OzEire
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There is only one or two threads I can find which mention this:
Virgin Australia Accelerate Program | Virgin Australia
...and they appear to be somewhat dated, and lack any real commentary on the program itself. Mods, if I've missed the thread where this has already been discussed in detail, apologies and please delete, but if not...
Has anyone had experiences, good or bad, with this program ? I run a business on the side of my salary employment but as my 'little' project starts to get momentum I am taking more and more time away from my main 'job' to work on the business. Naturally, when I came across the VA program I realised that I could be getting rebates for my increasing travel budget and applied to Virgin.
I was shocked that, despite a five figure travel budget (well over their minimum $20k) and some 80 flights last year, Virgin were not interested. As I conduct my business work from home Virgin would not accept my residence as a 'place of business'. The irony is that I travel so frequently because I don't have a bricks and mortar office, my clients are across the country and I go to them - which only increases my travel budget! Next year I may break through to a 6-figure travel spend, particularly as I have added two part-time consultants in the last month to keep up with all the work.
Virgin may have their rules and procedures about what constitutes a 'eligible' business but have shown no flexibility in this case. The upshot of which is that I continue to enjoy my travel on Qantas (as a Plat) as there is no more incentive to fly with VA (as a Gold). It seems obvious that the opportunity to 'earn' rebates would entice me to put more of the travel budget to VA... loyalty 101 I would have thought.
For the record I have contacted the VFF rep who replied very kindly but there was no change to the Virgin Accelerate stance on my little 'home' business.
OzEire
Virgin Australia Accelerate Program | Virgin Australia
...and they appear to be somewhat dated, and lack any real commentary on the program itself. Mods, if I've missed the thread where this has already been discussed in detail, apologies and please delete, but if not...
Has anyone had experiences, good or bad, with this program ? I run a business on the side of my salary employment but as my 'little' project starts to get momentum I am taking more and more time away from my main 'job' to work on the business. Naturally, when I came across the VA program I realised that I could be getting rebates for my increasing travel budget and applied to Virgin.
I was shocked that, despite a five figure travel budget (well over their minimum $20k) and some 80 flights last year, Virgin were not interested. As I conduct my business work from home Virgin would not accept my residence as a 'place of business'. The irony is that I travel so frequently because I don't have a bricks and mortar office, my clients are across the country and I go to them - which only increases my travel budget! Next year I may break through to a 6-figure travel spend, particularly as I have added two part-time consultants in the last month to keep up with all the work.
Virgin may have their rules and procedures about what constitutes a 'eligible' business but have shown no flexibility in this case. The upshot of which is that I continue to enjoy my travel on Qantas (as a Plat) as there is no more incentive to fly with VA (as a Gold). It seems obvious that the opportunity to 'earn' rebates would entice me to put more of the travel budget to VA... loyalty 101 I would have thought.
For the record I have contacted the VFF rep who replied very kindly but there was no change to the Virgin Accelerate stance on my little 'home' business.
OzEire