It is always handy to have a stash of Velocity Points at your disposal when you start planning your next flight redemption.
Apart from flying, there are plenty of other ways to keep your Velocity balance healthy and full, just from your normal daily spending and activities.
This guide will show you all the different ways you can transfer points into your Velocity account from external sources, such as other airline and rewards programmes and credit cards.
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Velocity Frequent Flyer has announced another round of transfer bonuses, specifically for those holding American Express cards. There is also a free flight benefit available to Platinum Card Members.
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Asia Miles are offering an up to 50% bonus when you convert hotel points into Asia miles until 30 June, with no limit on the number of bonus miles.
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Qantas Frequent Flyer is running an up to 30% bonus on transfers from credit cards that allow transfers to Qantas Points – in New Zealand, this includes the Amex Platinum Edge and Platinum Charge.
The bonus for all tiers is below-average. Continue reading…
A popular feature of the legacy Starwood programme was the ability to transfer hotel points to frequent flyer programmes with a generous bonus. I am happy to say that this feature is continuing with Marriott Bonvoy.
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American Airlines’ AAdvantage frequent flyer program offers some good-value redemptions for New Zealand-based travellers, and this trick to transfer your Amex points can come in handy when you need to top up your AAdvantage balance.
This guide has been updated to reflect the rewards program changes following the completion of the SPG and Marriott merger. Continue reading…
United are offering a 30% bonus when you convert hotel points into United MileagePlus miles until 30 November, up to a limit of 25,000 bonus miles.
This offer was on at the same time last year. Continue reading…
The ability to transfer points from Virgin Australia’s Velocity program to Singapore Airlines’ KrisFlyer has been available since November 2014, and it is one of the only frequent flyer program partnerships in the world which allow you to transfer your points between programs (British Airways and Iberia also allow you to transfer between each other). Continue reading…
British Airways is offering a 35% bonus when you convert hotel points into Avios until 31 March 2018.
Converting hotel points into frequent flyer points is usually poor value. If you stay at hotels regularly, you’re generally better off maintaining your points balance to redeem on free nights, especially if these points have been earned the hard way as a ‘road warrior’.
However, there is a way in which you could take advantage of the current promotion to ‘buy’ some cheap Avios at a rate far less than what you could buy from British Airways directly. Continue reading…
