blue holidays & status credits

[Jeffrey O'Neill]

I'm hoping someone can help me know if my trip to Mel last weekend will get me enough points to reach silver status. I only need 1230 status credits.

The trip was booked with Blue Holidays and cost $540. The airfare component was around $240-250 - unfortunately it's not itemised on the email they sent me.

Will I get status credits for the $540 or just the flights??

Also can anyone say how long it takes for the points to get credited. I have to say points with Velocity seem to take forever to show up in my account. VAust took 2 months :evil:

 

[Lisha - Holidays]

Velocity Status Credits are only earned when the booking is made direct with the airline (either Virgin Blue, V Austrlia, Pacific Blue)

When you make a booking with Blue Holidays you are booking an entire package – flights, accommodation, tours and transfers – you are not booking an individual flight segment direct with the airline. Your Velocity points are calculated on the total cost of the package price paid to Blue Holidays and is not broken down to individual components. Therefore you are unable to earn status points on the flights included as in a Blue Holidays package as this price is not itemised. Velocity is unable to calculate the value of status credits earned if there is no definitive value of a flight price paid as the booking is not made direct with the airline it is booked with a program partner.

Once you have travelled with Blue Holidays, Velocity manually confirms all components and then credits your account with your points, this process can take 4-12 weeks. Well worth the wait though, as the first passenger will earn 5 points for every dollar spent on the entire pacakge

Happy travels

 

[straitman]

Velocity Status Credits are only earned when the booking is made direct with the airline (either Virgin Blue, V Austrlia, Pacific Blue)

When you make a booking with Blue Holidays you are booking an entire package – flights, accommodation, tours and transfers – you are not booking an individual flight segment direct with the airline. Your Velocity points are calculated on the total cost of the package price paid to Blue Holidays and is not broken down to individual components. Therefore you are unable to earn status points on the flights included as in a Blue Holidays package as this price is not itemised. Velocity is unable to calculate the value of status credits earned if there is no definitive value of a flight price paid as the booking is not made direct with the airline it is booked with a program partner.

Once you have travelled with Blue Holidays, Velocity manually confirms all components and then credits your account with your points, this process can take 4-12 weeks. Well worth the wait though, as the first passenger will earn 5 points for every dollar spent on the entire pacakge

Happy travels

Lisha - Holidays,

Welcome to AFF.

A very detailed and informative first post. We look forward to many more.

 

[Jeffrey O'Neill]

damn. pretty cough process from Velocity then, esp when they say they can't calculate the airfare component, yet when booking you get a "base" fare then add to that if you want the more popular flying times.

At least with QF holidays you get the points and SCs for the flight.

To also need up to 12 weeks to credit the points. SERIOUSLY??? I've never been in a mileage program that takes that long. My flights in the US with Alaskan and AA appeared in my QF account in less than a week.

As Mr Hinch would say - SHAME VelocityRewards, SHAME :shock:

 

[ANstar]

My points from DJ flights credit within 1-2 business days and points from blue tix posted about 2 weeks after the purchase.