Want to elevate your Velocity Points balance? Whether you’re travelling for business around Australia or venturing out on holiday overseas, there’s an offer for you. Here are the latest bonus points deals with Virgin Australia.
Offer: Double Velocity Points with Qatar Airways
| Activate by: 25 August 2023 |
Book your next holiday faster with double Velocity Points on Qatar Airways flights. Flights with both the QR and VA codes are fine, so you don’t need to book the Virgin Australia codeshare specifically.
A typical ‘Discount Economy’ fare earns 0.75 points per mile, while a ‘Business Classic’ fare would net you 1.25 points per mile. But under this offer, those rates are doubled! So on a Sydney-Doha-London return trip, you could earn around 32,844 Velocity Points in Discount Economy instead of 16,522 points. Or in Business Classic, pocket 54,740 Velocity Points instead of 27,370 points!
To take advantage of this deal, navigate to this offer page and enter your Velocity membership number (or just hit ‘Register’ if you’re already logged in). Register by 25 August 2023 and fly from 24 September 2023 to 10 December 2023. You’ll also need to add your Velocity number to the booking.
Recent Velocity Points offer history
- August 2023: Double Velocity Points on Qatar Airways flights
- December 2022: Double Velocity Points on all new flight bookings
- August 2022: Double Velocity Points on all new flight bookings
- June 2022: Double Velocity Points for new Business Flyer signups
- May 2022: 40K bonus points or six months trial Gold with Velocity credit cards
- April 2022: 30% off Virgin Australia reward seats
- July 2021: Double points on fuel at 7-Eleven
- June 2021: Up to 4.5x bonus points on the Velocity e-Store
- April 2021: Earn triple Velocity Points on your next flight
- February 2021: Earn double Velocity Points on your next flight
- January 2021: Win your share of 20 million Velocity Points; earn 1,000 bonus points with Youfoodz
- October 2020: Up to 8x bonus points on the Velocity e-Store
- September 2020: Double Velocity Points on all Virgin Australia flights
Need even more points?
There are a number of other ways to earn bonus Velocity Points, including by signing up for a Velocity points-earning credit card, shopping online through the Velocity e-Store, booking hotels and shopping with your Visa card at participating small businesses.
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Or do they need to apply for the card via the Velocity website?
Thanks!
And lets say I’m flying Virgin during these 4 months, and I reach 80 status credits and 2 sectors during that time. Is that automatic gold 12 months … or I have to do this earning after I achieve the “minimum spend” (4 months) ?
Many thanks to anyone who knows!
When I made the booking I took a screen shot of the sale page so I could prove what I was saying was correct. At the time when the sale began, it clearly read “Receive 30% off the points amount required to redeem Economy and Business Class Reward Seat on flights across Australia and Beyond”. (No mention of Virgin operated flights only in either the blurb or the T&C)
Since I raised it with Virgin, and after I booked and lodged a complaint that I am entitled to 30% off the points, I see that they have now changed the wording to “Receive 30% off the Points amount required to redeem Economy and Business Class Reward Seats WHEN YOU TRAVEL ON VIRGIN AUSTRALIA FLIGHTS across Australia and beyond.
That bit about “when you travel on Virgin Australia Flights” was not on the original sale fare advertising.
The original T&C had absolutely no mention that it only applied to Virgin Operated only flights. Originally the T&C (Screen shotted) said the sale applied to “year round Economy and Business level reward seats”.
Since then they’ve added in the words “Virgin Australia marketed and operated flights” which weren’t there in the beginning when I saw the sale and made my booking to take advantage of it.
As for Virgin’s website original T&C’s, it does mention “Redemption bookings are available across our international and domestic network (excluding Christmas Island & Cocos Island).”
My interpretation of ‘our’ is meaning Virgin Australia’s network and not partners, but your interpretation is something you’ll need to chase up with them.
But just for interest, the word “us, we, our” actually has a definition under Virgin’s Conditions of Carriage – it means Virgin “or any other carrier that accepts the booking”. So that means there was nothing at all in the original advert that limited the 30% discount to Virgin Operated flights only. They only changed the wording after I booked it and made them aware (and I’m presuming others probably made them aware too). Will let you know how I go.
Any insight, or indication for a double status credit promo?
The timing of double status credit promotions is unfortunately never known in advance. If we are to go by previous promotions, one would be due soon, however, it has been noted that Qantas may be moving away from blanket double status credit promotions, or at the very least, reducing the number of them, in favour of more targeted offers based on a member’s travel and search history.
Looking at the T&Cs on the e-mail, it suggests the 10,000,000 points are worth $317,073.17 (ex GST). So that suggests Velocity are valuing their own points at
3.17c each (+GST)
– A little overstated perhaps?
I have found a one way business class route (3 legs), that includes a leg in the A330 for under $650 but can only be booked via an agent as it is not available on the VA website.
Cheers
Matt
The terms and conditions don’t exclude agents. Just make sure to register for the promotion and book an eligible Virgin Australia flight during the promotion period.
The link to activate is taking me to the expired February double status offer.
An alternate approach is to log into Velocity and select Offers.
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Please try again as the link should now work.
Secure Parking is with QFF, so I can’t see Wilson partnering with QFF anytime soon. The Secure Parking-QFF offering wasn’t as good as the Wilson-VFF as it only allowed a secure a bay option to collect points.
I’m not sure why this would be the case. I would suggest to go direct to the source on this one and contact Velocity.
What is the best way to shop using flybuys? Will I be eligible just by swiping my flybuys card at coles and 1st choice liquor as I normally do? Or do i need to transfer flybuys points to velocity?
The terms of the promotion state that “To be eligible to receive the Christmas bonus Velocity Points you must earn Velocity Points between 20 November 2018 and 08 January 2019 (Activity Date) with three (3) or more Participating Partners”.
The only way to earn Velocity points from Flybuys is to transfer your Flybuys points to your Velocity Frequent Flyer account. Simply swiping your Flybuys card at Coles or 1st Choice will earn you Flybuys points only, which by itself is not sufficient to meet the requirements of this promotion.
Do you know if this offer is available for departures starting from ADL? For e.g booking a ADL-HKG via MEL on the outbound and inbound.
Do you get points if you book the tickets via an OTA? Say Amex Travel?
I’ve activated the offer and have some travel credit left with Amex.
Cheers
Mitch
The current triple points offer terms advise it is not valid with any other offers or promotions. Would the 10% off codes publicised on Point Hacks fall in to this category i.e. if I booked MEL-HKG using the virgin discount codes would I no longer be eligible for the Triple points?
Cant wait for the 20,000 points.
The Velocity points I received for the Delta flight were low, 0.5 pt per mile. Will I get the double points for the return leg even though I booked in Nov 2016?
Thanks