Earning Virgin FC Miles on Virgin Trains?

Can I earn miles on Virgin Trains? I looked on their website but there is no mention of it. Seems obvious that I could earn miles if its part of the same brand.








Edit to thread title for clarity.......Nick

[mitchja]

No, not possible I'm afraid.

Regards

Of course, if you buy your tickets with the Virgin card you will get miles on all purchases...

Or use the Virgin mastercard for 10% off.

Virgin Trains is majority-owned by Stagecoach... If it was the other way round I'm sure VG would make it possible... I guess it's because the tickets are not owned by VT as flight tickets are...

S.

I am sure GodAtums posts are wah's!

Regards
Bryan

I see, didnt realse they where majority owned by another company, silly me [:I]

[preiffer]

It does reiterate the point, however, that the branding exercise causes a LOT of confusion.

The 'use the credit card' thing is fine, but that goes for any card, on any service. Hell, I could even earn miles for spend on a 'lady of the night' if I used my card - so where does the brand loyalty/affiliation really come into play?

And under what circumstances would you get double points?

quote:Originally posted by Sealink
And under what circumstances would you get double points?


On Virgin Trains? None.

There is a Virgin Trains frequent 'flyer' club called Traveller. Although not that easy to achieve membership (I think it is a minimum of 16 first class single journeys of over £50 each in a 3 month period), the benefits are OK - free first class travel for 2 at weekends, reserved car park spaces, free drinks in the lounge at Euston (dont get excited - clubhouse it is not!!), and reserved seats on trains for Traveller members.

Ian

Yes, minimum 560 quid spend within 3 months qualifies you for a year's Traveller membership. So over a year it works out to around 50 quid a month.

S.