Do you could have 80,000 factors to burn within the Virgin Purple loyalty program? In that case, act quick: You may money them in for a seven-night Mediterranean cruise for 2 that usually prices round $3,300 or extra.
The limited-time provide is barely out there for sailings on Virgin Voyages ships within the Mediterranean that start between June 1 and July 31, which implies you have to be able to journey within the subsequent two months.
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To your factors, you may get lodging for 2 on Virgin Voyages’ Athens, Greece-based Resilient Woman or Barcelona-based Valiant Woman in a Sea Terrace cabin — Virgin’s fancy means of claiming a cabin with a non-public balcony. That is a giant improve from the ship’s entry-level Insider cabins, that are within the inside of the ship and do not have home windows. It is also a step up from the vessel’s window-but-no-balcony Sea View cabins.
All of your meals will probably be included, in addition to free onboard Wi-Fi, gratuities and entrance to all onboard exhibits.
The least costly Sea Terrace cabins on seven-night sailings out of Athens and Barcelona between June 1 and July 31 begin at round $3,300 for 2, together with taxes and charges. Some departures over standard weeks begin at considerably greater costs.
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TPG values Virgin factors at 1.5 cents every, so by our estimate, 80,000 factors could be the equal of simply $1,200. That makes this an unusually good factors provide, as you are primarily getting the cruise for practically a 3rd of the traditional value.
Virgin launched an identical factors provide for Mediterranean cruises in February however with the next charge of 100,000 factors for seven-night sailings.
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Itineraries out there as a part of the promotion embody:
- Seven-night Greek Island Glow sailings out of Piraeus, Greece (the port for Athens), that carry stops at Santorini, Rhodes and Mykonos, Greece; and Bodrum, Turkey.
- Seven-night Adriatic Sea and Greek Gems sailings out of Piraeus that carry stops in Cut up and Dubrovnik, Croatia; Kotor, Montenegro; and Corfu, Greece.
- Seven-night The Irresistible Med sailings from Barcelona to Toulon, France; Carrara, Italy; Ajaccio, Corsica; and Ibiza, Spain.
- Seven-night French Daze and Ibiza sailings from Barcelona to Marseille and Cannes, France; and Palma de Mallorca and Ibiza, Spain.
Haven’t got sufficient Virgin factors to ebook the provide — or any in any respect? You may nonetheless get in on this deal by transferring factors from certainly one of a number of main bank card applications to Virgin Purple. Applications embody American Specific Membership Rewards, Bilt Rewards, Capital One, Chase Final Rewards and Citi ThankYou.
Moreover, each Amex and Chase are at present providing a 30% switch bonus to Virgin Atlantic. That knocks the worth all the way down to 62,000 transferred factors from both of these applications.
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To benefit from the provide, you first should head to the Virgin Purple app and faucet “redeem,” the place you see it promoted. This can deduct the mandatory factors out of your Virgin Purple account. A member of the Virgin Purple staff will then e-mail you an entry key inside 48 hours that you’ll use to ebook a cabin utilizing the factors on the Virgin Voyages web site.
Amongst caveats to the provide:
- There are a restricted variety of cabins out there as a part of the provide.
- Passengers will probably be assigned a Sea Terrace or Restricted View Sea Terrace cabin based mostly on availability.
- The factors value is per cabin, whether or not one particular person or two individuals are staying within the cabin. In different phrases, if you happen to’re touring alone, you may pay the total value of 80,000 factors for the cabin. If you’re touring with a companion, you may pay the identical 80,000 factors for the cabin — or 40,000 factors per particular person.
- All passengers have to be over 18 years of age.
- Every Virgin Purple member can ebook as much as 4 cabins as a part of the provide, however the reserving get together should test in on the identical time.
- The Virgin Purple member liable for the reserving should current their Virgin Purple app to confirm their eligibility earlier than boarding.
Additionally, word that you simply can’t improve cabins booked underneath the provide until Virgin Voyages subsequently gives the possibility to take action.
As well as, Virgin Purple recommends that bookings needs to be accomplished no later than 5 enterprise days earlier than the date of journey.
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