Buying Velocity points

[burmans]

TBH, buying points from VA or QF I might have assumed it was aussie based.

I’d want the warning of any conversion fees to be pretty prominent.

Well, we do actually know that despite the name, VA is actually a foreign owned company and points.com is definitely one. Things are frequently not as they seem with companies, plenty of websites with an .au suffix are not Australian!

 

[bussyboy]

Needing 140k KF for an SQ first reward, buying 220k Velocity is significantly (over $2,000) cheaper currently than topping up directly with SQ.
Yes, i know there's other options, this would be simple and quick.

 

[ols]

I had bought my years worth but this 40% sale allowed me so I grabbed 250K.
Hope they don't say next year that i had bought my year's worth now.

 

[bodog]

Needing 140k KF for an SQ first reward, buying 220k Velocity is significantly (over $2,000) cheaper currently than topping up directly with SQ.

And they’re running their discount offer at the moment so depending on how many you buy you can get 40% off list price

 

[bodog]

Hope they don't say next year that i had bought my year's worth now.

No the terms are very clear - this purchase doesn’t count so go for your life - I’m also going to grab 250,000 points with 40% off list

 

[ols]

No the terms are very clear - this purchase doesn’t count so go for your life - I’m also going to grab 250,000 points with 40% off list

Then I'll get 250K on my wife's as well
Booked PER-DOH First class for two people and SIN-PEN J for two people.
$3.5K plus $1.4K charges for roughly $25K of airfares.

 

[bodog]

Then I'll get 250K on my wife's as well

Yes those award flights are great - I did the same with two Qatar business seats to Rome - big saving over the full retail price - better than 2.6 cents per point value

The only challenge for the wife is she needs at least 1 point in her Velocity account - I don’t have that with mine as she family pools to me all the time so sits on zero points

Solution would be to unlink - go buy something at Coles to generate a transfer then buy the 250,000 for her - then relink for family pooling

 

[bussyboy]

Seems I miscalculated - a top up of 140k KF Miles with SQ would have been charged in USD, around AU$8,800
VFF equivalent 220k is just AU$3,346 in the current promotion.

No brainer really.

 

[MathNerd]

The only challenge for the wife is she needs at least 1 point in her Velocity account - I don’t have that with mine as she family pools to me all the time so sits on zero points

Solution would be to unlink - go buy something at Coles to generate a transfer then buy the 250,000 for her - then relink for family pooling

I have the same issue too, my wife's VA account sits at a 0 balance due to pooling.
What was the timeframe on the 3 steps - unlink, Coles purchase, link again, then buy the 250k?
Is it possible to get this all done before the promo expires or do I have to wait for the next round?
Thanks

 

[bodog]

Is it possible to get this all done before the promo expires or do I have to wait for the next round?
Thanks

Unfortunately I believe it ends today so no way to do all that in time