How to Earn Bonus Velocity Points on Flybuys Transfers

There are a few different ways to use Flybuys points in Australia. As well as redeeming for discounts off your shopping at Coles, gift cards or products from the Flybuys reward store, you have the option to transfer your Flybuys points to Velocity Frequent Flyer.

You can convert Flybuys points to Velocity points in increments of 1,000 points, with 1,000 Flybuys points equal to 500 Velocity points. So that’s a conversion rate of 2:1.

Flybuys also offers Velocity Points Auto Transfer. Rather than manually transferring points whenever you need them, you can opt-in to have your Flybuys points automatically transferred to your Velocity account every time you earn 1,000 Flybuys points. While the same conversion rate applies when using Auto Transfer, Flybuys and Velocity have offered some bonus rewards. This includes extra status credits, bonus points or extra competition entries to Auto Transfer users during limited-time promotions.

Velocity points can be redeemed for flights, upgrades and also other rewards via the Velocity Frequent Flyer program. You can also transfer your Velocity points to the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program.

There is no longer an annual limit to the number of points that may be converted from Flybuys to Velocity.

About bonus point offers on transfers from Flybuys

Prior to January 2021, the standard conversion rate was 2,000 Flybuys points to 870 Velocity points. When this was the case, the programs regularly offered 15% bonus points on transfers. In effect, this brought the conversion rate to the current standard rate of 2:1.

Since the new conversion rate was implemented, Flybuys has still run promotions. But these have been focused mainly on encouraging members to sign up to Velocity Auto Transfer. For example, Flybuys offered triple Velocity status credits from December 2020 until January 2021 for members who opted in to Velocity Auto Transfer.

Current offer on Flybuys transfers to Velocity

From 25 March until 5 May 2024, Velocity Frequent Flyer and Flybuys are each giving 1 million points as a weekly prize for one lucky person who transfers Flybuys points during that week. There are also 200 runner-up prizes of 5,000 Velocity and 5,000 Flybuys points.

You’ll get 1 entry by linking your Flybuys to your Velocity account, 5 entries for every 1,000 Flybuys points manually transferred to Velocity, and 10 entries for every 1,000 Flybuys points sent to Velocity via Auto Transfer during the promotional period.

See the Velocity website for more details about this offer.

How to transfer Flybuys points to Velocity Frequent Flyer

You can transfer Flybuys points to Velocity Frequent Flyer on the Flybuys website.

Alternatively, you can also opt in to Velocity Auto Transfer on the Flybuys website.

You’ll need to be in Australia to redeem your Flybuys points (or use a VPN). If you haven’t already done so, you’ll also need to link your Flybuys account to your Velocity account online.

Previous bonus Velocity point offers

To give you an idea of what to expect, here is a list of recent previous bonus point offers on Flybuys transfers to Velocity Frequent Flyer:

• 25 March – 5 May 2024: Points Millionaire competition: Link or transfer Flybuys points for a chance to win one of six weekly prizes of 1 million Velocity + 1 million Flybuys points.
• 1 December 2023 – 31 January 2024: Make a manual transfer to earn 250 bonus Velocity + 250 bonus Flybuys points. Double points if you make an Auto Transfer during the promotional period.
• 4 October – 30 November 2023: Competition to win 1 of 5 island holidays (1 entry for linking accounts, 5 entries per 1,000 points manually transferred, 10 entries per 1,000 points auto transferred)
• 1-31 August 2023: Competition to win 100,000 Flybuys + 100,000 Velocity points (1 winner each day in August; 1 entry per 1,000 Flybuys points transferred, or 4 entries for Auto Transfer users)
• 15-30 June 2023: Get 5% bonus points on your first manual transfer or 15% bonus points on the first Velocity Auto Transfer during the promo period (up to a maximum of 10,000 or 30,000 bonus points)
• 1 March – 30 April 2023: Competition to win 5 million Velocity points, 5 million Flybuys points or one of 400 other minor prizes (1 entry per 1,000 Flybuys points transferred, or 4 entries for Auto Transfer users)
• 1-28 February 2023: 1,000 Flybuys points + 1,000 Velocity points for turning on Velocity Auto Transfer for the first time
• 1-31 December 2022: Double Velocity status credits for every $100 spent at Coles (4x status credits if opted into Velocity Auto Transfer)
• 3 October – 30 November 2022: Competition to win 2 million Velocity points + 10 runner-up prizes (1 entry per 1,000 Flybuys points transferred, or 3 entries for Auto Transfer users)
• 1-31 August 2022: Turn on Velocity Auto Transfer for the first time to get 300 bonus Velocity points and 300 bonus Flybuys points on your first transfer
• 1 June – 31 July 2022: Competition to win one of 50 domestic flights or 50 other small prizes
• 1-31 May 2022: Get 5% bonus points on your first manual transfer during the month or 10% bonus points if you switch on Velocity Auto Transfer for the first time
• 1 March – 30 April 2022: Competition to win 2 million Velocity & Flybuys points, and 100 other small prizes (1 entry per 1,000 Flybuys points transferred, or 2 entries for Auto Transfer users)
• 1-31 December 2021: Double Velocity status credits for every $100 spent at Coles
• 1 October-30 November 2021: Competition to win a million Velocity and Flybuys points, and 100 other small prizes (1 entry per 1,000 Flybuys points transferred, or 3 entries for Auto Transfer users)
• 1-30 September 2021: Double Velocity status credits for every $100 spent at Coles. Or, 4x status credits for Auto Transfer users
• 2-22 August 2021: 250 bonus Velocity points with any transfer (Auto Transfer users get 500 points)
• 10-17 June 2021: Opt-in to Velocity Auto Transfer and get 300 bonus Velocity points
• 1 April – 31 May 2021: Competition to win one of 50 Virgin Australia flights or one of 1,000 prizes of 1,000 Velocity points (Auto Transfer users get double entries)
• 1-31 March 2021: Claim a share of 5 million points (Auto Transfer users get double entries)
• 1 December 2020 – 31 January 2021: Triple status credits for Auto Transfer users
• 1-30 November 2020: 15% bonus points
• 1-31 July 2020: 15% bonus points (or 20% bonus points on transfers above 100,000 Flybuys points)
• 18-25 February 2020: 15% bonus points
• 23 January – 14 February 2020: “New Year” competition – transfer points for a chance to win 2,020,020 Velocity points
• 1-30 November 2019: 15% bonus points
• 14-31 October 2019: Shop with 1, 2 or 3 participating Flybuys partners to bag 100, 150 or 200 bonus Velocity points per redemption
• 3 September – 13 October 2019: “Points Millionaire” competition – transfer Flybuys points for the chance to win 1 million Velocity points
• 27-30 June 2019: 15% bonus points
• 1 May – 9 June 2019: 15% bonus points
• 1-30 April 2019: Transfer at least 2,000 Flybuys points and earn 5x Flybuys points on a Coles shop
• 1-31 March 2019: 10% bonus points
• 16-28 February 2019: 15% bonus points
• 17 January – 15 February 2019: Win a share of 10 million points (this ended up being 98 Velocity points per 2,000 Flybuys points transferred)
• 27-29 December 2018: 15% bonus points

You can discuss these offers on the Australian Frequent Flyer forum: Bonuses for transferring Flybuys points to Velocity

Matt Graham

The editor of Australian Frequent Flyer, Matt's passion for travel has taken him to over 70 countries… with the help of frequent flyer points, of course!
Matt's favourite destinations (so far) are Germany, Brazil & Kazakhstan. His interests include economics, aviation & foreign languages, and he has a soft spot for good food and red wine.

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