in distance. Here are the options for using Virgin Points Booster for this flight:

• 1x boost: 20% bonus = 8,101 points for $108.02 (1.33 cents per point)
• 2x boost: 30% bonus = 17,553 points for $216.03 (1.23 cents per point)
• 3x boost: 40% bonus = 28,354 points for $324.05 (1.14 cents per point)

If you're able to pay in GBP, you'll get an even better rate than that.

Terms and Conditions

• Only one Points Booster purchase can be applied per passenger per itinerary.
• Purchases made in connection with Points Booster cannot be combined with any other bonus tier points or any bonus points from other promotions; Points Booster only applies to the base flown point-to-point points on the flight.
• No Tier Points will be earned for any transactions made pursuant to Points Booster.
• Points purchased via Points Booster will be credited to the member’s Flying Club account within 72 hours of the originally scheduled date of the first sector of the flight in the itinerary.
• Members will have the right to cancel any purchase of points for up to 14 days after the date of purchase provided that none of the purchased points have been redeemed.
• If any purchase of points is canceled then members may not re-purchase Virgin Points on the same qualifying flight.

Alternatives to Buying Virgin Points

Virgin Atlantic Virgin points are some of the easiest points to accumulate. Virgin partners with the following transferable point currencies:

• American Express Membership Rewards (1:1)
• Chase Ultimate Rewards (1:1)
• Citi ThankYou Points (1:1)
• Bilt Rewards (1:1)
• Marriott Bonvoy (3:1)

So, if you aren't able to “boost” your Virgin balance high enough through Points Booster, you can top off your account by transferring points to book an award.

Our Take

This really is a great promotion if you want to get some more Virgin Atlantic points into your Flying Club account. Granted, you'll be restricted to purchasing multiples of the number of points you will earn on your upcoming flight or a flight you've taken in the past 6 months. But thankfully you can simply top off your account with point transfers from several transferrable point programs.