American Express reactivates transfers to Velocity Frequent Flyer

American Express Membership Rewards have announced that transfers to Velocity Frequent Flyer have been reactivated. Note that previous earn rates and conditions remain the same, including that points transferred out to Velocity Frequent Flyer cannot be transferred back to your Membership Rewards account.

This will come in handy for those looking to make flight redemptions with Virgin Australia and who may be short Velocity points, especially with the impending domestic border restrictions being lifted over the coming weeks.

Further information regarding the changes can be found here.

Other reward programs such as Altitude Rewards, Amplify Rewards and NAB Rewards continue to restrict transfers to Velocity for the time being.

Our original guide on how to transfer points into Velocity Frequent Flyer follows.

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How to transfer points into Velocity Frequent Flyer

It is always handy to have a stash of Velocity Points at your disposal when you start planning your next big flight redemption.

Apart from flying, there are plenty of other ways to keep your Velocity balance healthy and full, just from your normal daily spending and activities.

This guide will show you all the different ways you can transfer points into your Velocity account from external sources, such as other airline and rewards programs, credit cards and Flybuys.

Transfer airline points to Velocity

If you have some spare Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles lying around, these can be consolidated with your Velocity account.

When logged into your KrisFlyer account, head to ‘Profile’, ‘Partner programmes’ and add your Velocity account details there.

Points can be transferred between either program at a rate of 1.55 to 1. You will need a minimum of 5,000 KrisFlyer to send to Velocity, which comes out as 3,225 Velocity Points.

While you cannot transfer other airline points to Velocity, you can earn Velocity Points when flying other partner airlines by attaching your Velocity number to the booking.

Transfer credit card points to Velocity

Most major banks in Australia will have some sort of rewards credit card that can earn Velocity Points. These will either earn Velocity Points directly (e.g. 1.25 point per dollar spent with the American Express Velocity Platinum) or earn credit card reward points that can later be transferred to Velocity.

Participating merchants include American Express, ANZ, Commbank, NAB and Westpac.

Head to Velocity’s page to see all the important details, including how many Velocity Points you could be earning for daily spend.

How to transfer your credit card points to Velocity

1. Log-in to your credit card rewards account
2. Select ‘Velocity Frequent Flyer’ as your redemption
3. Choose the number of Velocity Points you wish to transfer.
4. Ensure that the names on your rewards account and Velocity account match up.
5. Receive the points within a few days (depending on the rewards program)

Transfer hotel points to Velocity

Many of us might stay at a hotel chain a few times, accumulating some rewards points, but not enough for a hotel night redemption.

One alternative option is to send them to your Velocity account instead. Major participating brands include LeClub AccorHotels, Marriott Bonvoy, Hilton Honors and IHG Rewards Club.

See the Velocity page for instructions on how to transfer your hotel points across. Most programs will need from 3,000 to 10,000 hotel points as a starting guide.

How to transfer your hotel points to Velocity

1. Log-in to your hotel rewards account
2. Select ‘Velocity Frequent Flyer’ as your partner redemption
3. Choose the number of Velocity Points you wish to transfer.
4. Ensure that the names on your hotel account and Velocity account match up.
5. Receive the points within a few days (depending on the hotel program)

Combine your family’s points with Family Pooling 

If you are flying with family members living at the same address as you, be sure to take advantage of Family Pooling. It means all their points and status credits will be pooled to your account, giving you a big Velocity Points boost.

How to set-up Family Pooling (in a nutshell)

1. Log-in to the Velocity account you wish to pool from.
2. Visit this link or look for ‘Family Points Pooling’ under ‘My Account’
3. Choose whether you want to pool just points, or points + status credits.
4. Fill in the details of the Velocity account you wish to pool into.
5. Hit ‘Submit’, and your Family Pool arrangement will start the next day after midnight.

Transfer your Flybuys points

Shopping with Coles and other Flybuys partners can be rewarding for your Velocity account!

Every 2,000 Flybuys points can be converted to 870 Velocity Points, or 1,000 Velocity Points during the 15% bonus transfer periods.

Simply log in to your Flybuys account, choose Velocity Frequent Flyer as the redemption, and select how many Flybuys points you want to send to Velocity, in multiples of 2,000 Flybuys points.

Make sure your Velocity account is already linked to Flybuys beforehand.

Usually, there will be a cap of 138,000 Flybuys points that can be transferred in each calendar year. More information on the Flybuys partnership is available here.

Points transfer rates at a glance

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