This is a wonderful card, with a great points earn, including 0.5pt per $ with the ATO. No cap on points earn.
I used a referral from this forum so I am posting mine for anyone who would like to share the love.
http://amex.com.au/refer/carlamTjdY?XLINK=MYCP
You receive
60k bonus points* with a minimum spend of $1500 in the first 3 months, and I will be given 30k bonus if you are kind enough to click on my link. (thank you so much in advance if you do xo)
* This is an extra 10k points than the current 50k being promoted on the AMEX site.
We travel with our 2 children so earning points is a mammoth quest for us to travel as a family.
The 2
Virgin Australia lounge passes are great, I highly recommend the Gold Coast and Melbourne ones. We enjoyed them immensely. The children especially loved the Darrel Lea sweet bowls.
The flight credit was really easy to use. I used it for my daughter and it was transferable, ticketed to her name. I checked availability on the Virgin website and then called up. Done in 5 minutes with an Australian operator. Easy.
The perks of the Velocity platinum Amex card:
1.5pt per $ earn on domestic spend (except ATO)
plus an extra 1pt per $ on Virgin travel spend.
2 passes to the AMEX lounge in Sydney (or Melbourne once it opens.)
1 free domestic return flight in Australia on
Virgin Australia after the minimum spend. A great deal if you need to fly from the East-West coast especially!
Domestic and International travel insurance if the travel is booked on the card.
Earn more points by joining up to 4 supplementary card holders for FREE.
100 SC on
Virgin Australia when you spend $50k in a 12 month period.
I really love seeing the points accumulate quickly with this card.
My referral link:
http://amex.com.au/refer/carlamTjdY?XLINK=MYCP
Happy travels.