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According to the Nectar App, Virgin Trains (Virgin West Coast and Virgin East Coast) are offering 5 x Nectar Points for journeys booked on or before 16 November 2016, for travel on or before 8 January 2017.

Importantly, the bonus will only apply to your first booking in the promotional period, and the bonus points will be added to your account by 14 December 2016.

All you have to do to get the bonus points is make sure your Nectar and Virgin Trains accounts are linked, and book as normal from the Virgin Trains or Virgin East Coast sites.

Remember that you can also get an additional 2% cashback from Virgin Trains with Topcashback.

10 Points per £1.00 is basically a 5% rebate – not amazing, but when you add it to the 2% cashback on the booking, you are getting a solid rebate.