Europe Flights using Velocity Points.

[bricards]

Hi All,

Help and advise needed. Is there any way to use Velocity points for the following flights.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Brian.

5[SUP]th[/SUP] March Copenhagen to Bergen SAS
30[SUP]th[/SUP] March Stockholm to Reykjavik Icelandair
14[SUP]th[/SUP] April Reykjavik to London Icelandair
14[SUP]th[/SUP] April London to Malaga ????
29[SUP]th[/SUP] April Faro to Southampton, Gatwick. British Airways
23[SUP]rd[/SUP] June Porto to Madrid Air Europa
[FONT=&amp]27[SUP]th[/SUP] June Madrid to Paris Iberia [/FONT]

 

[Mattg]

Hi All,

Help and advise needed. Is there any way to use Velocity points for the following flights.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Brian.

The short answer is no.

Now for the long answer:

You could transfer your Velocity points to Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles and redeem them for flights on Star Alliance airlines. The price for any intra-Europe flight is 12,500 KrisFlyer miles one-way for economy or 27,500 miles for business class. That's equivalent to 16,875/37,125 Velocity points. I'm not sure how much it would cost to go to Iceland though as Iceland is not listed on the relevant award chart.

So for your flights, you could fly...

5[SUP]th[/SUP] March Copenhagen to Bergen SAS - yes
30[SUP]th[/SUP] March Stockholm to Reykjavik Icelandair - not possible, but you could potentially use KrisFlyer miles if you fly SAS (e.g. via Oslo).
14[SUP]th[/SUP] April Reykjavik to London Icelandair - not possible to book using Velocity points
14[SUP]th[/SUP] April London to Malaga ???? - you would have to fly (for example) via Brussels with Brussels Airlines, or via another Star Alliance hub.
29[SUP]th[/SUP] April Faro to Southampton, Gatwick. British Airways - not possible with British Airways, but you could redeem KrisFlyer miles for TAP Portugal flights via Lisbon.
23[SUP]rd[/SUP] June Porto to Madrid Air Europa - using KrisFlyer you can redeem for a TAP flight on this route, but it probably isn't worth using points for such a short flight.
[FONT=&amp]27[SUP]th[/SUP] June Madrid to Paris Iberia - you could fly Swiss via Zurich.[/FONT]

 

[bricards]

I thought that may be the answer. Thank you for your time. Have not had a lot of experiance with Velocity points in Europe.

 

[Mattg]

FYI, you can redeem Velocity points directly for Air Berlin flights (including to Iceland).