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If you didn't know, you can redeem your Virgin Points for more than just award flights. You can also redeem them for Virgin Voyages. Years ago, select Virgin Voyages were available for under 100k points. However, Virgin is now offering a significantly wider range of cruise options — albeit at a substantially higher price. Cruises now start at 280,000 points for an all-inclusive sailing, although some of the more epic itineraries climb north of a million.
Don't have Virgin Points already? Don't worry. Virgin Points are some of the easiest points to accumulate in the world of points and miles. Here's how to use your Virgin Points to book a cruise and whether it's a good idea.
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Book Virgin Voyages Using Virgin Points
Virgin Voyages now offers dozens of sailings bookable with Virgin Points, with prices ranging from 280,000 Points up to a whopping 1.82 million Virgin Points per cabin. Departures run through the end of 2026, though availability is limited.
Pricing is per cabin and covers up to two guests. Unlike some cruise lines, solo sailors don’t get a reduced rate. Every Virgin Voyages sailing is adults-only and all-inclusive. This means your booking covers food, soft drinks, tips, group fitness classes, entertainment, Wi-Fi, and more. Even the $150–$200 in port taxes and fees are included.
There’s no set deadline to book, but availability is first-come, first-served.
To redeem points for a cruise, sign in to Virgin Red and select your preferred voyage. After making a purchase, you will receive an access code within three days that you can use to book your cruise directly with Virgin Voyages.
On average, AwardWallet users redeem Virgin Points for 3.64¢ each. Thus, redeeming 280,000 points for a cruise means you're redeeming north of $10,000 in points. Considering you can book the same cruise with Delta Cruises or other cruise booking portals for as low as $636, you may considering holding off using your points for a cruise until the cheaper options come back.
Which Virgin Voyages are available through this promotion?
These are some of the cheapest cruises available for this promotion:
| Cruise | Date(s) | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 4-night cruise, Fire and Sunset Soirées | September 3, September 17 | 280-315k points |
| 5-night cruise, True Crime Voyage | October 10 | 295,000 points |
| 6-night cruise, One-way to SJ: DR, St. Maarten & BVI | November 2 | 295,000 points |
| 5-night cruise, Mayan Sol | September 7, October 5 | 305-310k points |
| 5-night cruise, Riviera Maya: Halloween Edition | October 19 | 305,000 points |
| 5-night cruise, Riviera Maya | September 21 | 310,000 points |
| 5-night cruise, Riviera Maya | Multiple dates in 2025-2026 | 310-445k points |
| 6-night cruise, San Juan to Barbados & the St. Isles | November 29 | 320,000 points |
| 4-night cruise, Fire and Sunset Soirées | Multiple dates in 2025-2026 | 325-385k points |
| 5-night cruise, Dominican Daze | September 12, September 26 | 325-340k points |
| 4-night cruise, Fire and Sunset Soirées | Multiple dates in 2025-2026 | 325-350k points |
It's worth reiterating that availability changes constantly. If one of these offerings piques your interest, act fast before it sells out.
However, we should also note that earlier this year, these same cruises were available for as low as 149,000 points. It's unclear whether we'll see those lower rates again, but this represents a significant price increase from just a short time ago.
Terms and conditions
- Valid on new bookings only.
- Cruise packages do not include flights and transfers. It's a good idea to get your cruise confirmation before booking your flights.
- It's suggested that you book your cruise at least five days before travel.
- As these are adult-only cruises, all passengers must be at least 18 years old.
- You'll be booking into a Central Sea Terrace cabin (or The Sea Terrace, depending on availability)
- Purchased “Access Keys” cannot be used in conjunction with any offer, discount, or credit.
- The price is per cabin (one or two persons). There is no single sailor supplement available.
- Once the access key has been redeemed, no refunds or changes are permitted.
- These promotions are exclusive to Virgin Red members — but it's free to join Virgin Red.
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How to Earn the Virgin Points Necessary to Book a Cruise
Travelers have plenty of ways to collect Virgin Points. However, the easiest way for most readers to accumulate Virgin Points is to transfer points from one of the following rewards programs:
Most of these partnerships are directly with Virgin Atlantic Flying Club instead of Virgin Red. To use Flying Club points to book Virgin Voyages cruises, you must first link your Flying Club account to Virgin Red.
If you happen to need more Virgin Points, here are some additional ways you could earn them:
- Buy Virgin Points when there's a sale or a discount.
- Apply for the Virgin Red Rewards World Elite Mastercard and earn its welcome bonus.
- Credit Virgin Atlantic and SkyTeam partner flights to Flying Club.
- Shop through the Shops Away shopping portal.
- Earn bonus points on stays at any Virgin Hotel property in Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, and more.
Our Take
Since 2023, Virgin Voyages has offered cruises for Virgin Red members to book with points. Sadly, the days of an 80k-point cruise appear to be gone. Moreover, cruises that were 149k points a few months ago now require over 280k points. You can even find cruises for well over a million points. In such cases, you may want to put your Virgin Points to better use and book cruises with cash instead.
Virgin Points are incredibly easy to earn. If the dates for available cruises are ones you can make work (and there's still availability), you have the option of booking with Virgin Points. Here's the complete list of departures.
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