Velocity introduces Forever Gold lifetime status tier

[AFF Editor]

One of the most sought-after features of Velocity Frequent Flyer is finally here. "Forever Gold", Velocity's version of lifetime Gold status, will launch on 1 October 2025.

Velocity will also backdate this to count status credits you've earned since 1 February 2013.

Guide to Virgin Australia's "Forever Gold" Lifetime Status

Velocity Frequent Flyer is finally launching a highly-anticipated lifetime Gold status tier! "Forever Gold" can be yours by earning 12,000 lifetime status credits - but there's a catch.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[transpactraveller]

Velocity will also backdate this to count status credits you've earned since 1 February 2013.

Any idea where to see what you’ve earned since then. Doubt I’m anywhere close, but curious.

 

[Denali]

AFFers right now, going back to 2013 and doing the numbers

 

[knagelli]

Ah. Thank you for that!

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Also, does the coating towards lifetime gold start now or does past flying count as well?

As mentioned in one other post , the status count earned from 2013 will be considered for this however there are few other terms which need to be met.

 

[SeaWolf]

Any idea where to see what you’ve earned since then. Doubt I’m anywhere close, but curious.

I reckon that feature will probably come online in the next few days (hopefully). I reckon I'll be close, but not quite there yet.
I'm sort of tempted to go back through my history and do the math, but that seems like a lot of work when Velocity will do that and just tell me shortly.

 

[knagelli]

If someone is willing to calculate the status credit earn , is there a way to check the past history of flights/points on the velocity app/website ?

 

[SYD]

I reckon that feature will probably come online in the next few days (hopefully). I reckon I'll be close, but not quite there yet.
I'm sort of tempted to go back through my history and do the math, but that seems like a lot of work when Velocity will do that and just tell me shortly.

I sadly have records - I may for fun do the sums, but when I take out a lot of partner J flights, it won’t be pretty….

 

[stm1sydney]

Yes, would easily qualify if partner flights and family pooling counted in full, but 9000 credits of the 12000 total need to be VA flights personally flown. So unlikely to ever get there unless VA suddenly starts doing int long haul with a decent J class. (Fingers crossed for the QR wet lease.)

 

[TAK]

AFFers right now, going back to 2013 and doing the numbers

my brain doesnt work - just looked at my activity and it only goes back to Oct 21 - is there a way to find out how many STATUS credits I have accoumulated since 2005 - sorry 2013

 

[SeaWolf]

I reckon that feature will probably come online in the next few days (hopefully).

Hmm, I take it back, looks like we might not know till 1st Oct 2025:

New Status Tiers

www.velocityfrequentflyer.com

Forever Gold will launch on 1 October 2025, and members will be able to track their progress to Forever Gold through ‘My Velocity’ from this date.

Maybe we'll get the counter before the actual launch, but probably not.

 

[Nate-Dawg]

1409 SCs since October 2021 (which is as far back as the records on the Velocity website go) with 727 from VA flights (assuming the 65 SCs I got from the Back in Business promotion earlier this year and the 7 SC from when SCs were given on reward flights in late 2021 count). I hadn't flown with VA a huge amount before that, so I doubt these numbers would be more than 2000 or 1000 respectively. Quite a while to go before Forever Gold it seems.

 

[knagelli]

Is there any simple way ( ?? ) other than having to call the customer service to get details of flights/status credit history from 2013.

 

[PDog]

I wonder why 2013 is the starting date?
I think I'd have needed it to begin a couple of years earlier for me to be in with a chance.

Will romp the 3000 partner / pooling credits in!

 

[p--and--t]

“Forever” is a very loose term for an airline

 

[CaptJCool]

“Forever” is a very loose term for an airline

Forever has “Golden Wings”

 

[samas]

Since 2013 I've been Platinum for about 8 of those years and Gold for about 2,
So I'm ball parking around the 8x800 + 2x400 = 7,200 lifetime status mark.

easily >75% will be VA flights.

I thought at first before calculating I would be pretty close, if they included back a few more years from 2011 maybe I would have more of a chance but given the $12 per status credit moving forward and that each extra 1,000 status credits is literally $12,000 it may take me another 10 years to hit Forever Gold...

 

[SeaWolf]

I wonder why 2013 is the starting date?

New Status Tiers

www.velocityfrequentflyer.com

We picked this date for a practical reason. In February 2013, Virgin Australia made changes to its flight booking system. As a result of those system changes, we can only effectively track your Status Credits from this date (i.e., 1 February 2013).

 

[PDog]

New Status Tiers

www.velocityfrequentflyer.com

thank you! I missed that.

 

[IainF]

Is there any simple way ( ?? ) other than having to call the customer service to get details of flights/status credit history from 2013.

I requested my history back in March.
It has every flight I have credited to the program since 2006.

 

[Ausbt]

My gut feeling is 7,000. Obviously very quiet these past 4 years