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 offers with Virgin Australia.
Up to 30,000 Velocity Points on top of your credit card sign-up bonus
| Expiry: Register and apply by 5 March 2026 |
Considering a Velocity Points-earning credit card? Until 5 March 2026, Velocity Frequent Flyer is offering up to 30,000 bonus points on top of the sign-up bonus of selected cards. The participating cards are:
Cards with 30,000 bonus Velocity Points
- American Express Velocity Platinum Card (up to 100,000 + 30,000 bonus points over two years)
- Westpac Altitude Velocity Black card (up to 150,000 + 30,000 bonus Velocity Points over two years)
Cards with 20,000 bonus Velocity Points
- Westpac Altitude Velocity Platinum card (up to 100,000 + 20,000 bonus points over two years)
Cards with 10,000 bonus Velocity Points
- ANZ Rewards Platinum card (up to 80,000 + 10,000 bonus points over two years)
- NAB Rewards Platinum card (up to 90,000 + 10,000 bonus points over two years)
- NAB Rewards Signature card (up to 80,000 + 10,000 bonus points over two years)
- American Express Velocity Escape Plus Card (up to 30,000 + 10,000 bonus points)
Make sure to activate the offer on the Velocity website before applying for the card. Register and apply by 5 March 2026, be approved, and meet the minimum spend requirement to receive your bonus points.
Velocity says the bonus points should be credited within 4-6 weeks of meeting the minimum spend, except for NAB cards, where you may need to wait until 30 June 2026.
American Express Velocity Platinum
- Sign-up Bonus:
- Up to 100,000 bonus Velocity Points¹
- Rewards Earn Rate:
- 1.25 Velocity Points earned per $1 on all eligible spend except for government bodies⁵. 2.25 Velocity Points per $1 spent on selected Virgin Australia purchases⁵. 0.5 Velocity Points per $1 on Government spend⁵
- Annual Fee:
- $440 p.a.
- Offer expires
- 30 April 2026
- The American Express Velocity Platinum Card has 70,000 bonus Velocity Points on offer for new American Express Card Members who apply, are approved and spend $5,000 on eligible purchases within the first 3 months of approval, plus an additional 30,000 Velocity Points when you spend a minimum of $1 on your Card within 90 days of paying your second year annual Card Fee¹. (Offer ends 30 April 2026. New Amex Card Members only. T&Cs apply.) Includes several perks such as Virgin Australia Lounge Access² every time you fly domestically with Virgin Australia, 2 VA Guest Lounge Passes³ each year and a Complimentary Domestic Return Virgin Australia Flight⁷.
Double Velocity Points on Virgin Australia flights
| Expiry: Activate and book by 13 February 2026 |
Booking Virgin Australia flights for travel this year? You’re in luck – until 13 February 2026, earn double Velocity Points on all domestic, trans-Tasman and international short-haul Virgin Australia flights flown up to 30 December.
Just activate the offer in the Velocity app before booking. This is an app-only offer for activation, but you can still book your Virgin Australia flights through a web browser if you prefer – don’t forget to stack it with cashback from Shopback or Topcashback.
Up to 15,000 Velocity Points with Medibank pet insurance
| Expiry: Sign-up by 24 March 2026 |
Need to update your furry friend’s insurance? Join Medibank Pet Insurance online before 24 March 2026 with the code VELOCITYPET to earn up to 15,000 bonus Velocity Points.
You’ll get 10,000 points after 90 days of holding the policy, and an additional 5,000 Velocity Points after holding the same policy for 11 months. Just note you won’t be eligible if you’re currently a member or your pet has held Medibank Pet Insurance in the last 12 months. Points may take an additional 10 business days to drop.
1,000 bonus Velocity Points with free Foxtel Now trial
| Expiry: Unknown |
New to Foxtel Now? Sign up for a free trial via the Velocty e-Store and pocket 1,000 bonus Velocity Points!
The offer is only for new customers (not lapsed or existing), and you will need to verify your mobile number to access the free 10-day trial. The bonus points usually track within 24 hours and will post within 30 days of sign-up.
Up to 500 Velocity + 500 Flybuys bonus points
| Expiry: 31 January 2026 |
Don’t miss out on some easy bonus points with Flybuys and Velocity.
Until 31 January 2025, new and existing customers can earn 250 bonus Velocity Points and 250 bonus Flybuys points on their next manual transfer of at least 1,000 Flybuys points.
The Auto Transfer offer is 500 bonus Velocity Points and 500 bonus Flybuys points for customers who have never used Auto Transfer before. This offer isn’t available if you’ve previously done an Auto Transfer before.
As we sometimes see higher Auto Transfer offers for first-time users, you may want to consider holding off transferring your points until later in 2026.
Recent notable Velocity Points offer history
- December 2025: Triple points on Virgin Austrlaia flights + travel extras
- October 2025: Double points on Virgin Australia hotels
- September 2025: Up to 20,000 bonus Velocity Points with selected credit cards
- April 2025: Quadruple points on Virgin Australia hotels
- March 2025: Up to 30,000 bonus Velocity Points with selected credit cards
- January 2025: Up to 20,000 bonus Velocity Points on new VA long-haul flights
- October 2024: Double Velocity Points on Qatar Airways flights
- August 2024: 2,000 bonus Velocity Points on Virgin Australia flights
- August 2024: 50% more Velocity Points on Singapore Airlines flights
- July 2024: Double Velocity Points on Qatar Airways flights
- May 2024: Quadruple Velocity Points at Rocket Travel (hotels)
- February 2024: Double Velocity Points on new flight bookings
- February 2024: 30,000 extra points or 200 SCs on selected credit cards
- November 2023: 30,000 extra Velocity Points on selected credit cards
- August 2023: Double Velocity Points on Qatar Airways flights
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- December 2022: Double Velocity Points on all new flight bookings
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- August 2022: Double Velocity Points on all new flight bookings
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- June 2022: Double Velocity Points for new Business Flyer signups
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- May 2022: 40K bonus points or six months trial Gold with Velocity credit cards
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- April 2022: 30% off Virgin Australia reward seats
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- July 2021: Double points on fuel at 7-Eleven
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- June 2021: Up to 4.5x bonus points on the Velocity e-Store
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- April 2021: Earn triple Velocity Points on your next flight
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- February 2021: Earn double Velocity Points on your next flight
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- January 2021: Win your share of 20 million Velocity Points; earn 1,000 bonus points with Youfoodz
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- October 2020: Up to 8x bonus points on the Velocity e-Store
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- 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 through offers, 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.
Got yourself a tidy balance of Velocity Points? Here are some of the best ways to use those points.
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Hello Brandon, thanks for your article. We (wife & I) are part pensioners and we applied to Virgin for a credit card earlier this year but they knocked us back on the basis we weren’t working. The approval from Virgin seems to come from the Phillipines so what would they know? Is there any credit card that pensioners can get today please?
Hi Raymond, unfortunately I don’t have any suggestions, especially in the rewards space. From what we’ve heard across the market, most financial institutions are hesitant to approve credit cards without consistent income (even if you have lots of assets) – and ultimately, it’s up to the banks.
Is there any reason why this offer wouldn’t be stackable with referral offers through AMEX? Couldn’t see anything in the T&Cs that would suggest otherwise, given the Velocity Offer is independent of Card Issuer Offers. Thanks!
Can you apply for two cards (e.g., Velocity Altitude Black and Amex Platinum)?
The terms and conditions are clear you must select your option by 31 May, but do you need to apply and be approved by 31 May? It didn’t seem to be as clear.
Hi, does anyone know if its possible to use an American Express referral link in conjunction with the 40k/gold/$300 Velocity promotion? i.e. Can I get the benefit of sending a referral link to someone, and they can get the currently Velocity promo benefit?
Or do they need to apply for the card via the Velocity website?
Thanks!
“Meet the minimum spend”. So, with a new High Flyer card, is that $3,500 x 4 months before you get gold?
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!
Did you choose Gold, does that mean you only effectively already have the status credits for gold and only need 500 more for platinum? This article seems to have more info on this than the details I can see on the actual offer.
Hi Tim, if you choose the Gold offer, you can earn 12 months of full Gold status after the 80 Status Credits. After that, your membership year resets and you either need to requalify for Gold with 400 SCs or reach Platinum in your own right (1000 SCs). It’s not a shortcut to Platinum.
Thanks Brandon, that makes sense. So it’s probably better to take the points if you’re almost at Gold already and expect to get there in the next few months. Especially if you already have lounge access anyway.
Has anyone received an email confirmation from Velocity regarding their ‘selected option’ yet? I received immediate confirmation on the website itself – BUT in parts (b) & (c) of their terms & conditions it states that you must wait for their “email” confirmation before you can apply for the credit card. Given I want to apply for a card ASAP for an upcoming trip, is there any time-frame regarding how long the email will take to be sent?
Hi Tom, I done the same, selected the Gold option but never received a email just an confirmation on the website. Time will tell as I applied and got my credit card by the cut off date.
Thanks for the update. With the 40k bonus promotion currently running, am I correct in that it would be in addition to the bonus points already offered with particular credit cards as listed on the velocity website (i.e. Amex Velocity Platinum 120k offer plus 40k = 160k)? Or is Velocity suggesting the 120k is inclusive of opting for the 40k bonus?
Hi Jacob, the 40K bonus (or other benefit you pick) is on top of the advertised card bonuses as well.
Awesome, thanks for the quick reply!
@Brandon Loo What defines their “Network”? Am I barking up the wrong tree here, but they have advertised 30% off the points needed for Business Class flights across the Netw0rk. No where in the Terms and Conditions does it ever distinctly restrict the sale to “Virgin” operated only flights. You will find you cannot book say a Singapore Airlines flight to London and get the 30% off, which caused me to ring the Guest Centre and ask why. Only then did the call centre operator say it was restricted to Virgin operated flights only. But both the call centre operator and the Supervisor admitted that the sale terms and conditions don’t actually say that at all. They advertise that it’s 30% off “across the network”. I have made a booking, and at the same time lodged a complaint with Virgin to say I believe I am entitled to 30% points refund. What defines “Network” because if it includes partner airlines then they have advertised 30% across the board.
From the Terms and Conditions of the sale: “Redemption bookings are available across our international and domestic network (excluding Christmas Island & Cocos Island).” It doesn’t say Virgin operated flight only, but that it’s across their international and domestic network.
Anyone thinking of doing the same, it seems Virgin closed the loophole after I complained that I was entitled to 30% off.
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.
I took a screen shot of the original Terms and Condition as well, and low and behold they’ve since changed the T&C as well after I brought it to their attention.
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.
Hi Graham, our guide was written under the title “30% off Virgin Australia Economy and Business reward seats”, which hasn’t changed since publication. This phrase is also used in-text so there should be no confusion on our end that this offer is specifically for Virgin Australia.
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.
Thanks Brandon.
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.
Remember this? Virgin originally posted the sale without putting that the 30% off points was for “Virgin Operated only” flights. The original ad didn’t say anything about “Virgin only”. I made a booking Brisbane-London on Singapore Airlines for 2 and made a complaint I was entitled to 30% off under the original ad as it was when I booked. I politely complained and I’m pleased to say Velocity have honoured the 30% off which is a saving of 83,400 points!!!! May I say Velocity were very, very good about this and I am very thankful for there fabulous customer service!!!!! Great service Velocity!!!
Thanks for sharing your experience Graham, and congrats on the positive outcome. I can bet Velocity won’t make that mistake again!
@mattmoffitt offer is targeted , that should lead the article
Ah I didn’t realise that! Thank you for letting me know. Guide has been updated.
Not available in the app and when I log in to the web 50% offer ??????
Hey Matt,
Any insight, or indication for a double status credit promo?
Hi Mike
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.
Re: “PayDay” Promotion and the 10,000,000 Point Giveaway.
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 wonder who they’re targeting with the 50% bun is points offer. I fly with SQ quite a lot (half my velocity points are from flying a domestic VA leg and then long haul SQ legs) and I got the offer after I booked an SQ operated flight through VA for the first time. I forwarded the deal to a family member who always credits her SQ flights to Krisflyer and has only just signed up to Velocity, and unfortunately she wasn’t eligible. Perhaps it’s people who already fly and credit Velocity. The SQ bonus doesn’t come near the 100% platinum bonus I get by booking through VA.
Unfortunately followed link and got advised that I am not eligible for the promotion, guess its targeted only
Its targeted, I wasn’t eligible for it
According to the Virgin offer-page T & C’s the bonus points remain the same irrespective of cabin class. Hence the comment about higher class fares earning more points while true, is slightly confusing in respect of the merits of this offer
I already have a booking to travel to/from LA next week. I’ve activated the offer on the off chance but do you think there’s any chance I’ll get the points?
Not available to the USA or Hong Kong. A claytons offer.
Does anyone know if you can book the flights through an agent (i.e. Expedia) or does it need to be booked through VA directly?
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
Hi Matty H
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.
What would be the best status run options between now and July to get as close to Gold as possible?
Matt,
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.
It appears that Virgin have ended this offer. I get the following message when I click the link in this article to activate the offer: “Unfortunately this offer has ended. We look forward to bringing you a new exclusive offer soon.”
🙁
Apologies Andrew, we realised we had incorrect link in our article.
Please try again as the link should now work.
It’s disappointing to see Wilson Parking and Velocity part ways. It was great for people like myself who do a lot of work related car parking in the inner city. I avoided all other parking operators and just used Wilson. I wonder if Wilson will partner with another rewards points program?
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 just tried to sign up for the double status credit offer but I got a message saying “Unfortunately you are not eligible for this promotion. We look forward to bringing you an exclusive offer soon.”. Can you help me with this or do you know why I am not elligable?
Hi Tom
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.
Regarding the 10,000 Christmas bonus… I have to shop at different retailers.
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?
Hi Justin
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.
Hmm – I successfully signed up for the 1,000 bonus point offer, but when i tried to activate for my partner and stepkids it said they weren’t eligible. Is it because we’re family pooling? But why would that matter?
I’ve received other reports that maybe its a targeted promotion, so that’s why.
Hi Matt,
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.
That’s a really good question and I don’t have a certain answer. The terms and conditions do not mention what happens if you fly to/from another Australian airport and connect through Sydney or Melbourne. My guess would be that yes, you’d still get the bonus points but I can’t say that with surety.
Hi Matt,
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 terms and conditions state ‘Flights can be booked via Virgin Australia website’. Interesting that they say can. If you want to be sure you will receive the triple points, I would suggest booking through the Virgin website and saving your travel credit for another time/another airline.
Hi Matt
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?
That’s a great question! The terms and conditions do state ‘This Velocity Points offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or promotion’. The 10% discount code seems to no longer be available, so I would suggest that you instead earn 2.5-3.5% cashback with Cashrewards.
For those with solar panels and considering EA, you “may be eligible” for FIT of 6c/kWh (per bottom of Anytime Saver factsheet). However note that EA’s website with further solar FIT eligibility requirements is broken. Best to confirm FIT eligibility with EA directly first prior to switching over for the 10K Velocity points bonus.
Is this just a once off thing? Or would we be able to earn points per dollar on each bill paid (moving forward) after we have linked our Velocity account? I can’t seem to find any details on this.
No, it’s just the bonus points that are on offer.
That’s interesting Bill. I wasn’t aware about that 2nd offer. So I guess, people need to decide if they would like 20,000 bonus points, plus another 4,000 anniversary points each year, or the extra discount and credit. To each his/her own.
I decided to look for a new electricity and gas supplier and stumbled across Energy Australia (EA). In NSW, EA offers 18% pay on time discount for electricity and 15% discount for gas. However, there is an offer with no velocity points that gives $50 online credit per service, and a 20% discount to electricity and 17% discount to gas.
Signed up last week for both electricity and gas. But it wasn’t simply for the sake of VFF points. When I compared them with my current provider, their prices were lower and ‘pay on discount’ bigger.
Cant wait for the 20,000 points.
Am I eligible? I booked my SYD-LAX economy flight with Delta in Nov 2016 but flew out on 3rd and return on 15th. The return leg is operated by Virginia Australia.
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
Unfortunately, no. You have to have booked during the promotional period.