Get a 30% bonus once you switch your Citi ThankYou Rewards factors to Virgin Atlantic Flying Membership

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For a restricted time solely, Citi cardholders can obtain a 30% bonus when transferring ThankYou Rewards factors to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.

ThankYou Rewards members sometimes get a 1:1 switch ratio, which means you may sometimes get 1,000 Virgin factors for transferring 1,000 ThankYou factors. Nevertheless, from now till March 16, you may get 1,300 Virgin factors as an alternative for every increment of 1,000 factors you switch.

You could switch increments of 1,000 Citi ThankYou factors, so you may have to spherical as much as the following 1,000 factors when figuring out what number of factors it’s worthwhile to switch for an award.

Transfers to Flying Membership have been instantaneous in our testing.

Associated: The ultimate guide to Citi ThankYou Rewards transfer partners

Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Membership program continues to be quirky and precious. Whereas Virgin does impose surcharges for flights throughout the Atlantic by itself metallic, particularly in premium cabins, financial system awards to London-area airports begin at simply 10,000 Virgin factors on off-peak dates. If you wish to benefit from the 30% Citi switch bonus provide, you would want to switch simply 8,000 ThankYou Rewards factors, providing you with 10,400 Virgin factors.

Whereas Delta Air Strains flights sometimes begin at 15,000 Virgin factors one-way to London, we now have seen some dates go for as little as 10,000 factors; nevertheless, there are carrier-imposed surcharges to be paid, that are greater than what Virgin will cost for its flights. Due to this fact, it could be greatest to buy round and search for other award flights earlier than paying excessive surcharges.

In the event you’re seeking to ebook Delta flights from the U.S. to European locations exterior the U.Okay., you may want about 30,000 Virgin factors. Nevertheless, the taxes and costs are nearly nonexistent, and you’ll not need to pay carrier-imposed surcharges. On this instance, if you wish to switch your Citi factors to Virgin with a 30% bonus, you would want to switch 24,000 ThankYou Rewards factors.

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Associated: How to book Delta award flights with Virgin Atlantic Flying Club points

You may earn Citi ThankYou factors by a few of Citi’s credit cards. Listed below are a few of our favourite Citi playing cards that may earn ThankYou factors:

In the event you plan to redeem miles to fly Virgin Atlantic, Delta or their SkyTeam partners (even the incredible All Nippon Airways sweet spot if you will discover availability), this can be a nice option to enhance your Virgin factors by 30% by transferring Citi ThankYou Rewards factors to Flying Membership.

One other means to take a look at it’s that you’ll want 30% fewer Citi factors if transferred throughout this promotion.

We do not suggest transferring factors until you may have a particular use in thoughts as, sadly, devaluations can and do occur, however for those who do have a Flying Membership redemption in thoughts, switch your Citi factors earlier than March 16 to get pleasure from a 30% bonus.