Interesting pricing [Award sale - book 'til 28/2, travel 15/3/18 to 9/1/19]

[Pleb Status]

Using points will not earn you any SC, using part payment at the payment (final) stage of the VFF booking will earn SC.
So what ever has been discovered by you lot, unless its a glitch, will be nabbed by VFF soon, you will all probably get a "your booking has been cancelled" or something, if you have made use of a glitch in the booking of awards section of VFF.
I am an honest to goodness pooch and don't get involved in "improper behavior" that might come back to bite me.

It has been confirmed by the VFF rep that this is an actual VA promotion and we are all good.

Interesting pricing

On the SC front, it may take six months to retain WP now instead of five....

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Ah, ok then, as you were, ...

 

[Gold Member]

Up To 40% off reward bookings. International businesss class included! Book by 28 Feb and travel between 15 March 2018 and 9 Jan 2019.

Me thinks the stockpiling of Points accrued via Credit card sign up bonuses caused a few heart palpitations at VA Finance given the huge liability on their balance sheet. Now if only QF would match!

Whatever limited International business rewards are left will get snapped up quick so act fast folks.

More details here: https://www.velocityfrequentflyer.c...self/?icmpid=vf:redeem:top:redemption-sale:na

Full T&Cs here:
Redeeming Flights: Save 30% off the Points required for all Reward Seats on flights operated by Virgin Australia, Virgin Atlantic, Alitalia, Delta Air Lines or Air New Zealand (Trans Tasman only) and redeemed via the Velocity Frequent Flyer program for travel from 15 March 2018 until 9 January 2019. The discount does not apply to taxes and fees whether paid in Points or cash. The discounted price will be displayed during the booking process or quoted by Velocity's Contact Centre. On sale from 12 February 2018 until midnight AEST 28 February 2018 unless sold out prior. The quoted redemption fares are correct as at 30 January 2018 and are subject to change. Fares are subject to availability, and seats are limited and may not be available at peak times or on all flights and must be booked on the Velocity website, virginaustralia.com or through Velocity's Contact Centre. The discount is not applicable when booking via Virgin Australia Any Seat or Points + Pay options, or when booking via Tigerair Australia using Velocity Points as a payment method. Taxes are payable in addition to Velocity Points redeemed. Any taxes or fee components are not eligible for Points earn. Price may vary until ticketed. All payments made on the internet or on the phone via debit/credit card are subject to a payment surcharge between 0.6% to 1.3% of the total value of the card transaction (capped at $40 for domestic and $70 for international, per passenger per booking). Add $40 or 5,200 Points for domestic and international short haul bookings or $70 or 8,800 Points for international long haul booking per person for bookings made on the phone. A checked baggage allowance is included in your Virgin Australia fare, see Reward Seat Baggage Allowances for details. When travelling with a partner airline, check their website for baggage allowance information. Name changes are not permitted. Other changes, refunds and cancellation are permitted prior to travel and may incur a fee and any applicable fare difference. Itinerary changes made after 28 February 2018 will cause your discount to be lost. See the Velocity Rewards Seat fare rules for more information. Some flights may be operated by a partner airline. Different baggage allowances and conditions may apply to these flights.

 

[ozjuice]

No reward flights at all to LAX though....so sadly not a lot of use to me.

 

[AIRwin]

I must say I thoroughly enjoyed this thread on AFF - suspense, drama and then the twist... I give it 5 stars!

 

[cjd600]

No reward flights at all to LAX though....so sadly not a lot of use to me.

There is if you can fly in the next 5 days or so (no points discount though)

 

[Pleb Status]

No reward flights at all to LAX though....so sadly not a lot of use to me.

There is plenty of Y and some PE available. See my post from yesterday proving this.

I think J award availability has been deliberately removed from the system so they can say that the promotion is systemwide whilst not giving away the most valuable award seats...

 

[Virgin Bart]

Interesting!

The 30% discount is available on all Reward Seats on flights operated by Virgin Australia, Virgin Atlantic, Alitalia, Delta Air Lines and Air New Zealand (Trans Tasman only)

 

[Strategic Aviation]

Certainly interesting, but no SQ = unfortunate.

 

[Mattg]

Well, what can I say... good offer and well done Velocity!

There has been some discussion about a lack of award availability to LAX. Out of interest, I just checked for business class availability on every single VA flight to/from LAX during the promo period.

I only found one date on any route with J availability. There are currently 2x business reward seats on VA2 LAX-SYD departing 3 April. Good luck to any AFFer/s able to book these seats!



There is a smattering of premium economy seats available for 50,100 points one-way, or 100,200 points + ~$150 round-trip. That's a pretty good deal in my books!

For those interested, I checked for premium economy on the MEL-LAX and LAX-SYD routes. The following dates have at least one PE reward seat available:

MEL-LAX: 3/4, 5/4, 8/4. 15/4, 17/4, 3/5, 10/5, 12/5, 15/5, 21/5, 27/5, 28/5, 29/5, 7/6, 11/6, 12/6, 10/7, 15/7, 19/7, 24/7, 29/7, 14/8, 16/8, 21/8, 27/8, 28/8, 30/8, 2/10, 9/10, 16/10, 23/10, 30/10

LAX-SYD: 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 7/4, 10/4, 15/4, 16/4, 1/5, 14/5, 15/5

Economy is also available on many dates.

 

[ozjuice]

i found nothing from BNE at all. No use in going points in Y to be honest.

 

[Grimace1]

I've had a look at flights to Auckland on NZ metal and all the reward seats are "Sold out", checked three months worth of dates, along with different routing (PER/CNS/SYD/BNE/MEL/ADL), hmm!

 

[Mattg]

I've had a look at flights to Auckland on NZ metal and all the reward seats are "Sold out", checked three months worth of dates, along with different routing (PER/CNS/SYD/BNE/MEL/ADL), hmm!

You need to call up to book on Air New Zealand

 

[Grimace1]

You need to call up to book on Air New Zealand

Ohh, D'oh! Thanks for that

 

[blackcat20]

I found flights to NZ on VA yesterday when I was looking.

 

[Warks]

Just got the Valentine's Day email. 30% off reward flights as detailed above. Also I have enough points for 14 toasters?? So 14 toasters would buy several SYD-LAX returns? Must be some toaster!

 

[Ausbt]

The email only lobbed in a few minutes ago. Apparently I'm in the top 1% of members turning their points into rewards. A 1%-er ! If I can find my leather jacket, I might patch-over

 

[blackcat20]

The email only lobbed in a few minutes ago. Apparently I'm in the top 1% of members turning their points into rewards. A 1%-er ! If I can find my leather jacket, I might patch-over

I got 4%. The total burned surprises me as I dont tend to cash in for VA awards...maybe they count transfers to KF/SQ.

 

[TSOOBI]

The email only lobbed in a few minutes ago. Apparently I'm in the top 1% of members turning their points into rewards. A 1%-er ! If I can find my leather jacket, I might patch-over

HAHAH.... and now i have about 1.5 million left i will have to transfer to SQ to redeem

 

[ozjuice]

"But wouldn't you rather see if your points could get you on a romantic getaway to one of these places?" EG.... "Los Angeles"

Thankyou for the email Velocity and the answer is YES!!! But no chance. haha