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Get Virgin Atlantic Elite Status for a Year With a Status Match

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    Via Travel Update, you can use your status with another airline to get elite status with Virgin Atlantic.

    This means you can enjoy perks with Virgin Atlantic like earning bonus miles, free checked bags, seat upgrades, and more!

    It isn’t hard to match your status.  Plus, you’ll have status for 12 months after your status is matched.

    Folks With Virgin Atlantic Elite Status Can Choose Their Seat in Advance, for Free!

    I’ll explain how to match your status!

    Match Your Airline Status With Virgin Atlantic

    Link:   Virgin Atlantic Status Match

    For a limited time, Virgin Atlantic is offering a status match to Virgin Atlantic Silver or Gold status, if you can prove you have elite status with certain airlines, including:

    Whether you’ll get Silver or Gold status with Virgin Atlantic depends on which elite status level you have with one of the qualifying airlines.

    For example, you need Executive Platinum status with American Airlines to get matched to Gold elite status with Virgin Atlantic.

    Wondering Which Elite Levels Virgin Atlantic Will Match? Check Out This Chart!

    To get the status match, you’ll need to send the following information to Flying.Club.Support.UK@fly.virgin.com:

    Is It Worth It?

    If you qualify, getting a status match is a no-brainer.  Because it only takes a couple of minutes, and you never know when a travel opportunity might come up!

    That said, Virgin Atlantic Silver Elite status isn’t that great.  You’ll get benefits like priority check-in and the ability to select your seat in advance.

    Gold status is much more valuable, because you’ll get perks like free checked bags, priority boarding, free seat selection, access to the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouses, and more!

    Plus, Virgin Atlantic Gold members get additional benefits when flying with Delta, like bonus miles, free checked bags, priority check-in and boarding, and access to available Delta Comfort+ seats 24 hours before departure.

    So if you fly Delta a lot and qualify for a status match, it’s definitely worth it!

    How to Earn Virgin Atlantic Miles

    There are plenty of ways to earn Virgin Atlantic miles other than flying.  For example, you can earn Virgin Atlantic miles directly with the Bank of America Virgin Atlantic card.

    Or, you can move points from all 4 transferable points programs to Virgin Atlantic at a 1:1 ratio:

    Remember, when you transfer 20,000 Starwood points to airlines with a 1:1 transfer ratio, you’ll get a 5,000 mile bonus!

    Bottom Line

    You can email Virgin Atlantic at Flying.Club.Support.UK@fly.virgin.com to request a status match.

    With elite status from Virgin Atlantic, you’ll enjoy perks like bonus miles, free checked bags, priority boarding, free upgrades, and more!

    And once you match your status, you’ll get the benefits for another 12 months.

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