The "official" Velocity partnership announcement thread

[yogi]

It wouldn't happen to be a new series of Amex cards would it?

Was just browsing through the Amex site to respond to another users post and found these, which I will leave to the experts to dissect. All the dates in the T's and C's refer to 15 June (tomorrow).

Platinum
https://www212.americanexpress.com/dsmlive/dsm/int/au/en/personal/ourcards/allcards/thenewamericanexpressvelocityplatinumcard_cm.do?vgnextoid=c31547dc7cebf210VgnVCM40000037b3ad94RCRD

Gold
https://www212.americanexpress.com/dsmlve/dsm/int/au/en/personal/ourcards/allcards/thenewamericanexpressvelocitygoldcard_cm.do?vgnextoid=e98547dc7cebf210VgnVCM40000037b3ad94RCRD

Regular
https://www212.americanexpress.com/...toid=f3747d582bebf210VgnVCM40000037b3ad94RCRD

Wow. And suddenly from nowhere...

 

[Misha]

Come on Aaron - you teetotalers are such kill joys!

We are killing time till 12 when a new thread will open and this will be deleted. We are trying to annoy people to get the number of people viewing this thread to 5 - Yogi, Liam, TonyHancock, Gowatson and myself

More wine?....

 

[connieguy]

I dare say this thread will die a natural death in a little over an hour from now.

Die in an hour? :shock: You gotta be kidding. That event will fuel it for at least another 48 hours as we "Experts" dissect the official announcement down to it's bare bones. If we were in the Pub we could exchange jokes and do other blokey things.

 

[Misha]

Bunza: you got the scoop! I thought it would be an Amex-type thing

Time to celebrate!

More wine: more everything!

 

[yogi]

Die in an hour? :shock: You gotta be kidding. That event will fuel it for at least another 48 hours as we "Experts" dissect the official announcement down to it's bare bones. If we were in the Pub we could exchange jokes and do other blokey things.

Hmm. I guess I just thought that there might be something more "official" than this "official" one. I guess we could always continue on our soon to be unofficialness.

On a potentially related side note, I wonder if the AFF5 got new AMEX cards today... and I wonder how quiet they will be for the next hour. I know I would be.

 

[Mal]

It wouldn't happen to be a new series of Amex cards would it?

I think you've nailed it!

 

[Noob]

American Express Virgin Australia Velocity Platinum card offers 'buy one, get one free' business class flights - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class - Australian Business Traveller

 

[connieguy]

Hmm. I guess I just thought that there might be something more "official" than this "official" one. I guess we could always continue on our soon to be unofficialness.

On a potentially related side note, I wonder if the AFF5 got new AMEX cards today...

Well they did refuse to confirm or deny they got the first 5 DJ Platinum cards. Maybe the same card?

 

[Dantine]

Oh well I think it will give you guys something to do for the next 50 minutes to entertain yourselves until one of the AFF5 spill the beans on any other goodies that may be announced.

Coincidentally, I'm on the 9am DJ flight to SYD tomorrow so I'm going to hit the sack. Have fun team!

 

[connieguy]

American Express Virgin Australia Velocity Platinum card offers 'buy one, get one free' business class flights - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class - Australian Business Traveller

Looks like AusBT may have broke the embargo to get first blood.

 

[yogi]

Well they did refuse to confirm or deny they got the first 5 DJ Platinum cards. Maybe the same card?

I was just thinking about something similar.

I wonder if the card are a combined membership card / credit card and maybe even something that works at the airport to swipe you in. Hmm, no, less likely... - there are annual fees. Perhaps just a VR credit card. Well done to Bunza for the find.

 

[LiamR]

What do we have here?

www.amexvelocity.com.au

 

[Misha]

Looks like AusBT broke the embargo to get first blood.

Revenge!!! We shall have revenge! No more invites to promos for them!

 

[yogi]

what do we have here?

www.amexvelocity.com.au

woh!!!!!!!!!

 

[pshepvic]

... and I wonder how quiet they will be for the next hour. I know I would be.

When have I ever been quiet about something on here?

 

[LiamR]

Revenge!!! We shall have revenge! No more invites to promos for them!

I think it broke here first. Dosen't that void a non-disclosure statement?

 

[pshepvic]

Revenge!!! We shall have revenge! No more invites to promos for them!

That's interesting ... they weren't even there!

 

[Noob]

Is there more info than what we can already see on the american express/velocity website coming at 12:01? Or can I go to bed and dream about Virgins?

 

[yogi]

That's interesting ... they weren't even there!

I would consider this an indirect confirmation.

 

[LiamR]

woh!!!!!!!!!

You would have thought one of us here on AFF would have been smart enough to google Velocity Amex....