Will you still earn/retain Velocity status beyond 2025?

[antycbr]

Apologies if this sounds obvious, but do you earn SCs when paying by Travel Bank funds under this new scheme?

The VA website states that SCs cannot be earned on:

• A flight where the membership number entered is not the membership number of the passenger travelling
• Reward Seats bookings, excluding Any Seat
• Any fare class that is not listed above
• Upgraded fares: members travelling on upgraded fares that are purchased with Velocity Points, UpgradeMe Platinum Member Offer, UpgradeMe Premium Bids or using cash at the airport will earn Status Credits based on the fare class originally purchased.

So, it appears like Travel Bank funds are treated the same as cash at $12 per SC. But, has anyone tried it yet?

Travel bank is just treated as a form of payment so you should be getting everything you’d get on a cash fare.

 

[SCM]

I've been waiting for Virgin to fix their stupid inconsistent pricing so I don't have to pay a 2k premium over booking identical flights with Qatar, but they haven't, so I will let my platinum status lapse into gold next cycle.

 

[Growing Older]

Well that's settled then... it was fun for a year to spite QF and to taste Diamond status with Hilton Honors, but just not worth it post-devaluation.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Well that's settled then... it was fun for a year to spite QF and to taste Diamond status with Hilton Honors, but just not worth it post-devaluation.

I reckon Hilton Diamond was the best part of the whole platinum package! The hiltons we stayed at they looked after us so well!!

 

[Falcs]

I reckon Hilton Diamond was the best part of the whole platinum package! The hiltons we stayed at they looked after us so well!!

And 6 years of it thanks to covid!