Christmas has come early for Virgin Atlantic Flying Membership members.

From right this moment, Virgin is discounting the variety of Virgin Factors required for all award seats to and from the US and the Caribbean by 50% for journey from Oct. 28, 2022, by way of March 25, 2023.

Whereas reductions on award redemptions are supplied sometimes throughout completely different packages, akin to Flying Blue’s month-to-month promo offers, these gives are normally stuffed with irritating restrictions, like blackout dates or they might solely be legitimate for economic system class flights or a handful of routes.

This provide is way extra beneficiant and simple. Merely redeem your Virgin Factors from Oct. 28, by way of Nov. 7, 2022, for a flight operated by Virgin Atlantic to any vacation spot they fly within the U.S. or the Caribbean from now by way of March 25, 2023, on any date in any cabin, and you’ll obtain 50% of your Virgin Factors again after you journey.

Money fares, upgraded with Virgin Factors may also obtain 50% of the Factors again. As you may think, sadly, there isn’t a low cost on the charges, taxes and surcharges payable on redemptions.

Gold Reward Seats (reward seats booked with double factors) are excluded. Nonetheless, Improve Rewards and Companion Rewards, together with these earned on Virgin Atlantic bank cards, are eligible for this provide.​ Flights operated by companion airways like Air France, KLM and Delta are additionally excluded.

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With no blackout dates and all cabins relevant, that is prone to be the most effective factors and miles redemption deal you will note this yr. Given the vast majority of Virgin’s route community is from the U.Ok. to the U.S. and Caribbean, the one locations excluded from this provide are:

• Cape City.
• Delhi, India.
• Islamabad.
• Johannesburg.
• Lahore, Pakistan.
• Mumbai, India.
• Tel Aviv.

So what number of Virgin Factors are you able to save in your subsequent redemption?

Listed here are the traditional costs for round-trip redemptions on Virgin Atlantic, with the 50% low cost costs additionally displayed. For one-way you will have half of the discounted value, with flights ranging from a really low 5,000 every method to the northeast U.S.

Bear in mind, Virgin’s model new A330neo plane with a brand new Higher-Class Suite is now flying to Boston (BOS), and shortly to Tampa (TPA), with each locations included on this provide.

Flying 23,750 miles from Florida to the U.Ok. every approach in enterprise class is among the finest redemption offers you might be prone to see for the foreseeable future, even with taxes and gas surcharges.

Listed here are the usual journey dates for the provide interval:

• Nov. 2 by way of Dec. 9, 2022.
• Jan. 5 by way of March 23, 2023.

Caribbean commonplace season dates:

• Nov. 2 by way of Dec. 9, 2022.
• Jan. 1 by way of March 5, 2023.
• March 30 by way of April 18, 2023.

Listed here are the height dates for the provide interval:

• Oct. 28 by way of Nov. 1, 2022.
• Dec.10-31, 2022.
• Jan. 1-4, 2023.
• March 24-25, 2023.

Caribbean peak season dates:

• Oct. 28 by way of Nov. 1, 2022.
• Dec. 10-31, 2022.
• Jan. 1 by way of March 5, 2023.

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The provide course of is a little bit uncommon and convoluted. Relatively than discounting the factors wanted when reserving in the course of the provide interval, Flying Membership members might want to redeem the total quantity, and can then obtain 50% of their factors again after touring into their Virgin Purple accounts, 28 days after journey.

Flying Membership members should be certain they’ve opened a Virgin Purple account earlier than they journey to allow them to obtain the factors again. Your Virgin Factors will show in each your Flying Membership and Virgin Purple accounts, which means you need to use the refunded factors in your Virgin Purple account to e-book flights by way of Flying Membership with out having to switch them from account to account.

Nonetheless, for such a beneficiant provide it’s value leaping by way of a number of small hoops and I think this promotion has been launched to encourage Flying Membership members to open Virgin Purple accounts. When you’ve got an current redemption to an eligible vacation spot in the course of the provide interval, chances are you’ll want to cancel it for $50 (£43) and rebook from Oct, 28, so the reserving advantages from the 50% factors refund low cost.

This unimaginable provide is accessible for a restricted time solely so be sure you e-book right here earlier than Nov. 7, 2022.