Lotusmiles Enewsletter

Virgin Atlantic Joins SkyTeam Alliance

Virgin Atlantic has joined SkyTeam airline alliance since March 2, 2023, giving passengers a wider choice with new exciting destinations.

Lotusmiles members will earn miles when taking Virgin Atlantic flights, especially on the routes from London (UK) to North America and the Caribbean.

SkyTeam covers more than 1,000 destinations in over 170 countries.

Incentives for Lotusmiles members when flying Virgin Atlantic

– In line with SkyTeam’s general regulations.

In addition to the existing incentives such as lounges, extra baggage allowance, priority baggage tagging, check-in at SkyPriority counters, Priority lane at the security screening area, immigration, Virgin Atlantic will provide SkyTeam members (including Lotusmiles members) with the following incentives from the second half of 2023:

Guaranteed seat availability on international long-haul flights of at least 6 hours in case of booking full-priced Economy class (booking class is determined by each airline) at least 24 hours prior to departure  
Priority to be included in the waiting list (at the time of booking) on ​​sold-out flights in the desired class  
Priority in the waiting list at the airport  
Priority in seat selection  


Accumulating miles

Lotusmiles members earn miles when:

Taking Virgin Atlantic-operated VS-coded flights.
Taking VS-operated flights with the flight codes belonging to airlines in the SkyTeam alliance (Excluding VN and VS).

Please refer to the mileage on Virgin Atlantic flights here

Redeeming miles for awards

Lotusmiles members can redeem miles for award tickets on Virgin Atlantic-operated VS-coded flights.

Please refer to the reward table applicable when collecting award tickets on SkyTeam here

Please refer to the award booking classes here

 

About Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic is a British private airline, operating its first commercial flight in 1984. Virgin Atlantic’s flight network spreads from two main airports, London Healthrow and Manchester, to 26 cities in the United States, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.