Earn 25% More Velocity Points on Virgin Australia Flights with These Cards

On 2 April 2025, Velocity Frequent Flyer reduced the amount of points you’ll earn for Virgin Australia flights. Instead of five Velocity base points per dollar spent, most people will now earn four.

But you can still earn Velocity points at the higher rate of 5 per $1 – that’s 25% more points – if you’ve held a Velocity co-brand credit card in the past year!

Here’s how it works…

Earn bonus Velocity points when flying Virgin Australia

You’ll earn an additional base point per dollar if you’ve earned at least one point from spending on an eligible Velocity credit card within a year prior to taking your Virgin Australia flight.

Eleven credit cards are eligible for this offer, and you don’t even need to have booked the flight using your Velocity Frequent Flyer credit card. You just need to have earned at least one Velocity point through an eligible card sometime in the 12 months before you fly.

You’ll earn the additional base point per dollar when crediting Virgin Australia marketed and operated flights to Velocity Frequent Flyer. The bonus points don’t apply to flights operated by partner airlines.

See the Velocity Frequent Flyer website for the full T&Cs.

How this works with Velocity status tier bonus points

Velocity Silver, Gold and Platinum members can earn 50%, 75% and 100% bonus points on Virgin Australia flights, respectively.

These bonus points are earned on the base points amount. If you’ve earned Velocity points with an eligible credit card in the past 12 months, your base rate will be five points per dollar.

For example, a Velocity Platinum member who has earned points with an eligible Velocity credit card during the past year would earn 10 points per $1 spent on Virgin Australia flights. That’s 5 base points and 5 tier bonus points for every dollar paid.

Without a credit card, Velocity Platinum members would earn eight points per dollar.

Eligible Velocity points-earning credit cards

The following Velocity credit cards are eligible for the additional base point earn on Virgin Australia flights:

• American Express Velocity Gold
• American Express Velocity Escape/Escape Plus
• American Express Velocity Platinum
• American Express Velocity Business
• Bank of Queensland Signature Velocity
• BOQ Specialist Platinum Velocity
• Westpac Altitude Mastercard Platinum
• Westpac Altitude Mastercard Black
• Virgin Money Velocity Flyer
• Virgin Money Velocity High Flyer

Credit cards that get you bonus status credits

If you really want to maximise your benefits with Virgin Australia, there are also two Australian credit cards that give bonus Velocity status credits.

Amex Velocity Platinum

With the Amex Velocity Platinum card, you can earn 50 bonus Velocity status credits if you spend $25,000 or more on the card each year. This increases to 100 bonus status credits when you spend $50,000 or more on the card during the year.

That’s in addition to a complimentary annual return Virgin Australia domestic flight, unlimited Virgin Australia Lounge access, travel insurance and a high earn rate of 1.25 Velocity points per $1 spent. With an annual fee of $440 and a current sign-up bonus offer of 100,000 Velocity Points, this card is a great option for Virgin Australia flyers!

Virgin Money High Flyer

In addition to the 25% bonus base Velocity points, you can earn 20% bonus status credits when paying for a Virgin Australia flight with a Virgin Money Velocity High Flyer credit card. This card has a $329 annual fee which is offset by a $129 annual Virgin Australia travel credit and two Virgin Australia Lounge passes each year.

Matt Graham

The editor of Australian Frequent Flyer, Matt's passion for travel has taken him to over 90 countries… with the help of frequent flyer points, of course!
Matt's favourite destinations (so far) are Germany, Brazil & Kazakhstan. His interests include aviation, economics & foreign languages, and he has a soft spot for good food and red wine.

You can connect with Matt by posting on the Australian Frequent Flyer community forum and tagging @AFF Editor.