Virgin Australia Platinum Plus Status Discussion

[anat0l]

Great. Thanks. Do you know if this is on the record somewhere?

You would think it would be a bit obtuse if bonus status credits (from promotions), which are intended to assist people to get higher statuses, won't count towards Platinum Plus (or Forever Gold for that matter), particularly for the additional restriction of needing a certain portion of the status credits to come from personally earned flying on VA.

Would it be logical to assume that P+ will be treated in a similar manner to Forever Gold? A large portion that has be earned directly by the beneficiary on VA metal and a small portion that can be earned indirectly.

That's already been stated on the website - Platinum Plus needs 1500 of the 2000 status credits to be earned personally by flying VA.

 

[aus_flyer]

Was just told on the phone that only status credits earned after the launch on 1 October will count towards the annual tally for Platinum Plus. Hmmm...

I went and checked the website and unlike Forever Gold, there's no mention of people receiving the status on day 1, if they have reached the required number of SCs.

I really hope this isn't the case as I'm trying to get to 2000 before 1 October (i.e. earning 2000 since 2 October 2024).

 

[nutwood]

"From 1 October 2025, Platinum Plus will be Velocity Frequent Flyer’s highest published Status level. To be eligible to upgrade into Platinum Plus Status, Velocity members must have a total of 2,000 Status Credits in their Status Credit balance earned during the previous 365 days,..."

That's the terms and conditions and I read that as stating 365 days previous to 1 October 2025. Interesting if there's another interpretation

 

[enigma]

Was just told on the phone that only status credits earned after the launch on 1 October will count towards the annual tally for Platinum Plus. Hmmm...

I went and checked the website and unlike Forever Gold, there's no mention of people receiving the status on day 1, if they have reached the required number of SCs.

I really hope this isn't the case as I'm trying to get to 2000 before 1 October (i.e. earning 2000 since 2 October 2024).

The article states that VFF will immediately upgrade anyone who have earned enough status credits on 1 October 2025.