New: Get 30% More Points When Transferring From Capital One to Virgin!

Got some Capital One miles and big travel goals? Here’s your chance to get even more out of them with an excellent new transfer bonus.

Travelers with cards like the *venture x* and the *capital one venture card* can get a 30% bonus when transferring miles to Virgin Red – the overarching loyalty program for all things Virgin, think Virgin Atlantic Flying Club, Virgin Hotels, and Virgin Voyages. That means if you’ve got 50,000 Capital One miles, you can turn them into 65,000 points with Virgin to book some incredible travel deals.

While Capital One requires you to transfer at least 1,000 miles, you can then send points in increments of 100, allowing travelers to fine-tune their transfers to exactly the number of points or miles they need.

Best of all, you’ve got a full month to take advantage: This offer ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 20. 

Not sure how to transfer miles … or why you should? Read our full guide on how to transfer Capital One miles!

Using transfer partners like Virgin is one of the best ways to use Capital One miles for even more value. And this transfer bonus makes it even better: Think of it as a way to get some free airline miles. 

Take a look to see how it’s done and how you can make the best use of this bonus before it ends.

Read our full guide on using Virgin Atlantic Flying Club!

Best Ways to Use This 30% Bonus

Transferring miles to Virgin goes far beyond booking flights via Virgin Atlantic, but that’s where we’re going to put most of our focus. Whether you’re looking to fly short domestic hops with Delta or even LATAM business class to South America, there’s a ton of value to be had with Virgin Atlantic Flying Club points.

Of course, you can also use this transfer bonus to fly Virgin Atlantic itself … often at some pretty unbeatable prices (just look out for the taxes and fees). The airline flies from several U.S. gateways to London Heathrow (LHR), as well as several international hubs like Dubai (DXB), Cape Town (CPT), and the Maldives (MLE).

Plus, you can book flights on more than a dozen other airlines using Virgin points … and save a ton of miles while paying reasonable fees, too. Add in a 30% transfer bonus from Capital One, and it’s a no-brainer. 

So what can you book? In two words: A lot.

Big Delta Deals

We don’t need to tell you that trying to understand the value of Delta SkyMiles can be frustrating. There’s no award chart, so the airline’s pricing when booking a flight with miles can be all over the map. Often, a Delta award flight can be obscenely expensive – especially if you want to fly business class.

Enter Virgin Atlantic. You can often use Virgin Atlantic to book the exact same Delta flight and save a boatload of SkyMiles. The London-based airline offers a far more stable – and frequently cheaper – alternative to booking Delta flights than using SkyMiles outright. 

There used to be far more Delta sweet spots you could book using Virgin points, but Virgin obliterated many of them. But booking short Delta flights – 1,000 miles in distance or less – through Virgin Atlantic Flying Club can still be a great deal!

For example, this short flight from Fargo (FAR) to Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) might otherwise cost you 20,000 SkyMiles. With Virgin Atlantic, you can still book for just 7,500 points each way – just 6,000 Capital One miles with this 30% bonus.

Thrifty Tip: Use this new workaround to pull up a calendar-view of Delta’s partner award availability, making it easier to book these deals! 

Lie-Flat to London for Less

Virgin’s transition to dynamic award pricing has resulted in some outstanding deals, flying Virgin Atlantic itself … for a fraction of the miles. Unfortunately, this deal recently took a big hit: Virgin now tacks on $700 in taxes and fees on a one-way business class ticket to London-Heathrow (LHR).  

Still, flying business class to London from East Coast cities like Boston (BOS), New York City (JFK), Washington, D.C.-Dulles (IAD), or Atlanta (ATL) for as low as 29,000 points could be worth stomaching the higher fees.

Factor in this transfer bonus, and you could book a lie-flat ride to London for as few as 23,000 Capital One miles each way. 

There are deals to be had in the lower cabins now, too. 

• A roundtrip from the East Coast to London for as low as 12,000 miles – as few as 10,000 Capital One miles with this bonus.
• A roundtrip in premium economy isn’t bad either, at just 21,000 miles – as few as 17,000 Capital One miles with this bonus.

Or you could even book flights to a far-flung destination like the Maldives for just 13,500 miles one way in economy. You’d need as little as 11,000 Capital One miles with this big 30% bonus! 

Thrifty Tip: It’s much easier to search for Virgin Atlantic flights one-way rather than roundtrip – and unlike with many other airlines, it’ll often save you money on taxes and fees booking one-ways separately, too.

Fly Biz Class to South America

Europe isn’t the only continent you can get to in style with Virgin points. You can also book LATAM flights from the U.S. to a handful of South American countries … at pretty reasonable rates. 

Take this flight from New York (JFK) to Lima (LIM), for example. You could book a lie-flat business class seat all the way to Peru for just 50,000 Flying Club points. With the current 30% transfer bonus, you’d only need 38,500 Capital One miles and $56 in taxes and fees to make it happen. 

If you’re fine flying in the back of the bus, economy can be had for 25,000 points – just 19,300 Capital One miles – and the same taxes and fees.

Fly in Style with ANA

You can also use this transfer bonus to score an amazing deal on a trip to Japan … at least theoretically. Thanks to Virgin’s partnership with ANA, you can book lie-flat seats to Tokyo (and beyond) using Flying Club points.

But finding award space on ANA through partners like Virgin Atlantic has gotten especially tough lately. 

If you’re able to find seats you can actually book, a one-way flight in ANA first class flight from Los Angeles (LAX) or San Francisco (SFO) to Tokyo now costs 72,500 Virgin points – as few as 56,000 Capital One miles with this bonus.

Of course, ANA’s business class is nothing to scoff at either – especially if you can snag the new business class seats it calls “The Room.”

Read our full review of flying ANA’s The Room business class from Chicago to Tokyo!

Virgin Atlantic recently raised award rates for these flights, too. But just as with booking first class, Virgin remains the cheapest way to book ANA business class: 

• Flights from West Coast cities like Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO), or Seattle (SEA) to Japan now cost 52,500 points each way – just 41,000 Capital One miles with this bonus.
• Longer flights from cities like Chicago-O’Hare (ORD) and New York City (JFK) now cost 60,000 points each way – just 47,000 Capital One miles with this bonus.

Fortunately, Virgin Atlantic has a reasonable $100 fee to cancel award tickets and get your miles back if plans change.

One last thing to note: You can’t book these flights online through Virgin Atlantic, which means it requires a bit of extra legwork. You’ll want to search for award availability through a site like United.com and then ring up Virgin Atlantic at 1-800-365-9500 when you’re ready to book. On the plus side, you can now book these awards as one-ways.

Read our guide to booking ANA flights with Virgin Atlantic miles!

Set Sail With Virgin Voyages

Booking flights through Virgin Atlantic is our favorite way to put this big transfer bonus to use, but it isn’t your only option. If you like mile after mile of uninterrupted ocean views, Virgin Voyages could be just the thing for you. 

Since first setting sail in 2021, Virgin Voyages has quickly made a name for itself by offering a different type of cruise experience.

For starters, all of Virgin’s ships are adults-only (18 and over) – no kids clubs or water slides here. Each of Virgin’s ships offer a modern, yacht-like cruise experience with high-end dining and entertainment options (tailored for a more mature audience), and even include free Wi-Fi and most gratuities. 

With tons of different itineraries to choose from, the price to book a Virgin Voyages cruise with points varies wildly. For example, a simple five-night cruise (for two) from Miami to the Bahamas and back can often be had for 295,000 Virgin Red points. While that’s no small sum, you’d only need 227,000 Capital One miles to pull it off with this bonus. 

Considering that includes all your lodging, meals, most non-alcoholic beverages, and entertainment, it’s not a bad way to use a stash of Capital One miles.

Or you could go for something a little more adventurous … like a 14-night transatlantic cruise from Miami to Barcelona – with a stop in Morocco! Or even an eight-night sailing to Alaska and British Columbia. 

At 720,000 and 730,000 points, respectively, those are no doubt pricier options. But both are made more affordable with this transfer bonus – roughly 560,000 Capital One miles apiece. 

Bottom Line

Capital One just launched a brand new, 30% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Red. If you’ve got a good use for Virgin points – and trust us, there are plenty (see above!) – this is a great way to stretch your miles even further. 

Just make sure to use this bonus before it ends on Friday, Nov. 20.