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The BA to Virgin Atlantic Enhanced Status Match is Back
Virgin Atlantic has brought back its limited-time status match offer, giving British Airways Club Silver and above members the chance to match to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Gold status. You’ll have to be quick; the match closes on 16th November.
If you think you’ll drop a BA tier, now is the perfect opportunity to take advantage of a status match like this while you can match from a higher tier. Even if you retain BA status, it’s a great opportunity to hold oneworld and SkyTeam status and see which works best for you.
You’ll need a confirmed Virgin Atlantic Upper Class booking. The flight must be a cash booking and depart by 31st October 2027 (even if your BA status expires by then).
The match excludes anyone who’s matched their status to Virgin Atlantic Gold before. If you’ve matched to Silver before, you’ll be eligible to match to Gold. The terms also say you must not hold any level of membership with a SkyTeam partner airline.
Top Flying Club Gold benefits include:
- Access to Virgin Atlantic Clubhouses and partner lounges with one guest
- Priority check-in and boarding
- Additional luggage allowance
- SkyTeam Elite Plus status, with benefits across the SkyTeam alliance, including Air France/KLM, SAS and Delta
- 60% bonus Virgin Points when flying with Virgin
This comes just after Virgin changed the access rules for Clubhouses, removing the guesting benefit for Upper Class ticket holders and reserving it for Flying Club Gold status holders.
Status is valid for 12 months from the date your account is upgraded. To apply, go to the status match page and upload a screenshot of your BA membership card showing your name, tier and membership number, along with your flight booking details.
Bethan Lynch, VP Customer Experience & Loyalty at Virgin Atlantic, commented:
“We know how much frequent flyers value their status, and we want to give more customers the chance to discover what makes Flying Club Gold different. From our award-winning Clubhouses to benefits across our SkyTeam network, we’re looking forward to showing new Gold members what they’ve been missing, and we’re confident they won’t look back.”
5,000 Bonus Avios With The Wine Flyer
The Wine Flyer has launched another tempting offer in the run-up to Christmas. You can earn 5,000 bonus Avios on top of the usual 5 Avios per £1 spent until 11 AM on 17th November when you use the code UNCORK at check-out.
There are two possible bonuses depending on your spend:
- Spend £125 and earn 2,500 bonus Avios
- Spend £150 and earn 5,000 bonus Avios
- If you’re planning a more expensive order, it may be worth waiting. From 17th November, you can earn 10,000 bonus Avios when spending £300 using the code BLACKFRI.
Including the usual 5 Avios per £1, you’ll earn 5,750 Avios on a £150 spend, which works out at just over 38 Avios per £1. Pay with a credit card earning 1.5 Avios per £1, and the extra points would bring the total to 5,975 Avios.
If you hold British Airways Club status, you’ll also get the usual tier discounts of 5% for Bronze, 10% for Silver and 15% for Gold on eligible products. You can still get the discounts alongside the promotion, but your spend must be at least £125 after any discounts have been applied. For example, as a Gold status holder, your basket would need to come to at least £176.48 before discounts to qualify for the 5,000 bonus Avios.
The code can only be used once per account, and Avios part payment is permitted, but the remaining cash spend must meet the relevant threshold.
The offer includes wine cases, single bottles, Champagne, spirits and festive gifts. However, subscription cases, The Wine Advent Calendar, The Vine Selection by olive and The Radio Times Curated Selection are excluded.
The promotion cannot be combined with other bonus Avios offers or codes, and Avios can take up to 30 days to be credited.
If you’re planning to purchase a case and spend less than £150, there’s a separate offer from 3rd to 17th December of 4,000 bonus Avios on selected wine cases when you use the code 4KBONUS.
Avios Black Friday Offers
Avios has just launched some Black Friday promotions for 2026 on top-ups of up to 3x Avios at the Avios Shopping portal and the chance to win 1 million Avios, which we covered earlier in the week.
Up to 20 Avios per £1 at the Avios Shop
From 18th November to 1st December, you’ll earn bonus Avios when shopping at the Avios Shop. You’ll earn 20 Avios per £1 on selected products priced at £250 or more, or 5 Avios per £1 on Apple products priced over £250.
For example, if you spend £500 on an eligible product earning 20 Avios per £1, you’ll collect 10,000 Avios. That’s a huge bonus for something you were thinking of buying anyway or a Christmas gift!
30% Off Buying or Gifting Avios
From 23rd November to 7th December, there will be a 30% discount on Buying or Gifting Avios (equivalent to a 43% bonus). Keep in mind that there’s currently a lucrative Buy Avios bonus via Finnair Plus running until 16th November, that’s well worth having a look at first as you can purchase Avios for as little as 0.81p each.
However, the upcoming BA deal is still useful if you’re not eligible for the Finnair offer or miss the deadline. 100,000 Avios will be priced at £1,245 vs the usual £1,779, saving £534 with each Avios working out at 1.25p each.
We will cover these in more detail once the details are live, but it’s always useful to know what’s coming so you can make decisions to maximise Avios.
