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While some hotel programs offer discounts on paid stays, it's less common to find discounted award stays or points sales on hotel redemptions. Virgin Hotels — a small but mighty collection of hotels around the world — occasionally runs promotions that let you book stays for fewer points. Combine that with generous transfer bonuses from credit card programs, and your next stay could cost a lot less than you originally expected.
Here are the properties currently available at discounted rates — and how to earn the Virgin points needed to book them.
Score Discounted Award Stays at These Virgin Hotels
Virgin Hotels regularly discounts select award stays throughout the year, and while the participating locations change, there's almost always an opportunity to save some of your hard-earned points for a future trip.
Bookings must be made at least 7 days in advance of your stay — so no last-minute bookings if you want to take advantage of these promos. Cancellations must be processed at least 72 hours ahead of check-in or you'll lose the points used for that reservation. Promotional redemption rates do not include breakfast. Taxes and fees are not covered by the points redemption and must be paid at the hotel.
To take advantage of these promo rates, all you need to do is log into your Virgin Red account (or create one if you still don't have one) and head to the Virgin Hotels Rewards Stays webpage, where all current promotions are listed.
And if you haven't already done so, link your Virgin Red account to The Know (Virgin Hotels' bespoke loyalty program) and once you find the hotel promo you'd like to take advantage of, click on it to begin your redemption.
Follow the reservation prompts and make sure to toggle the “Pay with Virgin Points” option on. Once you enter your travel dates (which must be within the promo window), the site will confirm availability. Continue through the reservation steps, and your points will be deducted once you're done booking.
You can learn more about booking these and all of the other Virgin Hotels, including Virgin Limited Edition Hotels using points on our Virgin Hotels guide.
Virgin Hotel New Orleans
Those planning to visit the Big Easy can take advantage of this limited-time promo to save 30% on stays at Virgin Hotel New Orleans. The hotel is located in the Warehouse District just a short walk from the French Quarter, which you absolutely want to visit. But you're also going to want to spend time on property, with a rooftop pool and very trendy bar, it's the perfect place to retreat on a hot summer day after exploring town.
Redemptions for stays between June 1 and June 30, 2026, start at 22,500 Virgin points per weeknight and 32,500 on weekends. All promotional point redemptions are for a Chamber room for one or two guests.
Virgin Hotel Dallas
Located in the Dallas Design District and very close to uptown and downtown, the Virgin Hotel Dallas is a great choice when visiting the city. And if your travel dates align with this promo, you could be saving 30% on your points redemptions to stretch your Virgin points further.
Promotional redemptions apply to stays between August 1 and August 31, 2026, and the cost of a Chamber room for either one or two guests starts at 25,000 points per night on weekdays and 37,500 on weekends.
Easy Ways to Earn More Virgin Points
There are plenty of ways to earn Virgin points and grow your balance, including flying with Virgin Atlantic, staying at Virgin Hotels, and even sailing with Virgin Voyages.
But that's not all. Virgin Red also offers its own credit card to help you earn points on everyday purchases, and Virgin is a transfer partner of several major loyalty programs, making it easy to convert transferable rewards points into Virgin points.
Virgin transfer partners
If you have points on any of the following programs, you can take advantage of generous transfers into Virgin Red. Most of these transfer at a one-to-one ratio, which means you're getting great value from these transfers.
Many times throughout the year, credit cards will offer transfer bonuses to Virgin, allowing you the chance to stretch your points even further. Check out our page on the current transfer bonuses to see if there's one going on right now.
$95Rates & Fees
- 5X points on Lyft rides through September 2027
- 5X points on travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3X points on dining at restaurants worldwide
- 3X points on eligible streaming services
- 3X points on online grocery purchases (excluding Target, Walmart, and wholesale clubs)
- 2X points on all other travel
- 1X point per dollar spent on all other purchases
$95
- 5X miles per dollar on purchases through Capital One Entertainment
- 5X miles per dollar on hotels, vacation rentals and rental cars booked through Capital One Travel
- 2X miles per dollar on all other purchases
$325Rates & Fees
(Terms apply)
- 4X Membership Rewards® points at restaurants worldwide, plus takeout and delivery in the U.S. (on up to $50,000 per year in purchases, then 1X)
- 4X Membership Rewards® points at U.S. supermarkets (on up to $25,000 per year in purchases, then 1X)
- 5X Membership Rewards® points on prepaid hotels booked on amextravel.com
- 3X Membership Rewards® points on flights booked directly with airlines or on amextravel.com
- 2X Membership Rewards® points on prepaid car rentals booked through amextravel.com
- 2X Membership Rewards® points on cruises booked and paid through amextravel.com
- 1X on other eligible purchases
Virgin Red Rewards Mastercard®
The Virgin Red Rewards Mastercard® comes with a very generous welcome bonus: Earn 60,000 points with the Virgin Red Rewards Mastercard® when you open a new account and spend $4,000 in the first 90 days.
The card charges a modest annual fee of $99 and earns:
- Earn 3X Virgin Points per $1 spent on Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Hotels and Virgin Voyages.
- Earn 2X Virgin Points per $1 at grocery stores, restaurants, streaming services and EV charging.
- Earn 5,000 Virgin Points each year as an anniversary bonus.
- Unlock up to two Personal Perks each year when you meet spend thresholds.
- Earn Tier Points toward Virgin Atlantic Flying Club status through qualifying spend.
- Book two nights at Virgin Hotels and get a third night free each year.
- Add additional cardholders and earn bonus Virgin Points.
- Access Mastercard World Elite Concierge services.
- $99 annual fee.
- Earn 3X Virgin Points per $1 spent on Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Hotels and Virgin Voyages.
- Earn 2X Virgin Points per $1 at grocery stores, restaurants, streaming services and EV charging.
- Earn 5,000 Virgin Points each year as an anniversary bonus.
- Unlock up to two Personal Perks each year when you meet spend thresholds.
- Earn Tier Points toward Virgin Atlantic Flying Club status through qualifying spend.
- Book two nights at Virgin Hotels and get a third night free each year.
- Add additional cardholders and earn bonus Virgin Points.
- Access Mastercard World Elite Concierge services.
- $99 annual fee.
- 3X points per $1 spent on Virgin Atlantic flights, Virgin Hotels bookings and Virgin Voyages cruises.
- 2X points per $1 spent at grocery stores and restaurants, as well as on streaming services and electric vehicle charging.
- 1 point per $1 on everything else.
Bottom Line
The Dallas and New Orleans Virgin Hotels are gorgeous, and this is a great way for you to use your points for a discounted stay. Considering that credit card programs transfer at a 1:1 ratio at a minimum before and transfer bonuses, this gives you the chance to enjoy a weekend (or longer) getaway for even less.
Make sure to bookmark the page and check back often as these hotels will rotate, so you never know what you're going to get.
For rates and fees of the cards mentioned in this post, please visit the following links: Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card (Rates & Fees), and American Express® Gold Card (Rates & Fees)
