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Excellent communication makes all the difference when a flight is disrupted. My recent Virgin Australia flight, which diverted shortly after take-off, is a great example of that.
Virgin Australia has started offering some frequent flyers the option to renew their Velocity status with points. Is this a sign the airline is haemorrhaging members?
When booking between 16-23 March 2026, you can earn double status credits on flights flown as part of a Virgin Australia Holidays package. This is a genuinely useful hack to fast-track your Velocity status credits!
These popular Velocity Frequent Flyer status runs can help you to earn maximum Virgin Australia status credits at a lower cost.
There are several completely free ways to earn Virgin Australia Velocity Points without spending a cent, getting you closer to your next reward or preventing your points from expiring.
Earn between 45 and 125 bonus Velocity status credits by flying Virgin Australia 2-6 times between 12 January and 31 March 2026.
Velocity Frequent Flyer launched its highly-anticipated lifetime Gold status tier in October 2025. "Forever Gold" can be yours by earning 12,000 lifetime status credits - but there's a catch.
Rather than losing once-loyal flyers who didn't requalify for Velocity status under the new program rules, Virgin Australia is giving some people complimentary status extensions.
Instead of holding Platinum status with either Qantas or Virgin Australia, could it make better sense to get Gold status with both airlines for a similar amount of flying (and spend)?
For some Velocity redemptions on Qatar Airways, a new airline fuel fee raises the cash co-payment by over 100%.
Fly Ahead is a great benefit for Velocity Gold and Platinum members flying Virgin Australia that can get you home faster... well, usually.
Velocity Silver, Gold & Platinum members of Virgin Australia's frequent flyer program receive selected benefits when flying partner airlines.