Airlines

You can transfer your Virgin Points to someone else if you have Gold Elite status, and you are transferring Virgin Points to someone connected to your Household Account. You cannot however transfer or sell points from one Flying Club account to another.

On the whole, it’s not possible to transfer points from BA Avios Points to Virgin Flying Club Points. There isn’t even a way to transfer points from Avios to another programme, and then into Virgin Points. BA and Virgin are rivals of course. There are ways to use BA Avios Points on a Virgin booked flight and holiday.

There are many ways to spend your Avios Points. Some

Virgin Points are worth between 0.5p-2p each. Virgin Points redemption on an Upper Class flight will give you a value of 2p a point. Redeeming points on an Economy flight will give a worth of around 0.5p per point. There are more ways to really maximise your Virgin Point value and worth

A return flight to New York in British Airways First Class costs between 160,000-200,000 Avios Points plus taxes per person, depending on whether you fly off-peak or peak time. The cheapest First Class fare using Avios is 18,000 points when upgrading one-way to Dubai from Business Class.

You don’t need tens of thousands of Avios to put

You don’t have to collect thousands and thousands of Avios points to start making use of the rewards they have to offer. Surprisingly, many people let their Avios sit unused and let expire. If you don’t use your Avios points within 36 months of collection – and have no point activity in that time – you lose your points!

A full return flight upgrade is on offer from the (relatively) new Barclays Avios Rewards upgrade, as part of the Barclays Premier account. This means booking a flight in Premium Economy gives you an immediate boost up the cabin into Business Class for your entire return flight, with all the finery it has to offer.

By taking out the Virgin Atlantic Plus Credit Card through Virgin Money you’ll collect 15,000 Virgin Points as a bonus – as long as you make your first spend on your card within the first three months. You may be wondering what you can do with them, what value they have and importantly where you can fly to with them

Many of the Avios earning bank accounts and methods have closed during the coronavirus outbreak, and subsequent lockdowns and travel restrictions. Barclays though have relatively recently launched the Barclays Avios Rewards account – but how do you get it, is it worth it and what are the benefits?