Current offer 80000 velocity points for velocity platinum amex

[HeavyElectricity]

Re: Velocity Amex – 80,000 points, return free flight, lounge passes,travel insurance

Hi - Here is my referral link if anyone would like to sign-up using it :

https://www316.americanexpress.com/...merHub&MGMURN=AAAADgIRGhEbAg==&CPID=999999484

Using this link to sign-up will get you 80,000 points (and I'll receive 20,000 as a referral reward) - subject to amex t&cs.

I have a bit of a strange goal - I'm trying to save for a trip to see Chernobyl next year before it gets covered with the new arch. For some reason the disaster has always fascinated me, and I have a strange desire to see how nature has claimed back an abandoned town. Getting some nice flights to Europe would be great.

 

[get me outta here]

Re: Velocity Amex – 80,000 points, return free flight, lounge passes,travel insurance

Anyone tested the free flight booking straight off?

 

[Formal Hall]

Re: Velocity Amex – 80,000 points, return free flight, lounge passes,travel insurance

Adding my referral to the thread. Using a referral link is even more important now that the public offer has halved to 50,000.

I receive 20,000 velocity points for the referral, which are vital to me maintaining a long-distance relationship with my fiancée between Australia and the UK!

Here are the details:
80,000 velocity points when you spend $500 in first 3 months (50,000 without referral)
3 velocity points per $1 on VA
2 velocity points per $1 on airlines, accommodation, cruises, tour operators
2 velocity points per $1 on foreign spend
0.5 velocity point per $1 on utilities, ATO, Australia Post and other government spend
1 velocity point per $1 on everything else
Free VA return domestic flight every year (available destinations here)
2 free visits to VA lounge each year
$349 annual fee

My referral link is here

 

[burmans]

Re: Velocity Amex – 80,000 points, return free flight, lounge passes,travel insurance

Apply here https://www316.americanexpress.com/...merHub&MGMURN=AAAABgQbHhsJCg==&CPID=999999484

80,000 velocity points when you spend $500 in first 3 months (50,000 without referral).

You can earn up to 3 Velocity Points per $1 spent on eligible purchases

3 Velocity Points per dollar spent at
- Virgin Australia
- Tens of thousands of restaurants in Australia
2 Velocity Points per dollar spent at
- Airlines, accommodation, major cruise and tour operators paid directly or through travel agencies
- Spend in foreign currency when overseas and online
1 Velocity Point per dollar spent
- All other providers, excluding those below
- Insurances offered by American Express 0.5 Velocity Points per dollar spent
- Utilities which are gas, water and electricity providers
- Insurance offered by companies other than American Express
- Telecommunication providers which includes goods and services purchased from phone, mobile and internet service providers
- Government bodies including the Australian Taxation Office, Australia Post, federal/state and local government bodies

Enjoy a complimentary Virgin Australia return domestic flight every anniversary year after your first Card spend in that year
Enjoy 2 complimentary single entry passes to the domestic Virgin Australia lounge each anniversary year at selected airports
Complimentary Domestic & International Travel Insurance
Card Type:Credit Card
Annual Fee:$349 p.a.
Supplementary Cards:You're entitled to add Supplementary Cards to your account with no annual fee so you can build your Points balance faster

Edit: Disclosure I get 20K as referrer.

 

[TomVexille]

Re: Velocity Amex – 80,000 points, return free flight, lounge passes,travel insurance

As I haven't yet felt the referral "love" here's my link for 80,000 Bonus Points: https://www316.americanexpress.com/...merHub&MGMURN=AAAADgIeAxAXAw==&CPID=999999484

Hope someone finds it useful

 

[mlob]

Re: Velocity Amex – 80,000 points, return free flight, lounge passes,travel insurance

Just a reminder that this referral link will give you 80,000 velocity points. which is 30,000 more points then applying directly. For a tidy fee of $349/annum and a free flight thrown in this is a great deal.

https://www316.americanexpress.com/...merHub&MGMURN=AAAABgQbGhEVFQ==&CPID=999999484


Once your signed up you can then refer your wife/husband/friend/lover/co worker. One sign up will get you an extra 20,000 points and you will then have enough for a return trip to the US or Abu Dhabi. Or the same trip one way in business.

And then you will be hooked on the whole points for flights gig like myself. Happy flying.

 

[ninja-tim]

Re: Velocity Amex – 80,000 points, return free flight, lounge passes,travel insurance

What's not to love about 80,000 VA points and free return domestic flight annually.

Just putting my referral up there. Share the love

https://www316.americanexpress.com/...merHub&MGMURN=AAAADgIeAxEfAw==&CPID=999999484

 

[ninja-tim]

Re: Velocity Amex – 80,000 points, return free flight, lounge passes,travel insurance

What's not to love about AMEX. They keep giving out these points.

80,000 VA points is ridiculous (obviously, not as ridiculous as 100,000 points), but none the less.

Just sharing my referral.

https://www316.americanexpress.com/...merHub&MGMURN=AAAADgIeAxEfAw==&CPID=999999484

 

[ninja-tim]

Re: Velocity Amex – 80,000 points, return free flight, lounge passes,travel insurance

Just a question.

Does the complimentary lounge visit include the international lounges? or only domestic lounges?
The T&C's only say "lounges at domestic airports", which doesn't really say if you can use international lounge or not. Or is it implied domestic airport=domestic lounge?

 

[Alanslegal]

Re: Velocity Amex – 80,000 points, return free flight, lounge passes,travel insurance

Just a question.

Does the complimentary lounge visit include the international lounges? or only domestic lounges?
The T&C's only say "lounges at domestic airports", which doesn't really say if you can use international lounge or not. Or is it implied domestic airport=domestic lounge?

I read it as 2 complimentary single entry passes to Virgin Australia domestic lounge (that is linked to your Velocity Account) AND 2 single entries to the American Express SYD International Lounge.

• Enjoy two complimentary Single Entry passes to the Virgin Australia lounge[SUP]7[/SUP] each year at selected domestic airports
• Enjoy complimentary access up to two entries per year to the American Express Lounge at Sydney International (Kingsford Smith) Airport T1[SUP]8[/SUP]

 

[mlob]

There actually aren't any international virgin lounges. So yes it's domestic only. International at sydney you get two entries into the Amex lounge. These can be for you and a guest or for yourself on two different occasions.

 

[ninja-tim]

There actually aren't any international virgin lounges. So yes it's domestic only. International at sydney you get two entries into the Amex lounge. These can be for you and a guest or for yourself on two different occasions.

Ah ok.
They have access to other international lounges (e.g. Air NZ in MEL), but I assume the complimentary pass won't cut it.
MEL needs to get an AMEX lounge

 

[CPMaverick]

Happy to have a place to share and use referrals. This 80k offer is a huge improvement over the 50k non-referral offer. Of course it may go up in the future, but if you want to do it now, this is the best deal.


My Referral Link

 

[ninja-tim]

Happy to have a place to share and use referrals. This 80k offer is a huge improvement over the 50k non-referral offer. Of course it may go up in the future, but if you want to do it now, this is the best deal.


My Referral Link

I'm not sure where you've been the past few months, but it went down from the massive 110,000 points to 80,000 at start of October. Unlikely it'll go back up. I would gladly be proven wrong by Amex/Velocity.

 

[CPMaverick]

I'm not sure where you've been the past few months, but it went down from the massive 110,000 points to 80,000 at start of October. Unlikely it'll go back up. I would gladly be proven wrong by Amex/Velocity.

I've been right here. I got the previous deal. Yes, it was better.

It has been higher before, so of course it can still go back up! I didn't say it would, but it most certainly can.

Maybe you are new to credit card offers here in Australia, but I came from the US, and my experience there is that they go in cycles.

It's highly unlikely the previous deal will go down as the best offer, ever.

 

[Radio8tiv]

I'm not sure where you've been the past few months, but it went down from the massive 110,000 points to 80,000 at start of October. Unlikely it'll go back up. I would gladly be proven wrong by Amex/Velocity.

Im hoping they swap it around and offer 110k points on the qantas variant next time

 

[smit0847]

Im hoping they swap it around and offer 110k points on the qantas variant next time

I doubt it.

 

[kamchatsky]

Im hoping they swap it around and offer 110k points on the qantas variant next time

It would be a really good offer and a lot of people will sign up, but I don't think Amex would do it. But hey I could be wrong .....

 

[get me outta here]

The 80,000 Virgin points offer, with free domestic flights and 2 invites to the lounge and travel insurance etc, expires in February 2016, but best get in now to jump on board the gravy train:
https://www316.americanexpress.com/...137533D0E&mgmerSource&MGMURN=AAAABgQbFx8XGQ==

 

[Holysmoke]

My Referral Link for the AMEX Velocity Platinum Card and 80,000 bonus points

Benefits:
80,000 extra Velocity Points1 when you apply by 2 February 2016, are approved and spend $500 on your new1 Card in the first 3 months of Card Membership.+
Up to 3 Velocity Points per dollar spent
+
Complimentary Virgin Australia domestic return flight every anniversary year after your first Card spend