Will you still earn/retain Velocity status beyond 2025?

[MooTime]

Yes, you will need to have earnt 400 status credits yourself on flights. Rest can be by other means.

So if your review date is post October 1, you need to qualify under the new rules?
Even though you've already qualified under existing rules?

Doesn't affect me, but just interesting situation....as soon as you achieve the SCs & sectors the velocity app/website tells you you've qualified for status etc. would be harsh to then on review date tell you sorry you drop a status peg.

 

[trisreed]

Doesn't affect me, but just interesting situation....as soon as you achieve the SCs & sectors the velocity app/website tells you you've qualified for status etc. would be harsh to then on review date tell you sorry you drop a status peg.

It would be nice for the App or website to tell you how many of 'each group' SC's you have (you on Virgin + everything else) as well since otherwise you'd have to go through your transactions and calculate your 'real' requalification progress yourself.

I am still on the 'old system' for the next week or so, so maybe once my 'review' is complete, I will see these new progress bars.

 

[padders]

So if your review date is post October 1, you need to qualify under the new rules?
Even though you've already qualified under existing rules?

Yes, exactly my question.

 

[SheikYerbouti]

With Hawaiian now exiting Velocity on 1 Jul, and me having FOUR return flights to Hawaii on 10 Jul, there goes my status renewal. Dammit.

 

[MooTime]

With Hawaiian now exiting Velocity on 1 Jul, and me having FOUR return flights to Hawaii on 10 Jul, there goes my status renewal. Dammit.

No big loss as going forward retaining VA status with international partners will become souch more difficult, just prolonged the inevitable.
Status drop.

 

[SheikYerbouti]

No big loss as going forward retaining VA status with international partners will become souch more difficult, just prolonged the inevitable.
Status drop.

No big loss to lose a year of status? Ok cool.

 

[MooTime]

No big loss to lose a year of status? Ok cool.

That's good you agree.

 

[PERLHR]

With Hawaiian now exiting Velocity on 1 Jul, and me having FOUR return flights to Hawaii on 10 Jul, there goes my status renewal. Dammit.

The earnings were numbered for a while with the Alaskan involvement with Hawaiian. Also they basically offered nothing in terms of priority boarding or lounge access. I guess they will probably align more to QF.

 

[serfty]

I guess they will probably align more to QF.

Or more oneworld generally.

 

[SheikYerbouti]

The earnings were numbered for a while with the Alaskan involvement with Hawaiian. Also they basically offered nothing in terms of priority boarding or lounge access. I guess they will probably align more to QF.

Sure. It's just disappointing to have chosen an airline based on loyalty partnership to have those benefits removed. It would be more palatable if benefits still applied for existing bookings, but oh well.

 

[stm1sydney]

No big loss to lose a year of status? Ok cool.

He means that you probably would have dropped status anyway, despite your HA flights, because of the requirement for at least 50% of status credits to be earned by you on VA metal.

 

[stm1sydney]

I would have earned/retained WP on the basis of the new rules in only one year out of the last 10, I reckon. Lots of SQ flights have kept me ticking over, not many VA flights. So highly likely to drop status next year.

I am still likely to fly VA domestic as the only alternatives are QF and Jetstar, and SQ international because I like them and they have a good network.

 

[SYD]

Or more oneworld generally.

OT, but HA coming over to OW will mean eligible status PAX will get QF F lounge, additional luggage, priority boarding, preferred seat selection etc. I’m already booked on a QF trip to HNL this year but may look to try HA next year.

 

[Balad2005]

Almost without fail for the last few weeks I have been receiving a daily email from Virgin or Velocity with offers of fast track to gold or inviting me to join Virgin Australia Business Flyer.
I have not seen this level of electronic advertising by Virgin before and I have been a Velocity member for over a decade.Just wondering it any other AFF members having the same experience.
Wondering if my recent fall from gold, then silver to low life red has anything to do with the frequency of offers or they are just casting a wide net to catch red fish?

 

[ozstamps]

Almost without fail for the last few weeks I have been receiving a daily email from Virgin or Velocity with offers of fast track to gold or inviting me to join Virgin Australia Business Flyer.

I have not seen this level of electronic advertising by Virgin before and I have been a Velocity member for over a decade.Just wondering it any other AFF members having the same experience.

Wondering if my recent fall from gold, then silver to low life red has anything to do with the frequency of offers or they are just casting a wide net to catch red fish?

Have had the same here the Business Flyer version .. have RQ for Plat for another year so looks like they are just discovering that there will be mass defections to Jetstar etc now this loopy new scheme is rolling out and want to lock in a tiny % of that exodus?

By mid-year when word spreads of this many will just book Jetstar for short trips, or use points, and the rivers of cash will dry up remarkably fast at Virgin, and their market share will drop noticeably. Super dumb in the year they want to do their IPO for max bucks. The stockmarkets notice these things!

We just booked return Tix SYD-MEL for about $750 in choice - Jetstar were about HALF. 60 SC for that right right now, and from next week a fraction of that. Folks will figger it out pretty quick, that pay for their own travel! And that is millions of folks right there.

 

[aus_flyer]

I wish they've hurry up and announce the "extra benefits" of Platinum Plus that have been flagged but not announced.

 

[Rugby]

Just qualified VA Plat for the first time and will be a ‘one year wonder’, then drop to gold, maybe silver. I will still fly domestic J and economy X with them on sale fares, but not enough to retain gold. I do enjoy their domestic product much better than Qantas.

 

[Drakecula]

I'm red with Velocity, though I'm 2 status points off silver, which I think I'll get at the end of this month (thanks FlyBuys). I'm looking to fly to the US in June and have eyed off VA/UA, I have the Velocity Amex, I know some changes are coming 2 April.

So I'm thinking my window of opportunity to get something halfway decent out of a rapidly changing environment is to wait til I go silver (31 March hopefully) and book 1 April before the 2 April changes. I'm not across the nitty gritty, so I could have missed something in the details.

So of course, knowing my luck, there will be a price increase to the flights I'm looking at on 1 April. And it won't be an April Fool's prank, ha.

 

[Balad2005]

Have had the same here the Business Flyer version .. have RQ for Plat for another year so looks like they are just discovering that there will be mass defections to Jetstar etc now this loopy new scheme is rolling out and want to lock in a tiny % of that exodus?

By mid-year when word spreads of this many will just book Jetstar for short trips, or use points, and the rivers of cash will dry up remarkably fast at Virgin, and their market share will drop noticeably. Super dumb in the year they want to do their IPO for max bucks. The stockmarkets notice these things!

We just booked return Tix SYD-MEL for about $750 in choice - Jetstar were about HALF. 60 SC for that right right now, and from next week a fraction of that. Folks will figger it out pretty quick, that pay for their own travel! And that is millions of folks right there

Have had the same here the Business Flyer version .. have RQ for Plat for another year so looks like they are just discovering that there will be mass defections to Jetstar etc now this loopy new scheme is rolling out and want to lock in a tiny % of that exodus?

By mid-year when word spreads of this many will just book Jetstar for short trips, or use points, and the rivers of cash will dry up remarkably fast at Virgin, and their market share will drop noticeably. Super dumb in the year they want to do their IPO for max bucks. The stockmarkets notice these things!

We just booked return Tix SYD-MEL for about $750 in choice - Jetstar were about HALF. 60 SC for that right right now, and from next week a fraction of that. Folks will figger it out pretty quick, that pay for their own travel! And that is millions of folks right there.

I agree, reportedly last year Velocity made $115.M for Virgin that’s about ⅕ of their total; income.I am travelling domestically in a month had the choice of Virgin or Qantas. Jetstar does not fly to my destination.I went for Qantas this time as for almost the same price the FF points and status points were higher.

 

[PERLHR]

I agree, reportedly last year Velocity made $115.M for Virgin that’s about ⅕ of their total; income.I am travelling domestically in a month had the choice of Virgin or Qantas. Jetstar does not fly to my destination.I went for Qantas this time as for almost the same price the FF points and status points were higher.

Yes for sure. If also VA regulars lose out on say lounge access (we all know other methods are available to get) but find that QF are price competitive and also give you a meal on board in the price of the ticket it will change attitudes.