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STATUS MATCH TO FLYING CLUB SILVER OR GOLD AND WIN 1 MILLION POINTS

  • Customers who match their status to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Gold or Silver between 15th January and 14th February 2025 will automatically be entered into a prize draw

  • Five lucky winners will receive 1 million points, good for up to 28 Premium Saver reward seats to New York City or Tampa*

  • Virgin Points never expire and can be redeemed across all 18 global SkyTeam members alongside Virgin Atlantic including Delta Air Lines, Air France, KLM, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, and Aeromexico

Virgin Atlantic is launching a limited time status match offer giving five lucky UK-based customers the opportunity to win 1,000,000 Virgin Points and become a points ‘million air.’ 

Customers who status match to Virgin Atlantic Silver or Gold between today and 14 February 2025 will automatically be entered into a prize draw to win 1 million points which is the equivalent to 10 Upper Class Saver Reward seats to New York City, Atlanta or Washington DC*. As Virgin Points never expire, customers can plan their holidays for years to come, drawing on their points balance at a time that suits them. 

Virgin Atlantic’s status match programme allows customers in the top tier of 11 airlines – British Airways, Air Canada, Air India, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Hawaiian, Iberia, Lufthansa, South African Airways, United Airlines – the opportunity to receive the equivalent status on Virgin Atlantic. To become Flying Club Gold, customers need to have a future revenue or redemption flight booked with Virgin Atlantic or one of our codeshare partners in either Premium or Upper Class while those matching to Silver will need to have a future revenue or redemption flight booked with Virgin Atlantic or one of our codeshare partners in any cabin. Customers must not have held Flying Club status in the last five years using status match.*

Anthony Woodman, Vice President, Flying Club & CRM, Virgin Atlantic, commented; 

“Our Flying Club status match makes it easy for customers who are not feeling the love from their existing airline to experience the award-winning hospitality of Virgin Atlantic. We’re delighted to go one step further by making five lucky winners points ‘million airs’ – a flying start into the world of Flying Club.”

Virgin Atlantic has recently seen a significant increase in members booking reward seats, following its announcement that Flying Club members can now use Virgin Points to pay for any seat on the plane on any date.  The innovation is designed to offer absolute choice and flexibility for its loyal customers, with the price of seats varying in line with demand, in a similar way to standard tickets. 

Virgin Atlantic has a history of innovation for its most loyal Flying Club members. In 2020 Flying Club became the first loyalty programme in the world to award tier points on reward flights. In 2021 Virgin Red launched, bringing together the Virgin ecosystem to recognise and reward customer loyalty to the brand. Following the launch of Virgin Red, Virgin Points no longer expire and can be spent on a variety of rewards across both Flying Club and Virgin Red, from cinema tickets and hot drinks to flights and extraordinary experiences. In 2023 Flying Club started offering all members – not just elite tiers – free seat selection with a Virgin Atlantic Holiday, followed by boarding first in Economy. 

In 2023, Virgin Atlantic joined SkyTeam as the alliance’s first and only UK airline giving Flying Club members more opportunities to earn Virgin Points and Tier Points across all 18 global airlines including Delta Air Lines, Air France, KLM, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, and Aeromexico, accelerating both their rewards and tier status.  Additionally, Flying Club members will be able to redeem hard-earned points on SkyTeam member airlines.  Additionally, Silver Card holders are recognised as SkyTeam Elite Members, whilst the airline’s Gold Card members have become Elite Plus. SkyTeam Elite Plus, First and Business Class customers enjoy SkyPriority services including priority check in, baggage handling and boarding. Extra baggage allowance is offered to both Elite and Elite Plus members.  

For more information on this offer please visit https://flywith.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/flying-club/members/status-match.html

* Taxes, fees and charges apply. The price of reward seats is variable and will be displayed at the time of booking. Example is for travel on a reward seat at the Maximum Saver reward seat price in standard season, subject to availability and will not necessarily be available in every cabin or on every flight. Full Flying Club Terms and Conditions can be found online.

ENDS  

Airline Programme Top Tier Second tier
Air Canada Aeroplan 50K, 75K, Super Elite 25K, 35K
Air India Flying Returns Gold or Platinum Silver
American Airlines AAdvantage Executive Platinum or Concierge Key Platinum Pro
British Airways Executive Club Gold Silver
Cathay Pacific Marco Polo Diamond Gold
Emirates Emirates Skywards Platinum or Gold Silver
Hawaiian HawaiianMiles Pualani Platinum Pualani Gold
Iberia Iberia Plus Platino Oro
Lufthansa Miles & More Hon Circle Senator (Gold)
South African Airways Voyager Platinum, Gold Silver
United Airlines Mileage Plus Premier 1K or Global Services Premier Platinum

For further information please contact the Virgin Atlantic press office on +441293 747373 or email press.office@fly.virgin.com     

About Virgin Atlantic        

Virgin Atlantic was founded by entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson in 1984, with innovation and amazing customer service at its core. In 2024, Virgin Atlantic was voted Britain’s only Global Five Star Airline by APEX for the eighth year running in the Official Airline Ratings. Headquartered in London, it employs 8,500 people worldwide, flying customers to 30 destinations across four continents throughout the year.       

Alongside shareholder and Joint Venture partner Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic operates a leading transatlantic network, with onward connections to over 200 cities around the world. In February 2020, Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic launched an expanded Joint Venture, offering a comprehensive route network, convenient flight schedules, competitive fares and reciprocal frequent flyer benefits, including the ability to earn and redeem miles across all carriers.  Virgin Atlantic joined SkyTeam in March 2023 as the global airline alliance’s first and only UK member airline, enhancing the alliance’s transatlantic network and services to and from Heathrow and Manchester Airport.         

Virgin Atlantic has been pioneering sustainability leadership for more than 15 years, committing to Net Zero by 2050 and continuous action that reduces environmental impact.  The airline operates one of the youngest and most fuel-efficient fleets in the skies, with an average age under seven years. In October 2022, Virgin Atlantic welcomed its first A330-900’s to the fleet, continuing its transformation towards 100% next generation aircraft by 2028.  In November 2023, the airline led a consortium to deliver the world’s first flight across the Atlantic on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), demonstrating that 100% SAF can be used safely as a drop in fuel in existing infrastructure, engines and airframes. The need to scale production is an industry imperative and Virgin Atlantic is committed to radical collaboration across the energy chain to support commercialisation ahead of 2030.         

For more information visit www.virginatlantic.com or via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @virginatlantic.     

Terms and conditions

  1. The prize draw is open to all UK residents aged 18 years or over, except employees of the Promoter, their families, agents or any third party directly associated with administration of the prize draw.
  2. Upon successfully matching your airline status to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Silver or Gold tier, as per the Flying Club status match Terms and Conditions, you will be automatically entered into the prize draw to win one of five prizes of 1 million Virgin Points. Entrants must not cancel their future flight booking(s) made, as a condition of status match, in order for their prize draw entry to be valid.
  3. All entries must be submitted by completing this status match form and only one entry per person is permitted.
  4. The opening date for entries is 00:01 on Wednesday 15 January 2025. The closing date of the prize draw is 23:59 on Friday 14 February 2025. Entries received after this time will not be counted.
  5. If for any reason a technical interruption, fault or site failure occurs when making a status match application online, the Promoter does not take any responsibility for incomplete applications and any incomplete applications will not be considered valid for entry into the prize draw. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any applications which are not completed or accepted for any reason.
  6. A winner will be chosen by random draw performed by a computer process on 21 February 2025 ("Draw Date").
  7. The five winners will receive one prize of 1 million Virgin Points awarded to their Flying Club account.
  8. The five winners will be notified by email or telephone using details on their Flying Club account by 28th February. If a winner does not respond to the Promoter within 14 days of being notified by the Promoter, then the winner's prize will be forfeited and the Promoter will be entitled to select another winner in accordance with the process described above.
  9. The prize of 1 million Virgin Points will be awarded to the winner’s Flying Club account within seven days of flying the eligible flight(s) to successfully qualify for a status match to Flying Club.
  10. The prize for the winners is non-exchangeable, non-transferable and no cash alternative is offered. 
  11. The prize is supplied by Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited (the "Supplier"). The Promoter reserves the right to replace the prize with an alternative prize of equal or higher value if circumstances beyond the Promoter's control makes it necessary to do so. 
  12. The decision of the Promoter regarding any aspect of the prize draw is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into about it.
  13. The Promoter must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place. To comply with this obligation the Promoter will send the surname and county of major prize winners to anyone who writes to Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited, The VHQ, Fleming Way, Crawley RH10 9DF (enclosing a self-addressed envelope) within one month after the closing date stated in condition 4. If you object to any or all of your surname or county being published or made available, please contact the Promoter. In such circumstances, the Promoter must still provide the information and winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority on request.
  14. Participants are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions upon entry. The Promoter reserves the right to refuse entry, or refuse to award the prize to anyone in breach of these terms and conditions. 
  15. The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, cancel, suspend, or amend the promotion where it becomes necessary to do so.
  16. Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Promoter, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
  17. Personal data supplied during the course of this promotion will only be processed as set out in the Promoter's Privacy Policy. 
  18. The prize draw will be governed by English law and entrants to the prize draw submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts.
  19. The Promoter of this prize draw is Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited of The VHQ, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 9DF.