Virgin Australia

As one of Australia’s leading airlines, Virgin Australia is a favourite among frequent flyers. Its Velocity Frequent Flyer program is also highly popular, offering members fantastic opportunities to earn and redeem points for flights, upgrades, and more. Discover tips, guides, and insights below to make the most of flying with Virgin Australia and leveraging the benefits of the Velocity Frequent Flyer program.

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Virgin Adds Domestic Routes, Delays International Restart

Virgin Australia will add five new domestic routes and add more flights on 20 existing routes as demand increases across the domestic network. But the announcement came just a week after Virgin further delayed its planned restart of international flights. New Virgin Australia domestic routes From July 2021, Virgin Australia will add flights on the … Continued

24 May 2021 Virgin Australia
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IT Outage Causes Major Virgin Australia Delays

Virgin Australia flights all over the country suffered significant delays on Friday evening as an extended global outage of the airline’s IT provider brought its systems offline. Some Australian Frequent Flyer members who were caught up in the outage described chaotic scenes at airports on Friday night as airline staff scrambled to manually check in … Continued

23 May 2021 Virgin Australia
How to Redeem Virgin Australia Travel Bank Credits

15-30% Bonus on Credit Card Points Transfers to Velocity (May 2021)

Velocity Frequent Flyer’s six-monthly transfer bonus offer is back for May 2021, with 15-30% bonus points on offer when transferring points to Velocity from a participating Australian credit card rewards program. You’ll earn 15% bonus points when transferring points to Virgin Australia’s frequent flyer program from most Australian bank-operated loyalty programs. There is an additional … Continued

5 May 2021 Virgin Australia

Photos: Virgin Australia’s New Melbourne Pop-Up Lounge

Virgin Australia has opened a second temporary pop-up lounge at Melbourne Airport to ease overcrowding at the airline’s existing temporary lounge, housed in the space of Virgin’s “The Club”. Until renovations of the main lounge are completed in mid-2021, the temporary “The Club” lounge will remain available to Velocity Platinum and Virgin Australia Business Class … Continued

4 May 2021 Virgin Australia
Sign to Virgin temporary lounge in Melbourne

Virgin Opens Second Temporary Melbourne Lounge

Virgin Australia will open a second temporary lounge at Melbourne Airport on Monday morning (3 May 2021) to ease overcrowding at the existing temporary lounge, amid a surge in travel demand. The new, temporary pop-up Virgin Lounge will be located adjacent to “AFL Kitchen and Bar” in Melbourne Airport’s Terminal 3. This is located before … Continued

30 Apr 2021 Virgin Australia
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Triple Velocity Points on Virgin Flights (April 2021)

Virgin Australia is again offering triple Velocity points when you book a Virgin Australia domestic flight by 25 April 2021. With this offer, you’ll earn at least 15 Velocity points per $1 spent on Virgin Australia flights (up from the usual 5 points per dollar). That’s a good offer, but there’s a catch: it’s only … Continued

13 Apr 2021 Virgin Australia
How to Maximise Velocity's Bonus Status Credits Offer (May 2021)

Virgin & Qantas Status Extension Confusion

In December 2020, Velocity Frequent Flyer launched a great promotion offering a status extension until 31 March 2022 to existing Gold or Platinum members who booked a Virgin Australia flight by 28 March 2021. Virgin Australia has now extended the status extension for all Velocity members who were eligible for this offer until 30 September … Continued

12 Apr 2021 Virgin Australia
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Velocity Frequent Flyer Partners with 7-Eleven

7-Eleven has applied for ACCC authorisation to partner with Virgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer program for at least five years. Under the proposed arrangement, Velocity Frequent Flyer members would be able to earn and redeem Velocity points at all 7-Eleven petrol stations and convenience stores across Australia. Velocity members would earn points when buying fuel, convenience … Continued

9 Apr 2021 Virgin Australia
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Virgin Australia Introduces New Economy & Business Class Menus

Virgin Australia has removed complimentary snacks in Economy class, replacing them with a buy-on-board retail menu. Virgin is also relaunching its Business Class menu today, with fresh new meal options replacing the infamous snack boxes served in the pointy end of Virgin’s flights over recent months. Virgin’s new Economy Class menu Virgin Australia will continue … Continued

25 Mar 2021 Virgin Australia
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Virgin Clamps Down on Hand Luggage

Virgin Australia has resumed actively weighing hand luggage to ensure passengers aren’t flouting the 7kg carry-on limit. Virgin is now randomly checking carry-on bags at boarding gates at some airports, including Melbourne and Sydney, as well as when passengers check in. Business class passengers and Velocity Platinum & Gold members are not immune, as these … Continued

22 Mar 2021 Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia Lounge, Canberra

Virgin Australia Reopens Canberra Airport Lounge

Virgin Australia has finally reopened its lounge at Canberra Airport, the last of seven remaining lounges in Virgin’s network to return to service. The Canberra lounge, located above gate 7 near the international departures area, opened back up on 16 March 2021 – almost a year since it closed due to COVID-19. While there haven’t … Continued

16 Mar 2021 Virgin Australia