airline status

From today, anyone travelling on an Economy Flex fare on Virgin Australia can change to an earlier flight on the day of travel, free of charge. The Fly Ahead option is also now available in the Virgin Australia app (also for Gold, Platinum & Plat Plus members). Good news for people on Flex...

When Velocity changed the way it awards status credits to 1 per $12 spent on Virgin Australia flights, it originally said it would round up the status credits to the nearest whole number. In other words, if you bought a flight costing $149, you would earn 13 status credits. Velocity seems to...

I'm finding it impossible to get an answer - even from Virgin/Velocity phone staff. Can anyone help please?! Booking 3 x economy returns for Xmas to Abu Dhabi, want to earn status credits towards maintaining Platinum Velocity. Virgin hasn't yet released their fares for the return leg in Jan...

Air New Zealand will rebrand its Airpoints program to Koru in April 2026. Other than the name change, it seems the only real difference will be a new "Koru Black" tier which sits above Platinum. https://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/koru-loyalty-programme

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is launching lifetime status recognition in the form of a "High Five" program. If you fly with Virgin Atlantic in five different years, you'll get a bonus of 12,000 Virgin Points and 10% bonus points on future flights...

There's been lots of debate on this forum about the merits of awarding status credits based on spend (as Virgin Australia now does), versus based on flights taken and distance flown (as Qantas still does). While many people on here prefer the Qantas method, there are a few people (particularly...

I have a dilemma in trying to figure out if I should stay with Velocity; try and get status match elsewhere; or start flying with Qantas. I have been platinum with Velocity for about 10 years (July 2026) but still 1900sc off Forever Gold. I live an hour and a half from the nearest Virgin...

Turkish Airlines runs 2x Status Miles offers every now and again where specific destinations are eligible to earn double Status Miles. I currently use Miles&Smiles as my main Star Alliance program, so would be interested to take advantage of these offers but the T&Cs are unclear. Here's the...

Many frequent flyers consider lifetime status to be the "holy grail" of airline loyalty. Around 21 airlines that are part of Oneworld, Star Alliance and SkyTeam currently offer some form of lifetime status, and Virgin Australia will add its own "Forever Gold" tier later this year. In this...

I've been reading up on the Korean Air SKYPASS program and something about its status tiers just doesn't make sense to me. Korean Air seems to offer just one status tier that you can renew on an annual/two-yearly basis: Morning Calm Club...

It's the moment we've all been waiting for! Qantas is launching a new Double Points or Status Credits offer at midnight. They've already updated this page of their website with details of the new offer: https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/member-offers/twice-as-rewarding.html Register...

Is it possible to transfer Qantas status credits between family members?

SkyTeam will end its long-running policy of not allowing Elite Plus frequent flyers to access lounges on domestic itineraries on 1 April 2025. There will still be some lounges that are not accessible on domestic itineraries, and there are exceptions for Delta and Aerolineas Argentinas Elite...

Good afternoon, I have just recveived the platinium skywards status and would like to know which airlines and hotel chain could match it? Thanks for your help.

I'm sure most people reading this are already familiar with the recent changes announced to Virgin Australia's Velocity Frequent Flyer program. In particular, from next year: You'll earn status credits for Virgin Australia flights based on the amount you spend, You'll earn fewer status credits...

One of the most sought-after features of Velocity Frequent Flyer is finally here. "Forever Gold", Velocity's version of lifetime Gold status, will launch on 1 October 2025. Velocity will also backdate this to count status credits you've earned since 1 February 2013...

Hi all, I am trying to check the Tier Point earnings for CX flights (marketed and operated by CX) for members crediting to the Qantas FFP and noticed what I think is a discrepancy between: 1) the Earn Category Tables...

This offer came out today: https://vietnamairlines.statusmatch.com Available to residents of various countries including Australia. Qantas and Velocity Platinum both match to Vietnam Airlines Platinum, which gets you SkyTeam Elite Plus. However, this is an application fee. USD99 for Titanium...

Hi all, I'm trying to calculate if I'll have enough points getting into the next tier. I've got some up coming flights - all are QF and JK carriers and are booked through Qantas Classics Rewards. I've got Points Club Plus. I've put the Origin and Destination in the status calculator although...

Hello My review date was 26th July with the card expiring by 9 August. By the 25th I had 445 Sc Between 26 and 9 August I completed anther three sectors 45 SC Although my SC is now 490 SC My renewal for next year is 355 Should it not be 310. 400-90?