Which Credit Card Points Transfer To Virgin Atlantic?

Find out which partner credit cards earn rewards transferable to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club and calculate which cards will earn you the most points.

Written By: Robert Flowers III

Updated On: 11-13-2024

Quick Overview

Earn Virgin Atlantic points with over 20 partner credit cards across 8 programs.
Top Virgin Atlantic credit card transfer partners include American Express Membership Rewards, Bilt Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards and Citi ThankYou Rewards—all offering 1:1 transfers.
Use co-branded credit cards from Marriott Bonvoy, World of Hyatt, and other hotel loyalty programs to easily top off your Virgin Atlantic Flying Club account.

This page outlines the earning rates in Virgin points for all major Virgin Atlantic credit card transfer partners and includes a calculator to help you determine which partner cards will earn you the most points based on your spending.

Virgin Atlantic credit card transfer partners

AMEX Membership Rewards credit cards

American Express offers several of the best travel rewards credit cards in the market under their Membership Rewards program. These cards offer fantastic intro bonuses, high bonus multipliers, and superb benefits.

It also helps that American Express partners with Delta which is a close and frequent codeshare partner of Virgin Atlantic, giving you more ways to book flights on their routes.

Points earned with Membership Rewards credit cards can be transferred into Virgin Atlantic at a rate of 1,000 AMEX points for 1,000 Virgin points.

Here are the Membership Rewards credit cards you can use to earn Virgin Atlantic points:

Chase Ultimate Rewards credit cards

Chase has three Ultimate Rewards credit cards that allows you to transfer points to Virgin Atlantic. Each of these cards offer top-notch travel insurance, bonus value for redemptions made through the Chase Travel portal, and great earning rates on dining and travel.

Ultimate Rewards points can be transferred to Virgin Atlantic at a rate of 1,000 Chase points for 1,000 Virgin points.

Here are the Ultimate Rewards credit cards that allows you to transfer points to Virgin Atlantic:

Citi ThankYou Rewards credit cards

If you have the Citi Strata Premier℠ Card or Citi Prestige Card, you will be able to transfer Citi ThankYou Points to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club at a 1:1 ratio. This means that every 1,000 Citi Points you transfer to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club will give you 1,000 Virgin Points.

Citi is one of the best programs for easily maximizing your rewards with little effort and for a very low cost. This is because you can pair the Citi Strata Premier Card with the no annual fee Citi® Double Cash Card and earn 2X to 3X points on all purchases.

Use the Citi Strata Premier to earn an unlimited 3X points across it's featured bonus categories and use the Citi Double Cash to earn 2X on all other purchases (1% back when you use the card and 1% back when you pay off those charges).

Here's the credit cards you can use to earn Citi ThankYou points:

Bilt Rewards credit cards

Bilt Rewards points can be transferred to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club at a 1:1 rate. Every 1,000 Bilt Rewards points you convert will give you 1,000 Virgin points.

Bilt Rewards is most known for being able to pay for your rent and mortgage using the Bilt Mastercard and not being charged a transaction fee. This allows you to earn a large sum of points doing something you would normally have to do anyway which is paying for the roof over your head.

On top of that, Bilt Rewards makes it very easy to earn points spending locally with their partners. You can even attach a credit card to your Bilt Rewards account and earn additional points on your purchases.

Here are the credit cards Bilt offers:

Marriott Bonvoy credit cards

Marriott Bonvoy offers a long list of co-branded credit cards that you can use to earn points spending at Marriott properties as well on everyday purchases. Marriott Bonvoy points can be converted into Virgin Atlantic points at a rate of 3 Marriott Bonvoy points for 1 Virgin point.

On top of that, you will also earn a bonus 5,000 Virgin points for every 60,000-block of Marriott Bonvoy points you transfer in a single transaction. This means a 60,000-point transfer would net you a total of 25,000 Virgin points which is pretty solid.

If you frequent Marriott brand hotels, I highly recommend picking up at least one of their credit cards as they offer great value and range of top-notch benefits.

Here are the credit cards Marriott offers:

Other credit card transfer partners

Virgin Atlantic points can also be earned with a handful of other co-branded credit cards. These programs will not earn you many Virgin points, but they can be used to easily top off your account if you're a few points shy of a redemption.

Hyatt points can be transferred to Virgin Atlantic at a 5:3 rate meaning that every 5,000 Hyatt points you convert will give you 3,000 Virgin points. You will also receive a 5,000-mile bonus for every 50,000 Hyatt points you transfer in a single transaction.

Here are the credit cards Hyatt offers:

Hilton Honors points can be transferred to Virgin Atlantic at a 20:3 rate. Every 20,000 points you transfer will give you 3,000 Virgin points.

Here are Hilton's co-branded credit cards:

IHG One Rewards points can be transferred to Virgin Atlantic at a 5:1 rate. Every 5,000 IHG points you transfer will give you 1,000 Virgin points.

Here are the credit cards IHG offers:

What's the best credit card for Virgin points?

Input your monthly and yearly spend amounts into our credit card finder tool to find out which credit cards will earn you the most Virgin points and best return per $1 spent.

Results will include all co-branded Virgin Atlantic credit cards and all Virgin Atlantic Flying Club credit card transfer partners. Results will show up to the top 20 cards.

Want More Customization?

This calculator uses our valuations, the intro bonuses we have in the database, and includes the maximum (calculable) bonuses for each card. If you want to have control over these options and much more, check out this tool:

Rewards Credit Card Directory & Calculator: Virgin Points

Any currencies you add to the tool will be selectable when entering spend into the Spend Categories section of the calculator.

Do note that any foreign currencies selected will automatically be converted to the card's default currency when calculating rewards.

Currency Controls

Currencies

Sections of the calculator allows you to choose a currency. You will be able to choose from the options below. If you want more options, add them!

Currency Conversions

This site's currency rates update once per hour. If you have a different exchange rate in mind for any of the added currencies, you can change the rate here.

Calculator Options

Year 1 or Year 2+?

Year 1 - Calculate how much you will earn in your first year of being a cardmember. Includes Intro Bonuses (if toggled on) and will use the free or reduced first year annual fees for any cards that have them.

Year 2+ - Calculate how much the card will be worth the 2nd year and onward. Automatically turns off intro bonuses and will ignore first year free/reduced annual fees.

Include Intro Bonuses?

If set to yes, intro bonuses will be included for a card's calculation ONLY IF you have met the monthly spend criteria based on what's entered into the tool.

Note: We do not have intro bonuses for all credit cards (mainly partners and popular credit cards), and we cannot calculate intro bonuses for some cards due to the complexity of some spend requirements.

Rewards Value

Input how much you value Rewards. This will be the value used in the calculator. Leave it blank if you want to use our valuation.

$0.0000 per point

Authorized Users

Some banks charge an additional fee to add family, friends, or employees to the credit card account. If you plan on adding authorized users to your credit card(s), you can enter that amount here.

Note: Some credit cards have a cap on how many authorized users you can add. While we do keep track of the fee structures, we do not keep track of caps. So be sure to check the rates and fees before applying.

Max of 100.

Income Maximum

Select if you're looking for credit cards based on your own individual income or if you're looking for credit cards based on the income of the entire household -AND- select the maximum income requirement you want listed in the results.

Income Type

Income Amount

Calculate Foreign Transaction Fees?

Many cards will charge you a foreign transaction fee when making purchases in a foreign currency. This is typically between 2.5% and 3% for most credit cards.

If set to yes, we will calculate the estimated fee for any spend entered into the calculator that is considered foreign. This amount will appear in the calculations as well.

Note: We do not have the foreign transaction fee rates for all credit cards.

Monthly/Yearly Spending

Add Categories

Search for categories and click 'Add Category' to add selected categories to the calculator.

Show selected categories

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Show category descriptions

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Results

Listed below are the results based on what you entered into the tool above. These estimates are to help guide you towards making the best decision when it comes to picking up a rewards credit card.

You can click on "Show Calculations" to see a breakdown of how the rewards were calculated, click on the card itself to learn more/apply through our partners (big thanks if you do!), or click on any of the other links to learn more about the card and it's rewards.

Do note that some of the calculations are rounded so it is possible that the estimated values may be off by a point or two when added up.

Remember that this particular tool uses our point/mile valuations, the intro bonuses we have in the database, and includes the maximum (calculable) bonuses for each card. If you want to have control over these options and much more, slide over to the Rewards Credit Card Directory & Calculator.

These calculations should be used for illustrative purposes only.