Virgin's Flying Club also now allows you to create the "family group"
Combining points between relatives is one of the most important aspects that, in my opinion, qualifies a frequent flyer program. Not [...]
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Combining points between relatives is one of the most important aspects that, in my opinion, qualifies a frequent flyer program. Not everyone in the family flies often, but it is easy for the plane to be the means of transportation for vacation. Accumulating and not scattering points within the family is therefore an added value that not all frequent flyer programs have.
Virgin Atlantic launches household account
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Virgin Flying Club allows children to have an account, so. unlike with British Airways., the first thing to do is to create a user account for everyone under the age of 18. The operation chosen by Virgin Atlantic is very reminiscent of Air France KLM's Flying Blue Family, where the person who creates the joint account becomes the account holder. This person is the only person who will have access to the "common treasure." Once you are in a group account, you cannot leave it for 12 months. This is one of the classic restrictions inserted to avoid scams or family members of convenience.
Virgin Atlantic group account: the FAQ
Who can join a Virgin Flying Club Group Account? People who live at the same address as the head of the household. There are no age limits.
What happens to your existing points when you sign up for a group account? When you create a household account, your existing balance is left separate, but you can pay a feea you even if you can pay by 10 pounds to transfer it to the head of household. Otherwise only those obtained after the account is created will end up in the household account. This means that individual member points are assigned to the household head, all those obtained by flying, but not those earned otherwise
Who can spend Collective Account points? Only the head of the family decides, who can book award tickets for anyone, even outside the family group.
Does the VS collective account make sense?
In my opinion with these rules no. Virgin allows points to be moved from one account to another by paying a fee of £10, even without a pooled account. In contrast if you create this pooling of points you run into rules, loopholes and limitations that make the system unattractive. Children can have their own account, accumulate and move from there, which BA does not allow, and so the discourse is significantly different between the two English companies.
