airline status

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?

My company requires us to book economy seats via Navan for work travel. I noticed that Navan now gives us the option to upgrade the flight after it is booked and pay using a personal credit card. The question I’ve got is if I pay for this upgrade will I earn SC at the original booking class...

Hi all! I need 80 status points before August 31st. I am based in Sydney, what is the cheapest way to get 80 status points before then? It would be nice to get a weekend trip out of it :) Edit: I am a Cathay Pacific member, which is part of the OneWorld alliance. Cheers, Tim

Is this a new benefit of the Virgin Money Velocity High Flyer credit card? I haven't seen it before. Looks like you now get 20% bonus status credits on VA flights paid for using the card, capped at 100 per year. Here are the T&Cs...

Hi all, I did a trip with Qatar Airways from Asia to Istanbul via Doha. I get status credits into my Qantas account for the longer segments Asia-Doha almost immediately after the flight but am still waiting for SC of the Doha-Istanbul segments. Do anyone know why they would credit the flight...

Hi all, Just noticed that in my VFF account the numbers for Plat upgrade don't match in the main view vs the "How far from upgrading" one. Anyone else seen this before or am I misinterpreting something? I'm guessing the real number is 122 not 107....

I would appreciate advice from the brains trust about getting my Lifetime Status Credit balance corrected after a manual intervention resulted in 54 LTSC disappearing. My three-month saga in a few paragraphs: In February, I had a flight cancellation on a four sector trip which led to an...

Virgin Australia has just launched a "flash" status match promotion. The first 3,000 eligible frequent flyers of other airlines (including Qantas) who hold the equivalent of Velocity Gold status or higher can get a Discover Velocity Gold membership. Applications are only open until Friday, 24...

As you may know, South African Airways is a Star Alliance member and a Virgin Australia partner airline. It's also one of the airlines you can choose as the status airline when you get the HSBC Star Alliance credit card. I sent an email to South African Airways last month to ask what (if any)...

hi all. I need to change a Qantas flight and I can't recall which i booked during the double status credits offer. Does anyone know if there is any way of identifying which flights were double SC's? thank you..

Hi. I'm new to the forum and I have read quite a few posts on codeshare/AY/CX but not much on status credits on QFF. I hope I'm not asking the obvious and making this post a rookie spam. I'm about to book the following flights: SYD-HKG AY flight codeshare on CX HKG-HEL AY flight HEL-HKG AY...

I don't think I've come across an airline that offers this as a benefit of Gold (or any) status before! Royal AIr Maroc lists the following on its website as a benefit for Safar Flyer Gold members: Here's the fine print: The same benefit applies for Royal Air Maroc Platinum members.

British Airways Executive Club now awards Tier Points for Aer Lingus flights, in addition to just Avios. Quietly added on 1 April 2024. https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/oz-based-tier-point-run.105070/

From 5 March to 4 June 2024, you can earn KrisFlyer Elite Miles when shopping with Kris+, KrisShop or Pelago. These count towards KrisFlyer elite status. It's unusual for SQ to offer ways to earn Elite Miles without flying, aside from that one-off promo during covid where they gave Elite Miles...

I’m flying on an AA marketed flight to America and back, but turns out the planes are actually Qantas metal. On the Qantas app it says AA7376 (QF21). Will I get status credits for these if I give my FF number (already have)? Or is it only Qantas marketed flights. The Qantas site is not specific...