The countdown to Christmas is officially on and I am loving it! Advent calendars have come a long way from the simple chocolate-filled versions of childhood - today, they’re a festive ritual in themselves. Whether it’s fine wine, indulgent beauty treats, fun LEGO builds, or even daily dog or cat biscuits, there’s an advent calendar for everyone on your list. This year, we are on a mission here at Points Well Made. We want to help you earn as many Avios or Virgin Points on you

Alrighty fellow Virgin Points collectors. You are in for a treat this November! Virgin Trains Ticketing – the handy app from Virgin which we have talked about before and love – is serving up a seriously juicy bonus right now: TRIPLE Virgin Points on your train bookings. What Is the Offer? During the rest of the year: You normally earn 3 Virgin Points for every £1 spent. There are no booking fees (yep, zero!), so goodbye Trainline, hello Virgin Trains Ticketing! But from now u

Update: Flights using Virgin Points are now on sale. Remember when Virgin Atlantic paused ticket sales for their Seoul route back in July , citing "pending South Korean permit approvals" and posting that playful "Seoul's calling – just not quite yet" message? Well, Seoul is apparently calling Virgin Atlantic now, because tickets are finally – sort of on sale. And we do mean sort of . The new daily service launches on 29 March 2026, with fares starting from £799 in Economy, £1

Great news if you're already a Virgin Atlantic credit cardholder! Virgin Money have quietly rolled out a refer-a-friend scheme that lets you pocket 5,000 Virgin Points every time someone you refer successfully signs up and meets the spending requirements. About time! While Amex cardholders have been racking up referral bonuses for years, Virgin has finally joined the party! How Does It Work? The process is straightforward: Grab your unique referral code from the Virgin Money

Virgin Atlantic has announced a new seasonal service between London Heathrow and Phuket, operating three times weekly from 18th October 2026. The route will be flown on the Boeing 787-9, with flights departing London on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at midday, arriving the following morning at 7:10am. Return services leave Phuket at 9:20am arriving back at Heathrow at 4:00pm. Daydreaming out of the 787 window... Package holidays through Virgin Atlantic Holidays go on sale f

The Bargain Bin is back - and it’s better than ever! If you’ve been stockpiling Virgin Points and wondering when to pounce, this might be your moment. Between now and early 2026, there are some seriously sharp deals hiding in plain sight. As always, we’ve been keeping a close eye on vseats.io , the go-to tool for Virgin collectors that surfaces those “wait, is that right?” redemptions across routes and cabins. Where might you be able to fly with a points redemption? From Bo

American Express has launched a targeted offer for Virgin Atlantic that's worth adding to your card if you're planning to book flights before the end of November. What is this Virgin Atlantic Offer? The offer is a generous one, spend £800 or more online at Virgin Atlantic, get £100 back. The offer is valid until 27th November 2025 and is limited to the first 70,000 cardmembers who save it to their card by going into the "Offers" section in the app. Are you following us social

Great news - the popular Tesco Clubcard to Virgin Points bonus promotion is back for another round! Virgin/Tesco are once again giving away 5,000 Virgin Points to new auto-exchange sign-ups. If you're a Tesco Clubcard holder and love to travel, this is your chance to score an extra 5,000 Virgin Points - and it couldn't be easier. Virgin Red is offering a bonus of 5,000 Virgin Points when you sign up for the first time to auto transfer your Tesco Clubcard points into Virgin Po

Welcome back to our Thursday Travel Tips series – where we help you turn everyday spending into extraordinary travel rewards. This week, we’re diving into one of the lesser known earning opportunities available right now – and most people don’t even realise it exists. Make your broadband work for you and earn points on switching Switching your home broadband could earn you thousands of Avios or Virgin Points in one go. If you’re paying for internet anyway (and let’s face it,

For flyers who participate in multiple airline loyalty programs, a frustrating reality has emerged: not all airline partnerships are created equal, especially when it comes to digital booking platforms. I have had issues myself in the past trying to change frequent flyer numbers on British Airways and Malaysian Airlines. Airline booking systems are layers upon layers of legacy technology (if you can even call it that) which do struggle at times to talk to each other. In the c