Velocity points… am I missing something?

[jonedwards80]

Hi all…

I collect points from my business with an Amex card and can transfer to a variety of points programs for travel. One of which is Virgin.

When I look, the points required always seem so much more on VA over Qantas.

For example, my partner and I flew return Brisbane-Tokyo this September in business class for about 200k points on QFF. If I look on Virgin, it’s about 1.3M points! I realise there is a timing issue, but obviously this is a huge difference.

Am I missing something? Am i looking in the wrong place? I’d love our options open up to include the virgin network, but it’s just not viable when QFF is so much more attractive…

 

[levelnine]

For example, my partner and I flew return Brisbane-Tokyo this September in business class for about 200k points on QFF. If I look on Virgin, it’s about 1.3M points! I realise there is a timing issue, but obviously this is a huge difference.

Am I missing something? Am i looking in the wrong place? I’d love our options open up to include the virgin network, but it’s just not viable when QFF is so much more attractive…

You need to find saver award availability on a VA partner, then you will see prices comparable to (if not better than) Qantas.

The 1.3M point cost is the equivalent of Qantas Points+Pay option — where you are buying a cash fare with points at a very low value.

 

[levelnine]

Eg Sydney to Haneda is 78K points in business class:

 

[jonedwards80]

Oh wow… is there a knack to finding these? I’ve just been using the standard search engine either on their app or website…

 

[levelnine]

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