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Virgin Australia 737 and Air New Zealand 787 tails

Virgin Launches Air New Zealand Partnership

Virgin Australia has launched its long-awaited codeshare partnership with Air New Zealand. From today, Velocity members can book NZ-operated flights to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch and enjoy Velocity status benefits including lounge access.

5 Dec 2024 Air New Zealand Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia 737 lands in Queenstown, New Zealand

Virgin Australia Slashes the Cost of Flex Fares

Virgin Australia has significantly reduced the cost of Economy Flex airfares, making them more attractive and opening up better value upgrades for some Velocity members.

6 Nov 2024 Virgin Australia
Velocity Platinum Plus status guide

Guide to Virgin Australia Platinum Plus Status

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?

24 Oct 2024 Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia lounge staff

Velocity Introducing Spend-Based Status Earn

Velocity Frequent Flyer will soon award status credits for Virgin Australia flights based on spend. It will also reduce the status credits earned on partner airlines.

17 Oct 2024 Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 lands in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Velocity Changing Reward Flight Prices

Velocity Frequent Flyer has reduced the number of points needed to book some Virgin Australia Economy flights, but other reward seats will become more expensive.

17 Oct 2024 Virgin Australia