Virgin Australia will now give 45-100% more Velocity status credits on all flights taken from October 2021 until June 2022, following a 3-month extension to this promotion which was previously due to expire at the end of March.
This offer is available to all Velocity Frequent Flyer members and will even be applied retrospectively to tickets that have already been booked, provided the travel occurs between 1 October 2021 and 30 June 2022 (previously 31 March 2022).
This promotion was originally announced in September 2021. The 3-month extension was announced in March 2022.
Bonus status credits will be automatically earned on Virgin Australia domestic, trans-Tasman and international short-haul flights flown during the offer period. The exact amount of bonus status credits earned will depend on the distance of the flight and the fare class booked, as per the table below.
Codeshare flights operated by other airlines will not earn bonus status credits. You’ll find the full terms & conditions on the Velocity Frequent Flyer website.
Between 1 October 2021 until 31 March 2022, Velocity members can also earn status credits on domestic Virgin Australia reward seat bookings. Economy Reward Seat bookings will earn status credits at the regular Economy Lite rate, and Business Reward Seats will earn at the usual Economy Choice rate.
The offer of status credits on Reward Seat bookings has not been extended beyond March 2022.
New status credit earn rates from October 2021-June 2022
In most cases, you’ll earn double status credits for Economy flights and around 45% bonus status credits on Business flights flown from October 2021 until June 2022.
This table summarises the number of status credits you could earn when flying with Virgin Australia during this promotion, per one-way flight:
Zone |
Economy Lite |
Economy Choice | Economy Flex |
Business |
1-750 miles (domestic) |
10 |
30 (usually 15) |
50 (usually 25) |
80 |
1-750 miles (international) |
15 |
30 (usually 15) |
50 (usually 25) |
65 |
751-1,500 miles (domestic) |
15 |
40 (usually 20) |
70 (usually 35) |
115 |
751-1,700 miles (international) |
30 |
60 (usually 30) |
90 (usually 45) |
135 |
1,501+ miles (domestic) |
20 |
60 (usually 30) |
90 (usually 45) |
150 |
1,700-2,500 miles (international) |
40 |
70 (usually 35) |
100 (usually 50) |
160 |
2,500+ miles (international) |
50 |
90 (usually 45) |
130 (usually 65) |
200 |
If you booked your flight prior to 19 August 2021, when Virgin Australia rebranded its domestic fare categories, different status credit earn rates may apply based on the ticket type you booked at the time. You check the number of status credits you’ll earn on the Velocity website.
Earning Virgin Australia status
As a reminder, here is the number of status credits and eligible Virgin Australia flight sectors you would need to earn or renew Virgin Australia status (note that Economy Lite tickets do not count as eligible sectors):
Status tier | Status credits to attain | Status credits to renew | Eligible “VA” sectors required |
Silver | 250 | 200 | 2 |
Gold | 500 | 400 | 4 |
Platinum | 1,000 | 800 | 8 |
Virgin Australia’s status extensions
Virgin Australia most recently announced a new round of status extensions for many of its frequent flyers in September 2021. As a result of that promotion, some Velocity Gold and Platinum members now had their status review dates adjusted to 28 February 2023.
If this offer applied to you, any status credits earned from 1 March 2022 will count towards renewing your Velocity status next year.
Even if your status has already been extended, Gold members can still upgrade to Platinum by earning status credits now. Velocity members who already hold Platinum status can also still gift a Companion Gold or Companion Platinum membership if they earn enough additional status credits within any 12-month period.
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