V-Flyer

Hi
My dad travels quite a bit with Virgin but is not bothred about air miles. He is happy for me to claim them. I know I need to sign my dad up. and then claim his miles and then tranfer them to myself.
Is this correct? and is there a charge for transferring miles?

You need to log into your flying club account to see this, but here is a link to the transfer miles page. Would cost £240 to transfer the maximum 30,000 miles allowed. By comparison, it would cost £465 to buy the same amount of miles for yourself.

Sadly, it's not that cheap to do, and limited to receiving 30,000 miles a year:

http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/eu/fr ... /index.jsp

Buy/Gift and Transfer Miles - Terms and Conditions

1. All Buy Miles/Gift Milespurchases and Transfer Miles transactions are subject to a £15 transaction fee.

2. Transfer Miles: A mileage fee is charged dependent on the number of miles transferred.

3. A member can purchase a total of 30,000 miles each calendar year, in increments of 1000 miles, for their own account and/or for the accounts of another member/other members. There is no limit to the number of members you can purchase for so long as the total number of miles purchased per person does not exceed 30,000 in each calendar year.

4. A member may receive a total of 30,000 gift miles into their own account each calendar year. This may or may not be in addition to any miles (up to a limit of 30,000 miles) purchased by themselves. The maximum that any one member can receive, in any one transaction as a gift, is 30,000.

5. A member can transfer a total of 120,000 miles per calendar year in increments of 1000 miles. Their is no limit to the number of members you can transfer to as long as the total number of miles transferred per person does not exceed 30,000 in each calendar year.

6. A member may receive a total of 30,000 Transfer miles into their own account each calendar year. This may be in addition to Buy or Gift miles (up to a limit of 90,000 miles). The maximum that any one member can receive, in any one transaction as a transfer, is 30,000 miles.

As a quick guide, it's £90 to transfer 10,000 miles from one account to another.

there is another way to use your dads miles that won't cost anything in transfer fees etc.

He collects them as normal but he also calls VS to make you an authorised user of his account. You can then use the miles to book flights and rewards etc It might be that he only has say enough for a one way reward but if you have the same you use his miles for the outbound and yours for the inbound etc.

theres an offer on for the transfer miles at the moment

Special Transfer Offer - 20% Bonus Miles!
Transfer Flying Club Miles between 26 June and 26 July, 2012 and your loved one will receive a 20% bonus.

What happens if you don't actually LIKE the person you're giving the miles to - do they still get the extra 20% ?

Peter

PeterStansfield wrote:What happens if you don't actually LIKE the person you're giving the miles to - do they still get the extra 20% ?

Peter

O course, although I'm not sure why you would want pay to transfer your miles to someone you don't like

I don't know about anyone else, but transferring miles sounds like a real con! Ok, 20% bonus, but Virgin are simply transferring miles already issued!

I can understand a small admin fee but......

wingerii wrote:I don't know about anyone else, but transferring miles sounds like a real con! Ok, 20% bonus, but Virgin are simply transferring miles already issued!

I can understand a small admin fee but......

it's the Ruinair model, if you can get away with it / no legal controlling factors and they don't have a choice, charge what you like:
Miles transfers
Surcharges- fuel etc
Credit card booking fees
Etc

It's not just VS