The Offer
- Synchrony Virgin Red is offering 80,000 points. Bonus broken down as follows:
- Earn 60,000 bonus points when you spend $4,000 in your first 3 months
- another 20,000 points when you spend just $2,000 more ($6,000 total) within the first 6 months
Card Details
- $99 annual fee, not waived first year
- Card earns at the following rates
- 3x points on Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Hotels and Virgin Voyages
- 2x points on dining, at grocery stores, on select streaming services and for EV charging
- 1x points on all other purchases
- Personal perks. Spend $15,000 in a calendar year to choose one of the below or $30,000 to choose two of the below:
- Flying Club reward voucher for a companion seat or cabin upgrade
- One free night stay or hotel suite upgrade at Virgin Hotels
- Up to $300 Bar Tab credit or Blue Extras perks package on Virgin Voyages
Our Verdict
Last year it was possible to get 75,000 miles + $100 + 500 bonus miles. Dummy booking is currently showing 60,000 miles + $100, I would be waiting to see if that offer increases to 80,000 miles + $100 as normally it does increase in line with the public bonus. Because of the better offer that was recently available and the fact we might see this become 80,000 miles + $100 I’d recommend waiting it out and won’t be adding this to our list of the best credit card bonuses.
Hat tip to MtM
Whats credit limit in this cards? Who already get this card?
Yea, I was bummed to see that; can’t remember if I could see it before signing up in March for the 75k bonus. At this point, my plan is to hit the 15k spend limit for the bar tab perk, then cash in all my points and transfer in whatever is left, hopefully during a bonus, for a redemption then pull the plug on the card. The CS leaves a lot to be desired and they don’t even properly bonus VV charges for add-ons despite it being correct on the statement, which is ridiculous! The fact that points take a long time to post on the first place does not help. VV needs to dump synchrony…
Fixed link
Link showed 60k for me, I googled around, milestomemories had the same link that showed 60k+20k that worked after I cleared cookies. Application stalled out, but they still pulled my credit. I’ll give the 855 number a call later today and see if they have the application
Thanks, was considering but did not know. Sounds ridiculous to try to get a cruise based off 80k credit card offers then
The link only shows 60k for me
Yes, however the VV redemption is pretty dynamic – most good cruises are 250k points and up to 400k+. You can find some that are 170-180k starting but those are not too common and tend to increase over time from what I’ve been seeing.
Anybody know about the churn factor for this card? Have one open and AF about to hit. Got bonus last year and looking to close after AF hits. Thanks
Can those points be used for any virgin voyages cruises or is it limited to flights and hotels.
I did this. When you get the card, look for a red folder thingy that comes with it. Look under the flap that says something like “Nothing to see here”- mine had a free 500 miles there.
In the offer, says 8000 instead of 80,000
waiting for you OK to go for it