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Well the brains trust says no , may be they want to cut down the status holders.

Let's wait for Oct 2025 to see the drop in numbers for VA or may be better experience for those frequent flyers who actually fly in lieu of reduced numbers.

What do you think will be VA's benefit by this ?

There always ways and means to get through this requirement. I fly with virgin domestically because it gives reciprocal benefits with intl partner airlines because of it's status levels. However if that stream is cut off , pax would find a different avenue. I am sure we are not at loss by...

I am not sure you can achieve any status for free ... however I will leave that there

That is no where related to the status. Lounge access is not limited to status holders only but also to those pax who have specific credit cards...

totally agree ; however my point was about the ratio of SG/WP who could benefit from the status when travelling with family. The only change that I could see if I don't have the status is the ability to book free economy x seats , other than that the my credit card covers the lounge access...

might be good for those who travel a lot but not for someone like me who travels only 2/3 times a year that too for family holidays. I am going to be one of the first few to lose status post this.

Is there any simple way ( ?? ) other than having to call the customer service to get details of flights/status credit history from 2013.

As far as we have been on AFF , most of us are using the status to get into lounge but if the status is not maintained anymore , it will be the same bunch of us who will use the credit card benefits to get into the lounge ; sorry not going to spare the frequent flyers looking for some respite :D...

As long as the lounge access benefit is available with partner credit cards , the likes of Platinum Charge Card , there won't be any less in lounge.

Looking further into the terms , if someone is flying for work regularly ( actual frequent traveller) then it might not be a big deal to retain status or attain lifetime gold however for non-travellers like me who fly occasionally for family holidays ... this looks to be a big change.

I looked at my activity only on VA flights and its a paltry 760 credits ( minus the partner airlines + family pooling). I am not sure if I would even attempt to maintain my status.

If someone is willing to calculate the status credit earn , is there a way to check the past history of flights/points on the velocity app/website ?

Family pooling is not going to help after the new terms come into play , atleast for the lifetime gold or platinum plus.

As mentioned in one other post , the status count earned from 2013 will be considered for this however there are few other terms which need to be met.

It depends , how often you travel and does it include travel along with family. I don't have any issue with the lounge access but when you travel overseas with family then the platinum status does help at times with priority boarding/extra luggage. YMMV

Members like me who don't travel a lot for work and count on family pooling/partner airlines to earn status credits , reaching lifetime gold on VFF will be a nightmare. If am going to earn reduced velocity status credits on Singapore Airlines or other partner airlines then I would switch...

I pretty much had a similar response and they don't care. I was transferred to the cancellation team but I ended up hanging up. Will call again later this week.

Dec 2024 - 2 weeks in Vietnam ; starting at Ho chi Minh city and flying back from Hanoi Apr 2025 - Close to 2 weeks in Japan Dec 2025 - may be 4/5 days in Dubai and to India before flying back to Mel.