Until 13 June, you will earn 9 Velocity Points per $ spent on hotels booked through the Velocity Frequent Flyer-Expedia portal. Continue reading…
Earn triple Velocity Points on hotel bookings
How to tell the difference between Saver and Standard award seats
Point Hacks reader Shanti commented on a post on our Facebook page with this question:
When I’m on the Velocity site doing a search, why can’t I ever find awards under a million points to Los Angeles? Some seats show as sold out and the others are really expensive!
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Register to earn double Status Credits on most new bookings with Virgin Australia
This promotion will earn you double the regular Velocity Status Credits earn rate on Virgin Australia flights but make sure you register for the promotion before making your booking.
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Velocity is offering 20% transfer bonus from hotel programmes during May
Velocity has announced its latest transfer bonus to run during the month of May:
Transfer your reward points from… hotel partners by 31 May 2019, and see what Points can make possible. Continue reading…
Earn double Velocity Points on selected SkyBus return tickets this month
The SkyBus-Velocity Frequent Flyer partnership allows you to earn Velocity Points on about half of SkyBus services, including those in Auckland. Continue reading…
Which credit card gets you into Virgin Australia lounges?
Australia’s second-largest carrier has always lagged behind Qantas in lounge access options (and still does) but they are slowly and surely closing the gap.
In this guide, I run through the lounges in each city, what to expect when you use a lounge, and a quick look at the Virgin Australia paid lounge program and the one credit card that offers Virgin Australia lounge access as an (unofficial) perk. Continue reading…
Six ways to get the most out of your Velocity points
This guide outlines some of the best redemption options when using Virgin Australia Velocity points from New Zealand. Continue reading…
80,000 Membership Rewards Points plus $200 travel credit and unlimited lounge access with the Amex Platinum Charge
The American Express Platinum Charge is the big card of the Amex NZ stable, and comes with a chunky annual fee of $1250. However there is a huge array of included benefits, which if maximised the value should easily help justify the annual cost. Continue reading…
Using your Velocity Points on Virgin Australia flights is going to become more expensive in 2019
It has been a few big weeks for Velocity, devaluing its transfer rate to KrisFlyer (bad news) and strengthening its international lounge network (good news). Let’s throw another piece of (bad) news in there: they are increasing the cash component of a lot of award bookings. Continue reading…