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By booking flights as part of a Virgin Australia Holidays package, you'll earn Velocity status credits based on the class and distance flown - potentially netting you a much higher return.
Platinum Plus is Virgin Australia's new top status tier. To earn it, you'd need to spend $24,000 on airfares - but some frequent flyers feel the benefits don't justify that. Here are 10 ways Virgin could change that.
Both Qantas and Virgin Australia systematically increase their cheapest Business Class airfares at midnight, on a specific number of days before departure. Our guide explains when to book for the lowest price.
Our analysis shows that it costs an average flyer around 2-3x more money to earn status with Qantas than with Virgin Australia Velocity. But there's a catch.
The best ways to redeem Virgin Australia Velocity points are Reward Seats and upgrades. Some partner airline rewards also offer particularly exceptional value.
Save up 5-20% on domestic and international Virgin Australia flights with these current Virgin Australia discount codes.
You can purchase up to 250,000 Virgin Australia Velocity points each year with Velocity Points Booster. Until 21 October 2025, you can even get up to a 40% discount. But there are cheaper ways to earn Velocity Points.
Australians can no longer redeem Velocity Points for United Business Class reward seats to the USA, because United hasn't released a single one for more than two months. Singapore Airlines has also stopped releasing Business reward seats to Velocity members from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth to Singapore.
Velocity has launched its new Platinum Plus status tier, offering new perks to Virgin Australia's most frequent flyers. But do the benefits justify the required spend of around $24,000 per year?
Velocity Frequent Flyer status comes with perks when flying Virgin Australia and its partners. This guide explains how to earn it following the October 2025 Velocity program changes.
Virgin Australia's new Velocity status program comes into effect on 1 October 2025, with big changes to status credits and two new tiers. Here's what you need to know.
Virgin Australia Regional Airlines is phasing out its unpopular all-Economy Airbus A320s, dubbed by some frequent flyers as "hellships".