United Premier Gold (HSBC) How to Get Velocity Gold Too?

[erlichbachman]

Hi

For the next year I'm star alliance gold (United premier gold) so they have the benefits with virgin of lounge access

I won't be putting enough through the HSBC card to qualify for the gold again

However I will be doing a lot of virgin flights

To get the virgin lounge access domestically for all of those flights, can I use my velocity ff number on the booking and then at the airport just show them my united premier gold card to gain lounge access?

Or do I need to put my united number in the booking to do it? If I do that, then that would mean that the flights won't count towards building my virgin flights up to hopefully achieve virgin gold by the time I have to get rid of the HSBC card next year

Any tips appreciated please. Worst case it's a great way of enjoying the perks for the next year. Just seems like a wasted opportunity to work towards virgin velocity gold at the same time if that is a possibility while still getting the lounge access through the united partnership

Thanks