Update 2/16/22: Deal available again until March 24, 2022. Hat tip to reader JBW.
The Offer
- Receive up to 65,000 Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles when you sign up for the Virgin Atlantic World Elite MasterCard® credit card from Bank of America. Sign up bonus is broken down as follows:
- 60,000 miles after $2,000 in spend within the first three months
- 2,500 miles when you add an authorized user (up to a maximum of two, or a total of 5,000 miles)
- There is also an anniversary bonus of 15,000 miles that has a spending requirement as well:
- 7,500 miles if you spend $15,000 within the previous year
- An additional 7,500 miles if you spend $25,000 within the previous year
The Fine Print
- Annual fee of $90 is not waived
- Earns 3x miles on all Virgin Atlantic purchases that are made directly
- Earns 1.5x on all other purchases
- Companion ticket when you spend $25,000 annually
Our Verdict
The normal increased offer is 75,000 miles, but requires $12,000 in spend. This is 10,000 less miles, but requires $10,000 less spend (keep in mind if you spent that $10,000 you’d also earn 15,000 miles from the $10,000 in spend as well). I think this offer is actually better for a lot of people due to the much lower minimum spend requirement, although most people don’t find Virgin Atlantic miles to be the most valuable. Keep in mind that getting approved for Bank of America cards can be difficult and they might have other card offers you might be more interested in, for example:
- Bank of America Premium Rewards 50,000 Points + $100 Travel Credit
- Bank of America Alaska 40,000 Miles + $100
- Bank of America Amtrak Credit Card 40,000 Points + $100
- Bank of America Spirit Airlines – 30,000 Miles + $100
As always if you have any questions about Bank of America credit cards, I’d recommend reading this post first.
Hat tip to m16p
Post history:
- Update 11/8/19: Sites with affiliate links are reporting that this deal will end on December 18th, 2019.
offer seems to be dead. currently lists 30k points for 1k spend
Seems like this offer has been dead for a long time now
How long does it usually take for points to move to my virgin atlantic account? I remember it being real quick. However, this time around, it’s been over a month since the payment period in which I reached 2k ended…
I noticed that the Virgin Atlantic and KLM credit cards no longer appear on the B of A website. Are those cards being discontinued just like Asiana credit card?
Also of note: The Virgin Atlantic card lets you spend your way to status with Virgin. Spend $2500 a month and get 25 tier credits, spend $5000 and you get 50 instead. 400 gets you Silver (so you could earn that entirely by spending alone), and 1000 gets you Gold. Only Gold gets you partner benefits (= roughly equivalent to SkyTeam Elite Plus when flying with Delta, or Star Gold when flying with Singapore or Air New Zealand, and Gold on Virgin Australia… whatever that’s worth with them these days).
Called twice to get AF waived, no luck. Downgraded to Cash Preferred
surprised tehy would let you downgrade this card they would not let me do it
I got 60k bonus miles(now they are called virgin points and do not expire) last year, now I don’t know what to do with these points.
Going to either close the card or convert to cash card.
Is it true that BoA never gives retention offer or waive off AF
Can anyone answer whether or not Virgin Atlantic is bankrupt?
Keep in mind, they filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy. Basically restructuring in process and there could potentially be a lot less routes. idk I might be wrong but do your research.
https://thepointsguy.com/news/did-virgin-atlantic-really-file-for-bankruptcy/
Keep in mind Delta will do everything to it going for Heathrow slots post pandemic