Good News for Virgin Flyers

Well, here's some good news for those who are loyal to the Virgin Airlines (Virgin America, Virgin Blue and Virgin Atlantic) - the three carriers are rolling out frequent flyer reciprocity.

What does that mean? Well, if you're loyal to one Virgin carrier, you can earn points in that airline's loyalty program. So, I'm a member of Virgin America's Elevate program. When I fly Virgin Atlantic, I can now earn Elevate points. Over the next few months, the three airlines will roll out the ability to redeem points on each other's flights.

This is something that has been talked about in stages for awhile - for example Virgin America and Blue were already planning this. But reciprocity among all three carriers is a new thing.

So what can you do today? Well, you can earn points in any program on any Virgin carrier. Yay. Also, members of Virgin Atlantic's Flying Club and Virgin Blue's Velocity and redeem on either airline.

In the fourth quarter of this year, redemption between Virgin Blue/V Australia and Virgin America will be set up, and in the second quarter of next year, redemption between Virgin America and Atlantic will be ready to go.

A nice move, I say!