Double Status Credits with Virgin Australia – November 2019

Virgin Australia has released a brand new, public Double Status Credits offer today! You can earn double Velocity status credits on all new Virgin Australia flight bookings made until the end of this week, for travel until 13 October 2020. All Virgin Australia marketed and operated flights to all destinations are eligible for double Velocity … Continued

How to Get Expired Velocity Points Back

  Velocity Frequent Flyer points will expire if there is no activity in your account for 24 months. This means your Velocity points will be safe as long as you earn or redeem at least one point every two years. But if your Velocity points do happen to expire, is there anything you can do … Continued

Virgin Australia Suspends Melbourne-Hong Kong Route

Virgin Australia will withdraw from the Melbourne-Hong Kong route, with the last flights taking off on 10 February 2020. The widely-anticipated announcement comes as Virgin Australia completes a review of its fleet and route network, following seven consecutive loss-making years. Virgin Australia’s load factors to Hong Kong have been poor for some time, despite Virgin’s … Continued

Velocity 15% EOY Transfer Bonus – November 2019

It’s that time of year again! Every six months – in May and November – Velocity Frequent Flyer offers bonus points as an incentive to transfer points to Velocity from various credit card reward programs, as well as hotel loyalty programs and Flybuys. This month, Virgin Australia is calling its promotion the “15% EOY bonus”. … Continued

Virgin Australia Wins Haneda Approval

Virgin Australia is set to launch daily Brisbane-Haneda flights next year, following a decision by Australia’s International Air Services Commission (IASC) to give one new slot each to Qantas and Virgin Australia at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Qantas had applied for both of the two daytime new take-off and landing slots available from next March at … Continued