Turn Chase Ultimate Rewards into Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Points with a 30% bonus
Through February 17, 2025, you'll receive a 30% bonus on Chase Ultimate Rewards transfers to Virgin Atlantic's Flying Club. Transfer bonuses, if you're unfamiliar with them, are promotions that incentivize you to exchange one point of currency for another. As one of the most versatile 'bank points,' Chase Ultimate Rewards can be transferred to 14 travel partners. This current transfer bonus with Virgin Atlantic might be a good deal if you're seeking to top up your Flying Club balance for an immediate redemption.
It's worth mentioning that Flying Club habitually sells points throughout the year (usually with a bonus of 70%), so depending on your situation, it may make sense to purchase Flying Club points directly through Virgin Atlantic's website if you only need a handful. As Chase Ultimate Rewards can be deployed in many different ways, there's a real opportunity cost to transfer them out when there are relatively frictionless alternatives. Over the last few years, the best transfer bonus we've seen between Chase and Virgin Atlantic is 40% (in October 2024) so while the current offer may not not be as high, it is in line with what we've come to expect as the prior offers have been at 30%, the same rate for this current offer. Chase and Virgin Atlantic team up to offer these transfer bonuses one to two times a year.
How Do You Transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards to Flying Club Points?
Transferring your Ultimate Rewards is simple:
- Start by logging into your Chase account at chase.com, then navigate to the Ultimate Rewards portal and select 'Travel' from the top menu, then 'Transfer points to partners' from the dropdown.
- Given the promotion, Flying Club will be one of the first programs you see on the page. Select Flying Club from the list.
- Click 'Transfer Points' and follow the prompts to complete the process.
What are Some Good Uses of Flying Club Points?
Oftentimes you'll find the best redemption deals come from using the loyalty currency of one airline to redeem for a flight on another airline. For example, one might redeem Flying Club Points to fly with a partner airline, say Delta Airlines, as they are members of the same airline alliance - Skyteam. Airlines also strike one-off partnerships with others airlines, even if they aren't part of the same alliance, thus enabling members to earn and redeem miles when flying each respective program. This is a key concept for playing the points and miles game and I touch upon this briefly in this Introduction to Points and Miles - A Primer post.
The Flying Club loyalty program is a favorite among points and miles enthusiasts due to the good availability of premium cabin partner awards seating, reasonable redemption costs, and frequent points sales. There are some solid redemption options within Flying Club.
For example, for just 60,000 Flying Club points (one way) you can fly in style - business class - between the Japan and the U.S. on All Nippon Airways.
Or if you're keen on seeing Korean, you could fly Delta One, from the US to Seoul.
Conclusion
If you plan to take advantage of this 30% transfer bonus between Chase and Virgin Atlantic you have until the February 17, 2025 to do so.
Feel free to share your favorite Flying Club redemption ideas in the comments!