Need 10k miles

With my next flight taking me up to 30k miles, I just need another 10k so I can upgrade to Upper Class soon.

So... I've got the 10k from the Casino, I've already got an Amex card, so apart from flying somewhere expensive, any other ways I can get 10k miles?

TIA!

Mike.

[preiffer]

Check out the VS guide for some ideas.

Buying a new car gets you 40k

Or... 13 cases of wine from Virgin Wines

Or... 10 car rentals

Or... transfer a ton of HHonors points

[Nottingham Nick]

A few Hilton hotel stays in the UK?

Best bet though, is IMHO the 2 points per £ Virgin Mastercard. Racks up the miles very quickly.

Nick

If only I could drive. Shame Virgin Bikes went under though, I'd buy a bike from them to get miles!

Thanks for the comments, looks like I will be drinking more wine [:p]

I joined Virgin Wines. I had to phone them to get the £25 credit, so now 13 bottles of wine on their way, and at the end of the order they gave me another £20 discount off my next order, for joining their premier wine club, what a bargain

Hopefully the 1000 miles will get credited automatically. Only 7502 miles to go!

Glass of wine anyone? [:p]

I'd be interested to know if any of the wines you get are any good, locutus..

I've looked at virgin wines a few times, especially with all the discount vouchers floating around, but always get the impression that the wines are rubbish... especially when I get a couple of nice pinot noirs from Oddbins, which are so sublime.

I'm at present making my way through a mixed case of wine from Virgin Wines. Never got the discount for my first order, and haven't recieved the miles yet, although its only been 2 weeks or so.
Not exactly a wine drinker so I can't really say what's what, but not too bad so far. Been working my way through the red wines as I like the colour better than the white ones. Did have one last night from a different vineyard to the previous 2 and that had a completely different taste. Ideally I'd need to line a load up and sample them all one after the other to get a good idea of what I like the best.
Nice way of racking up points though, especially if you pay on your Virgin credit card as you could pull in 870-990+ miles per case and if you drink a lot of wine, it will soon add up......

One advantage with Virgin wines is that if you don't like one, you tell them and you get a refund so you can keep trying until you do find what you like. Can't see an off licence etc doing that

Originally posted by preiffer
Or... 13 cases of wine from Virgin Wines

Just to be pedantic, that'd be 13 orders from Virgin Wines (it's per order, not case) [:p]

Originally posted by McCoy
I'd be interested to know if any of the wines you get are any good, locutus..

There are some comments on that in this thread

Cheers

Michael

Hi,
Please no one blast me as i'm completely new here and may be wrong but i might be able to help. I recieved an email today from AMEX rewards saying that i could buy 10,000 reward points. I called them straight away to see if I could transfer them straight to my Virgin Frequent Flyer account and the man told me no problem at all. It costs £15 per 1000 points so for the full 10,000 you pay £150. Also you can only purchase 10,000 per year. I am going to start a thread to see what people think of the price is it worth it. If you are desperate to get the points this is a quick and easy way and you mentioned you already have an AMEX card so it would be availible to you. I really hope i've help.

[RichardMannion]

Originally posted by Nemmie
Hi,
Please no one blast me as i'm completely new here and may be wrong but i might be able to help. I recieved an email today from AMEX rewards saying that i could buy 10,000 reward points. I called them straight away to see if I could transfer them straight to my Virgin Frequent Flyer account and the man told me no problem at all. It costs £15 per 1000 points so for the full 10,000 you pay £150. Also you can only purchase 10,000 per year. I am going to start a thread to see what people think of the price is it worth it. If you are desperate to get the points this is a quick and easy way and you mentioned you already have an AMEX card so it would be availible to you. I really hope i've help.

No blasting here - that is 1.5p a mile which sits between the usual calc of 1-2p per mile. Depends on how much you need the miles!

Thanks,
Richard

Howdie Nemmie - hows the stratocaster?;)

Don't worry you won't get flamed here. I just got the same email, and the same thought was going through my mind as yours. So you have saved me the call. Thanks for the info.[oo]

Thanks Richard and woah that was quick! I won't bother starting another thread seeing as you kinda answered my question. Not really worth it then?

Hi Sailor

hows the stratocaster?

I'm gonna look stupid on my 1st day but....I don't know you lost me [:p]
Glad i could help someone. I've been a lurker around here for an age so i thought i'd better register and say hi to everyone.

Originally posted by Nemmie
Hi Sailor

hows the stratocaster?

I'm gonna look stupid on my 1st day but....I don't know you lost me [:p]
Glad i could help someone. I've been a lurker around here for an age so i thought i'd better register and say hi to everyone.

Sorry I mis-read your name. I put it down to the continuing effects of caprinhas[|)]. I thought it said Lemmie, not nemmie.[:I]If you don't tell anyone they probably won't notice[:w]

[Scrooge]

Originally posted by Nemmie
Hi Sailor

hows the stratocaster?

I'm gonna look stupid on my 1st day but....I don't know you lost me [:p]
Glad i could help someone. I've been a lurker around here for an age so i thought i'd better register and say hi to everyone.

Hi Nemmie,welcome to V-Flyer,just get used to the mistakes,you'll find that between flying around the world and trying to drink every bar dry then getting on here there are more than a few "oh sorry" posts..

enjoy the site and don't worry about getting flammed,not something thats done here,even to me..friendly ribbing yes,not so friendly ribbing for sure,but all out flamming..no[V]

Originally posted by Nemmie
Hi,
Please no one blast me as i'm completely new here and may be wrong but i might be able to help. I recieved an email today from AMEX rewards saying that i could buy 10,000 reward points. I called them straight away to see if I could transfer them straight to my Virgin Frequent Flyer account and the man told me no problem at all. It costs £15 per 1000 points so for the full 10,000 you pay £150. Also you can only purchase 10,000 per year. I am going to start a thread to see what people think of the price is it worth it. If you are desperate to get the points this is a quick and easy way and you mentioned you already have an AMEX card so it would be availible to you. I really hope i've help.

I Nemmie from a fellow newbie. Would it be possible for you to post further details of the AMEX offer - i have their card but haven't received the email, probably because i don't think they have my email address! i could do with earning a few more miles, and this looks like a good way to go about it.

Originally posted by jetwet1
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Hi Nemmie,welcome to V-Flyer,just get used to the mistakes,you'll find that between flying around the world and trying to drink every bar dry then getting on here there are more than a few "oh sorry" posts..

OK Jetwet, so what yah trying to say[V];)! Sure I've flown around a bit. And sure we drunk all the beer from a bar but only the once[oo]. And sure I've drunk all the mount gay rum in the Welcome Stranger (our local) on more than one occassion. And maybe I wouldn't pass a breathalyser everytime I have been on the board here. But drink every bar dry...I think not...but i'm willing to give it a shot if you are. [|)]

Originally posted by sailor99

Originally posted by jetwet1
[br
Hi Nemmie,welcome to V-Flyer,just get used to the mistakes,you'll find that between flying around the world and trying to drink every bar dry then getting on here there are more than a few "oh sorry" posts..

OK Jetwet, so what yah trying to say[V];)! Sure I've flown around a bit. And sure we drunk all the beer from a bar but only the once[oo]. And sure I've drunk all the mount gay rum in the Welcome Stranger (our local) on more than one occassion. And maybe I wouldn't pass a breathalyser everytime I have been on the board here. But drink every bar dry...I think not...but i'm willing to give it a shot if you are. [|)]

So, the next v-flyer event is a RTW on flexible tickets, we can only continue once we have drunk the designated bar in each city dry? [?][|)][xx(][:$][B)].

Cheers
sky

Hi Parksy,
It was an email about Amex's rewards but i phoned and they said they can be transfered to Virgin Flying Club straight away after purchase.
This is from the email

If you don't have enough points for the rewards of your choice, you can purchase up to 10,000 points per year at a rate of £15 per 1,000.

the number to call to buy them is 01273 863 863

Originally posted by Nemmie
Hi Parksy,
It was an email about Amex's rewards but i phoned and they said they can be transfered to Virgin Flying Club straight away after purchase.
This is from the email

If you don't have enough points for the rewards of your choice, you can purchase up to 10,000 points per year at a rate of £15 per 1,000.

the number to call to buy them is 01273 863 863

Thanks Nemmie, i'll give it a try and hopefully bump up my miles enough for the upper class flight i'm working towards