Westpac website now says "The number of Altitude Points required to redeem Gift Cards, Altitude Travel, Merchandise, and selected Frequent Flyer Miles will now be changing on Wednesday, 9 November 2016." Including the 2.5 points for one Singapore Mile....
https://altituderewards.com.au/public/info.aspx?name=changes
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2. The system is back to front...where you have to input 1\2 the amount of Altitude points to workout rewards value.
3. I had to contact help line due to name not matching exact Velocity account!