Good afternoon members.
An update on prizes and the supporters club! We need your kind attention and possible help. Funds donated via our supporters club pays for monthly prizes, “supporters club” prize draws, group flight prizes. And any residual helps with our development and running costs.
Myself, Mike and Tony underwrite the running costs (plus contingencies) regardless, so we never need worry about an outage due to insufficient funds. However! We have been more generous with prizes recently, and have possibly overspent on prizes (much to Mike’s dismay – as our suffering bookkeeper!).
What does this mean for you ?
Well, we’ve not offered incentives or prizes for the group flights during January, and will run a competition for February on a reduced “budget”.
Inevitably, the more we have coming in each month – the more we can distribute in the form of prizes and liveries.
What have we changed ?
UK virtual has/will always be free to use for all members. Forever. No question. We have revamped the 3 tiers “supporters club”, with the benefits below:
Bronze Supporter club – £5 a month – Price of Pint in a london pub
- UK virtual Bronze Supporter Badge
- UK virtual Bronze Supporter Discord Group
- 1 x entry into the quarterly prize draws
- Access to our partner discounts (UK2000/FS2Crew/OldProp/PilotPlus)
- Extra 1 month to complete tours after they close to members
- First AFK check 4 hours into the flight*
Silver Supporter club – £10 a month – Price of a meal deal for two
- UK virtual Silver Supporter Badge
- UK virtual Silver Supporter Discord Group
- 2 x entry into the quarterly prize draws
- Access to our partner discounts (UK2000/FS2Crew/OldProp/PilotPlus)
- Extra 1 month to complete tours after they close to members
- First AFK check 5 hours into the flight*
Gold Supporter club – £15 a month – Price of a meal deal and a pint
- UK virtual Gold Supporter Badge
- UK virtual Gold Supporter Discord Group
- 3 x entry into the quarterly prize draws
- Access to our partner discounts (UK2000/FS2Crew/OldProp/PilotPlus)
- Extra 1 month to complete tours after they close to members
- First AFK check 6 hours into the flight*
- Displayed as a UK virtual Gold Supporter on the main website
*AFK changes will come into effect with the new flight tracker
We have made it easier to donate via PayPal.
Thinking of joining our supporters club? It’s quick and easy with through our website (either by bank transfer or Paypal card payment for one-off, or set up a recurring payment by Paypal in just a few clicks!). Simply visit: https://www.ukvirtual.co.uk/index.php/communityfund
Thank you for your continued support – both in terms of the flying you do with us, your community input, and any donations thus far. It really is appreciated.
We hope to see you soon. At the stand, in the sky, and on Discord!
Kind regards,
The UK virtual Team