FC membership form for under 18s

16 year old in the family is making his first solo flight this summer LHR/EWR to visit family over there.

Good idea maybe to make him a member of FC so he can collect his own miles.

Small print on website says that 12-17 year olds can't apply online, must download a form. No download link to the form - this is VS IT after all.

I can't seem to find the form on the website, can anyone point me to it please?

Can I recommend him as a FC member and get the introductory bonus for both of us or is there something in the even finer print that precludes this?

According to the FAQs, just complete the normal Join Flying Club form online. On the second page, when it asks for personal details, it'll link to a form that you have to print off, countersign and send in. Whether it works or not - who knows!

http://virginatlantic.custhelp.com/app/ ... 5/kw/Child

I did it last summer when our son took his 15yr old mate on holiday. I faxed it across and it took weeks. I rang twice to enquire as to the status but eventually it came through.

On the form I did ask for the MMF bonus to be added - after all I was paying for the flights.

The MMF bonus didn't get added post-flight, but a few weeks after the holiday I tweeted, it was added in minutes. We each received 10k miles.

http://virginatlantic.custhelp.com/app/ ... /related/1

And, don't forget if you have 'control' over the account, you can use the miles on it too.

Thank you both. I was reading Flying Club FAQ which are not so informative.