Get On-board with your points!

Another way to use redeem your Amex Points - Cruise with Amex!

Book a cruise with your Amex

If you want to redeem your Amex points for a slightly different experience, you can look to book luxury cruises with your Amex points as well, let me show you how!

P.S - For those looking for good value conversions, this is definitely one of them giving a good return rate per point.

Check out the Virgin Voyages Promotional Offer!

Presenting Virgin Voyages Promotional Offers Virgin Voyages is offering several cruise packages starting at 115K points up to 280K points, on the Virgin Red website. Routes include:

Miami - The Caribbean

Rome to Miami

The Mediterranean

and others....

Example - Miami + Mexico + Bahamas

For example, one of the lower priced offerings is this 5 Nights Cruise from Miami to Costa Maya Mexico. There are several itineraries to choose from. This itinerary can be booked for just 115K Virgin points and includes 2 adults per cabin, which makes it extremely value for money!

What makes it even better is that this is an all inclusive pricing and includes all drinks and food onboard except alcoholic beverages.

But how do I earn Virgin Red Points?

Virgin Red and Virgin Flying Club Miles are now one and the same. Any points you transfer to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club can be used on the Virgin portal. Amex and Citi are the only transfer partners from India.

If you were to transfer from Amex, the 115K package would require a total of 230K Amex MRs for 2. If you were to pay for the same cabin, the pricing is around $2,450 or around 2.1L for 2.

This gives you almost Re.1 : 1 Point value.

Bonus : for folks who want to consider Europe as an option.

There’s an offer on a 7 day cruise all over Europe starting at 120k Virgin points.