Comments on: What is the Value of Miles from the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Program?

By: Virgin Credit Card Family Feud: How do America and Atlantic Compare?

Virgin Credit Card Family Feud: How do America and Atlantic Compare? — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:25:34 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:37:20 +0000

Thanks Ira for this information. I verified your point with Virgin, and you are right–the tax structure is extremely high and quite unusual. I have edited the above post to take this into account. However, it’s worth pointing out that the real value of this program isn’t using miles to redeem awards on VA itself, but rather via its partner airlines, where you get *much better* value–without the tax burden!

By: Ira

Ira — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:11:59 +0000

The Virgin program is not really that good as a mileage ticket requires you to pay European taxes and fees.
For example the New York-London mileage ticket has taxes of over $450.00 mitigating any value for the low mileage required
Thanks.