Virgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer program is buzzing with numerous Velocity Status retention and bonus offers being dished out to members. And with travel demand through the roof, it’s a great time for Velocity to launch these offers. So let’s dive in!
What are the offers?
As of 6 June 2022, here are the many offers for Velocity members.
Offer 1: bonus Status Credits on Virgin Australia reward seats
RETURNING OFFER | If you fly on an eligible Virgin Australia reward seat from now until 31 July 2022, you’ll earn a small serving of Status Credits on the side! Considering reward seats generally earn zero Status Credits, this offer is a great bonus for members.
This retrospective offer is valid for all existing and new bookings. The updated Status Credit earn rate is shown in bold. Note that Virgin Australia uses different tables for domestic and international flights. Here is domestic:
| One-way Miles (zone) | Domestic Economy Reward | Domestic Business Reward |
| 1 – 600 (1) (e.g. Sydney to Melbourne) | 5 Status Credits | 15 Status Credits |
| 601 – 1,200 (2) (e.g. Melbourne to Sunshine Coast) | 7 Status Credits | 20 Status Credits |
| 1,201 – 2,400 (3) (e.g. Brisbane to Perth) | 10 Status Credits | 30 Status Credits |
You’ll earn more on international flights, though the network remains limited, for now.
| One-way Miles (zone) | International Economy Reward | International Business Reward |
| 1 – 750 (1) | 7 Status Credits | 15 Status Credits |
| 751 – 1,500 (2) | 15 Status Credits | 30 Status Credits |
| 1,501 – 3,000 (3) | 20 Status Credits | 35 Status Credits |
| 3,001+ (4+) | 25 Status Credits | 45 Status Credits |
Best of all, you don’t have to do anything special to activate this offer, apart from flying on a Virgin Australia reward seat from 1 June to 31 July 2022.
Offer 2: bonus Status Credits on paid Virgin Australia flights
EXTENDED | If you fly on an eligible Virgin Australia service from now until 30 June 2022, expect to receive a significant boost to your Status Credits tally!
Happily, this retrospective offer is valid for all existing and new bookings. It’ll see you earn up to double Status Credits for Economy bookings and up to 45 per cent bonus Status Credits for Business Class bookings. The updated Status Credit earn rate is shown in bold.
| One-way Miles (zone) | Lite | Choice/Groups | Flex | Business |
| 1 – 750 (1) (e.g. Sydney to Melbourne) | ||||
| 751 – 1,500 (2) (e.g. Melbourne to Sunshine Coast) | ||||
| 1,501+ (3) (e.g. Brisbane to Perth) |
You’ll receive the bonus Status Credits automatically after travel, without activating the offer.
Offer 3: bonus points and Status Credits with United
Until 19 June 2022, you can activate an offer with Velocity Frequent Flyer that will reward you with bonus points and Status Credits when you take a United flight out of Australia by 31 December 2022.
- Economy: 2,500 bonus points and 25 Status Credits.
- Premium Economy: 5,000 bonus points and 50 Status Credits.
- Business: 7,000 bonus points and 70 Status Credits.
Offer 4: status extension until February 2023
Finally, eligible Velocity Platinum and Gold members will automatically receive a further extension of their membership until 28 February 2023. To qualify, you just need to have booked an eligible Virgin Australia flight by 28 March 2021 under Velocity’s 2020 Status Rewards Program.
Unfortunately, you are not eligible for a February 2023 extension if you failed to qualify for last year’s status extension offer. An easy way to check if you qualified last year? If you see a 30 September 2022 review date for your Gold or Platinum status, then you’re good to go.
Why does this matter? Well, holding Velocity Gold or Platinum status comes with many benefits – including complimentary access to Virgin Australia lounges. Velocity Silver members also get a complimentary lounge invitation once per year. Other benefits include complimentary upgrades, Fly Ahead, higher checked-baggage allowances, priority boarding and preferential seating.
Summing up
With the scent of travel freedom wafting in the air, Velocity’s latest offers are certainly welcome news. And it’s also a smart play by Virgin Australia. We’re beginning to refocus on travel in 2022, and these offers are a way to keep Velocity Frequent Flyer fresh in our minds. We love that many of Velocity’s offers are retrospective, so customers that have already booked won’t miss out.
With Velocity international reward seats also open for booking, it shows there is always a dawn after the dark. For loyal Velocity members, the light is clearly beginning to shine through this month.
Originally written by Daniel Sciberras.
1) What happens to my status credits after the status extension. Hopefully they will still be valid for the following renewal. I’m already 75% there for my Plat renewal and it was a lot of hard work.
2) I took up the recent double status credit offer and next flight is early October. Will I still get the bonus status credits … or maybe a bonus on the double status credits 🙂
Now if they would just start up the transfer to SQ again, I’ll never speak ill of them again.
I had booked an eligible business class saver ticket MEL-ADL for next weekend to collect the double status credits offer, however due to recent lockdown, it is unlikely we will be able to fly.
Will I still receive the double status credits if I end up having to move this flight to a later date?
Do you know if flying MEL – PER via ADL , on a single ticket, will count as 2 eligible flights?
Cheers
cheers
I have 2 flights booked early Jan. I plan to use these to get the bonus points and March 2022 status extension. I may have a few more flights over 2021, but nothing like my past flying that got me to Platinum.
My husband has 2 flights booked for late January. He will then have a lot more flights than me over 2021 due to a change in job.
Our son (under 18) has 8 flights booked for late Jan/Feb 2021 (after my anniversary date).
We will no doubt have at least one family holiday flying Virgin in 2021, with all 4 of us earning status. Plus I get status credits from FlyBuys.
I’m thinking that the best course of action will be to keep the family pool until after my early January flights and my status anniversary. Then switch the status pool to hubby before his and son’s late Jan flights so he picks up status credits from himself and our son, also from me and our daughter for any future flights in 2021. He should be able to hit Gold some time during 2021.
The only downside to this is that I’ll probably lose Platinum in March 2022, but if I’m flying way less than hubby I guess that doesn’t really matter in practical terms, but the thought doesn’t thrill me.
Any advice about what we should do to maximise family pooling given our changed circumstances and all these offers? Is there any benefit to not changing the arrangement after my anniversary?
They snuck that change in didn’t they? Using future flight credits (i have many) but it’s all very unnecessary isn’t it? So hard to get them on the phone.
They promised to keep stsff too….haha!
I want my unused fare refunded. I cant ever use it… No one at Virgin answers airmails!!!
Or is that all null and void now. Guess I’ll find out in a couple of months. Felt a bit guilty doing the QA status challenge but now kinda glad 🙁