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MSE News: Virgin Atlantic launches two credit cards - but how do they compare to BA cards?

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Virgin Atlantic has relaunched two airline credit cards allowing customers to earn a free flight upgrade or companion ticket. They're good for Virgin collectors but don't have the 'wow' factor of the longstanding British Airways cards...
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This is a much worse deal. I might just get rid of it.
They will continue to work for now, but they'll go at some point, the same as all non-amex issued amex cards will (are there any left now that you can apply for?!).
Apparently KLM and Air France will become options at some point.
Started collecting them as I flew to USA 4 years in a row and at the time Virgin were competitively priced...now I feel a bit trapped....
I'm no Virgin expert, but if you're focusing on economy flights you'll find things tough.
Perhaps switching miles to Hilton or other hotel groups will help you establish value. Or seek out Upper Class redemptions.
95k miles for an upper class redemption, or 35k for premium to some locations.
95k for upper class is good value. I booked 2x using 190k points to Cancun for around £1.1k in taxes and surcharges.
There's a good article on HeadForPoints recently about Virgin redemptions.
A good one is 75k First Class (not business!) return to Beijing.
Give it a year or so and KLM/Air France should be redeemable.
Who knows what the taxes and charges will be, since you have to phone to book.
I'm sort of miffed with all these airline frequent flyer schemes. The taxes and charges are almost always as much as booking another flight with another airline. The only Virgin redemption which doesn't seem to be like that, would be Hong Kong.
As I pay an annual fee I suspect that the old cards will be cancelled on the renewal date.
I fly Virgin frequently to the USA and have had many free Upper Class trips with them. I'm not convinced that the new cards are in fact a better deal. I hope I'm proved wrong. By the way had a B.A. card before and found it useless to book seats with points.