Is Qantas or Velocity Status Harder to Earn in 2025?
Our analysis shows that it costs an average flyer around 2-3x more money to earn status with Qantas than with Virgin Australia Velocity. But there’s a catch.
Category: Virgin Australia
The Best Ways to Redeem Velocity Points
The best ways to redeem Virgin Australia Velocity points are Reward Seats and upgrades. Some partner airline rewards also offer particularly exceptional value.
Current Virgin Australia Promo Codes
Save up 5-20% on domestic and international Virgin Australia flights with these current Virgin Australia discount codes.
Buying Velocity Points with a Discount: Is it Worth It?
You can purchase up to 250,000 Virgin Australia Velocity points each year with Velocity Points Booster. Until 21 October 2025, you can even get up to a 40% discount. But there are cheaper ways to earn Velocity Points.
Velocity Members Lose Access to United Business Reward Seats
Australians can no longer redeem Velocity Points for United Business Class reward seats to the USA, because United hasn’t released a single one for more than two months. Singapore Airlines has also stopped releasing Business reward seats to Velocity members from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth to Singapore.