Even though the credit card offers we provide are generally UK based, this doesn’t mean that the benefits are not applicable to other credit cards in other countries. For example, I have discussed the benefits of the UK American Express Gold Credit Card , however, similar welcome offers are available in the US aswell.

In 2019, Delta Airlines and Virgin Atlantic formed a partnership which allowed both airlines to expand their networks. As part of this membership, Virgin Atlantic has added Delta operated flights to their reward flight scheme. This opened up a huge amount of savings on internal domestic US flights.

Reward Flight Example

I am hoping by now you are intrigued so I will get to the gist of it. For demonstration purposes, I will be taking a roundtrip on a domestic route from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport (ATL) to New York’s John F Kennedy Airport (JFK).

Directly booking this round trip route with Delta Airlines will cost you circa $316 (tax included). The booking includes a Main Cabin allocation with only a carry-on bag.

However, making the same booking in the same class will cost $11 with 22,000 points. This is a significant amount of saving in comparison to directly booking through Delta Airlines or any other travel agency. However, this is excluding the actual value of the points used (22,000).

The table below compares the two bookings including the value of the reward points used based on American Express’s valuation.

If the numbers don’t speak for themselves, it can be seen that making the booking the Virgin Atlantic Rewards flight program saves you a whooping $217!!

Conclusion

I truly think Virgin Atlantic’s reward flight program is one of the best out there, and what makes it great is the partnerships they have with airlines. The joint venture with Delta Airlines permits a vast amount of savings on domestic travel through Virgin Atlantic’s Reward Program.

Ofcourse the main question you might have is how do I gain the reward points in the first place. Please do refer to the UK’s American Express Preferred Rewars Gold Credit Card page and compare it to the equivalent American Express credit card offer available in the US. The same principle applies and Virgin Atlantic is a mutual travel partner on both UK and US American Express platforms.