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What is your Virgin Atlantic redemption worth?

Pointy is a free Chrome extension that adds a cents-per-point value badge to each flight in Virgin Atlantic Flying Club’s award search, right on virginatlantic.com, so you can tell a great redemption from a poor one before you book.

2 real Virgin Atlantic searches

We ran these searches on virginatlantic.com. Prices and award charts change, so your search will differ, which is why Pointy works it out live, on the page.

JFK → LHR

One way, Nov 12, 2026. Searched Sep 29, 2026.

Each bar counts the fares at that value in cents per point. Further right is better.
  1. 3.78¢CPPJFK-LHR 0800 [Economy Classic]$1,010 or 12,000 pts
  2. 3.78¢CPPJFK-LHR 1800 [Economy Classic]$1,010 or 12,000 pts
  3. 3.78¢CPPJFK-LHR 1901 [Economy Classic]$1,010 or 12,000 pts
  4. 3.78¢CPPJFK-LHR 2110 [Economy Classic]$1,010 or 12,000 pts
  5. 2.52¢CPPJFK-LHR 1700 [Economy Standard]$1,040 or 18,000 pts

14 of 100 results had both a cash and a points price; the best 5 are listed.

LHR → JFK

One way, Nov 12, 2026. Searched Sep 28, 2026.

Each bar counts the fares at that value in cents per point. Further right is better.
  1. 1.40¢CPPLHR-JFK 1135 [Economy Classic]$705 or 21,000 pts
  2. 1.40¢CPPLHR-JFK 1550 [Economy Classic]$705 or 21,000 pts
  3. 1.40¢CPPLHR-JFK 2010 [Economy Classic]$705 or 21,000 pts
  4. 1.26¢CPPLHR-JFK 0905 [Economy Classic]$981 or 45,000 pts
  5. 1.07¢CPPLHR-JFK 0905 [Premium]$2,480 or 156,000 pts

12 of 100 results had both a cash and a points price; the best 5 are listed. Prices were in GBP, converted to US dollars at the rate Pointy had then.

Using Pointy on Virgin Atlantic

  1. Search with points

    Go to virginatlantic.com, turn on the points, miles or award option and search as usual. Pointy reads the points price and the cash price already on the page. There’s nothing to type.

    Virgin Atlantic shows cash and award prices in separate views. Load both, in either order, and Pointy pairs them up. The bar at the top of the page tells you which view it still needs.

  2. Read the badge

    Each result with both a cash and a points price gets a badge with its value in cents per point: the cash price ÷ the points price × 100. Higher is better. The label compares each value with your own Virgin Atlantic searches once you have 30 saved results there.

  3. Handles all the special fees

    Hover over a badge to see how it was worked out.

    • Currency: other currencies are converted to US dollars at a daily rate.
    • Taxes: Pointy uses the price with taxes included wherever the site shows one.
    • Award taxes on flights: taken off the cash price the same way.
    • Round trips: values compare whole stays, and both legs of a round trip.

    Fares that may mix cabins (part business, part economy) get no badge, so they never pass for a full-cabin deal.

Know the value before you book.

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