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.

Virgin’s Newcastle-Auckland Route to Return

Virgin Australia will bring back its seasonal flights from Newcastle to Auckland, despite filling just 54% of seats on the route last summer. In fact, Virgin Australia has announced a three-year deal with Newcastle Airport that will see the seasonal route running each summer until at least 2022. Virgin ran direct flights between Newcastle and … Continued

27 Jul 2019 Virgin Australia
Rideshare app airport pickup

Earn Velocity Points for Ola Rides

Velocity Frequent Flyer has launched a new points-earning partnership with ride-sharing service Ola. To celebrate, they’re giving away 1,000 free Ola rides to Australian airports tomorrow! Velocity members can earn 1 point per dollar on any Ola ride. This earn rate increases to 2 Velocity points per dollar when travelling to or from airports in … Continued

25 Jul 2019 Virgin Australia
Delta Air Lines Boeing 717 at Montreal Airport

Delta Updates Comfort+ Fare Classes

Delta has re-jigged the fare classes used for its Comfort+ and Premium Select cabins, resulting in changes to Velocity Frequent Flyer earning. Delta is now using both “W” and “S” fare classes for its domestic Comfort+ product. The “S” class was previously used for Discount Economy tickets, causing some concern that the change would result in … Continued

18 Jul 2019 Virgin Australia
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No More Velocity Points for Restaurant Bookings

IN BRIEF | Velocity Frequent Flyer will ends its restaurant booking partnership with OpenTable from 20 July 2019. Currently, it is possible to earn 300 Velocity points for every restaurant table booked on the OpenTable platform. These points are earned for each honoured restaurant booking with any of the hundreds of participating restaurants in Australia. … Continued

8 Jul 2019 Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia 737 Business Class legroom. Photo: Matt Graham.

Virgin Australia Launches Lighter In-Flight Magazine

Virgin Australia passengers will notice something new in their seat pockets from this month. The airline has relaunched its in-flight magazine, with the old Voyeur magazine becoming the “Virgin Australia Magazine”. The airline’s new in-flight magazine has fewer pages and is lighter than its predecessor, allowing the airline to reduce its fuel consumption. This allows … Continued

2 Jul 2019 Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia 777 in Abu Dhabi

Delays to Virgin Australia Los Angeles Flights

Virgin Australia’s long-haul network is in disarray after one of the airline’s Boeing 777s was taken out of service nearly two weeks ago. As a result, multiple Virgin Australia flights between Australia and Los Angeles have been cancelled or rescheduled over the past weeks. The affected aircraft is still undergoing maintenance. Virgin Australia has just … Continued

27 Jun 2019 Virgin Australia
Virgin Velocity status cards

Virgin Australia Considers Lifetime Velocity Status

Velocity Frequent Flyer could launch lifetime Velocity status, following the announcement that Qantas will introduce a lifetime Platinum status tier. Qantas announced last Thursday some significant changes to its frequent flyer program, including changes to frequent flyer redemptions and the introduction of a Points Club. As Qantas Frequent Flyer’s main competitor in Australia, Virgin’s Velocity … Continued

23 Jun 2019 Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia and Virgin Atlantic tails

Virgin Australia Seeks Expanded Virgin Atlantic Partnership

Virgin Australia and UK-based Virgin Atlantic have applied for regulatory approval to coordinate services between Australia and the UK. The expanded Virgin Atlantic partnership would allow the two airlines to offer a more seamless experience to passengers flying to London through better schedules, easier connections and enhanced frequent flyer benefits. Virgin Australia does not fly … Continued

21 Jun 2019 Virgin Australia
How to Redeem Virgin Australia Travel Bank Credits

New Westpac Altitude Velocity Rewards Program

Westpac has launched a new Altitude Velocity rewards program which comes with direct earning of Velocity points and complimentary Economy X upgrades on Virgin Australia flights. Westpac customers can now choose to opt-in to earning either Qantas points, Velocity points or Altitude Rewards points with their credit card. As part of the changes, Westpac is … Continued

20 Jun 2019 Virgin Australia

Virgin Australia Double Status Credits – May 2019

Virgin Australia has launched a brand new double status credits offer! Until 27 May 2019, you can earn double Velocity status credits on new Virgin Australia flight bookings for travel until 14 April 2020. To use this promotion, you must first register on the Virgin Australia website and enter your Velocity Frequent Flyer number at the … Continued

21 May 2019 Virgin Australia

Up to 25% Bonus Velocity Points on Transfers – May 2019

Velocity Frequent Flyer’s twice-yearly promotion on points transfers is back! This time around, you can earn up to 25% bonus Velocity points when transferring your points from participating credit card and hotel rewards programs to Velocity Frequent Flyer (or a generous 50% bonus if you have ANZ Rewards points). Velocity Frequent Flyer runs a similar … Continued

1 May 2019 Virgin Australia