Virgin Atlantic has celebrated the reopening of flights between the UK and US, following the easing of coronavirus travel restrictions, by making some big improvements to the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club. The airline sees these improved perks as a reward for their loyal British customers, who have been unable to fly on Virgin Atlantic’s most popular routes for almost two years.   

Certainly, the changes represent a compelling incentive to get the airline’s most frequent flyers airborne again. Since its first flight between London Gatwick and Newark airports in 1984, flights between Great Britain and the USA have formed the backbone of Virgin Atlantic flight schedules. This is why the travel restrictions in place between the two countries, during the pandemic, hit the airline so hard.

For Virgin’s UK based frequent flyers, US border coronavirus restrictions scuppered any plans for a Virgin Atlantic points redemption and drastically reduced the ability to earn new points to spend on Virgin Atlantic reward flights too.

Virgin Atlantic rewards are often more generous than those of competitors, however, they are frequently overlooked by reward flight aficionados since the airline has fewer destinations on its route map than its larger peers and is not a member of any of the major airline alliances. 

Virgin Atlantic has celebrated the reopening of flights between the UK and US, following the easing of coronavirus travel restrictions, by making some big improvements to the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club. The airline sees these improved perks as a reward for their loyal British customers, who have been unable to fly on Virgin Atlantic’s most popular routes for almost two years.   

Certainly, the changes represent a compelling incentive to get the airline’s most frequent flyers airborne again. Since its first flight between London Gatwick and Newark airports in 1984, flights between Great Britain and the USA have formed the backbone of Virgin Atlantic flight schedules. This is why the travel restrictions in place between the two countries, during the pandemic, hit the airline so hard.

For Virgin’s UK based frequent flyers, US border coronavirus restrictions scuppered any plans for a Virgin Atlantic points redemption and drastically reduced the ability to earn new points to spend on Virgin Atlantic reward flights too.

Virgin Atlantic rewards are often more generous than those of competitors, however, they are frequently overlooked by reward flight aficionados since the airline has fewer destinations on its route map than its larger peers and is not a member of any of the major airline alliances.