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Velocity Gold Status for 3 Months with 10,000 Flybuys Points Transfer

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As per the title, transfer 10,000 FlyBuys points to your Velocity account and be upgraded to Gold Status for 3 months. Not sure if this is a targetted offer, but received this in an email a few moments ago.

Expired Then use your Velocity Gold Status to be matched to Air New Zealand Airpoints Gold for 6 months. This is a Star Alliance Gold tier, so gives you free lounge access (among other benefits) on all Star Alliance flights.

https://www.ausbt.com.au/airnz-offers-star-alliance-gold-sta…

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    • Sydney-Brisbane 35 Status points..

      • That's crazy I swear I get like a lousy 5 or 10 credits on those flights. Is it different cos I am getting the most basic seat/tickets?

        • You are in the lower fare class
          Higher fare classes like Elevate/Freedom earn double/triple. But also cost more

      • And what cost though ?

        • Elevate is normally only about $25-30 more expensive than getaway on a SYD-BNE leg or SYD-MEL leg.

          It's the difference between 5SC vs 10-15SC and Freedom might be 30 or 35SC.

          Freedom might be double the cost of getaway so unless there's a specific requirement (only fare left, definite possibility you may need to cancel or reschedule.. ) I'd suggest you want to book Elevate as much as possible for maximising your SC earn.

  • I recently got emailed a deal to get 9000 points if i spend $140 at coles in the next 2 days, I need to do a shop so why not.
    I usually shop at coles so its just a bonus really. Not going to change my spending habits just to wrangle points.
    One tip is to install the flybuys app and go to offers, they pop up regularly.

  • I got this for free a few years ago. Flew to Canada with Air NZ and got enough credits to enjoy Gold the last year. Did 4 Nz flights and a couple of domestics. Unfortunately not quite enough to retain Gold but expect to drop to Silver for the upcoming year which is ok. I found the Air NZ lounges much nicer than the Virgin domestic lounges hence the four trips but now their alliance is breaking up no more Air NZ lounge access :( I mean sandwiches? Really Virgin? Sandwiches are really very basic… better off with international lounges as the domestic ones aren't worth the bother!

  • Offer commences on September 19th, 2018 and expires 11:59PM AEST on September 30th, 2018.

  • Anyone know if velocity gold gives you lounge and perks with Singapore airline flights? Also can you match velocity gold to Singapore Airline krisfly gold?

    • VA GOld gIves you access to Singapore Airlines lounges when flying SIA.

      No you cannot match to KrisFlyer with Velocity as they are a partner.

      • Bugger airnz match has finished

  • AirNZ promotion has ended. I tried to status match earlier this week.

  • +2

    If you want a cheap way to build SC, these are the cheapest SC/$ in Virgins network.

    Mel-cairns via BNE 80SC return
    Mel-ool via Syd 60sc return
    Syd-Cns via bne. 60sc return

    Use a 10% code also. Must be in elevate fare class.

    • one of the cheap (sub $500) trips to Hong Kong should sort it!

  • I didn't get the email. It must be for people haven't transfer points recently (or never?).

    I have more than 35k flybuys point but transferred 2k points to velocity last week for the $1M points giveaway promotion. Looks like it was a mistake!

    • same here :(

    • +1

      Never transferred from flybuys to Velocity, didn’t get the e-mail

  • Also didn’t get the email, also dont Get bonus points yet. Hopefully the system starts giving offers soon :P real jealous of the gold offer though!

  • -5

    is there any point of only having the gold status for 3 months only?

    • yeap, if you planning to travel in next 3 months… which I am. but not enough point to upgrade :(

    • +1

      there is if you're travelling in those 3 months…I would've thought that was obvious!

  • i've got the points and the email… however not travelling within next 3 months so kind of pointless for me !

  • Did the peeps who are getting the offer have their Flybuys linked with Velocity FF prior to receiving the offer?

  • +1

    For those that didn't get the email (like me), have you unsubscribed from the communications via the website? Could be the reason why you didn't get it - I've just resubscribed to all the promotions for potential future offers.

    A friend showed me their email, and this is in the footer:;

    You have received this message because you are a member of Velocity Frequent Flyer and are subscribed to Other Partner Offers communications

    So if you don't have Partner Offers enabled in your subscriptions you probably won't have received the offer.

    • +2

      I get the e-mails like the ones where there’s a transfer bonus

    • I wondered why i wasn't getting this offer because I was subscribed to everything in my flybuys account but reading the above, i then went into my velocity account and noticed 'other partner offers' wasn't ticked. So I've ticked that and I'll let others know if i get it next time (if there is a next time).

  • Got 160k flybuys, never transferred, and email preferences include velocity promotions.. didn’t get the offer
    must be luck of the draw!

    • Had you clicked to link your fB with Velocity previously?

      • Hmm don’t think so

  • Have the points, and due to travel every week for the next month. No email, which would just be my luck.

  • I am a VA Platinum and no email.

    • +2

      Why would you need gold when you have platinum.

  • +1

    I am muncan and I have no email.

  • Thank you for your interest Airpoints™ programme. Applications for this Touch of Gold promotion have now closed.

    :( Too late

    • Damn i didnt get it either. If anyone works out the secret to getting this offer targeted to them, please let me know.

      • +1

        Per aeon's post above, go into your Preferences and make sure you have "Other Partner Offers" turned ON.

        • everything is on and didn't get the email, though I don't have 10k points and I don't have any flights in the next 3 months so not a big deal

  • Thanks a lot, OP! The promo ends on 26 Sep though, not 30 Sep (well, that’s what my email says at least).

    • Thanks OP! likewise, my email state promo end date of 26 Sep. I usually fly qantas for domestic travel. Perhaps will give virgin a try next time to suss out their service.

      • The benefit is the fly ahead which Qantas doesn’t offer.

  • +2

    I did the transfer, anybody know how long before you get upgraded to gold?

  • +1

    51k flybuy, no email. sad to cry…

  • Anyone know what other airline gold card you can do status match with VA gold at the moment? Air NZ has ended the status match this week.

  • +1

    Anyone got upgraded yet?

    • nope.. still waiting

    • +1

      it might take up to four week to process

      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/4493637/redir

      • +1

        4 weeks works well for me, i have a return flight in end of Dec which could top up my remaining 40 sc !

        • me too, i got a return flight in Mid nov so hopefully it will kick in by then

    • Just got email from Velocity …

      Your Velocity Points have hit your account

      • Any mention of status? Did you try logging in your Velocity Account?

        • Nothing about Status…

          I have logged in still says red

        • @dumkaze: yep same, got email, still red.

  • Thanks. I had around 12,000 points so just redeemed this

  • anyone know if the 80 status credits need to be all new SCs accrued in 3 months? Or does your current level just need to hit 80 by then?
    Eg if i currently have 60, so do I need just 20 more or do I need to have 140 by 3 months?

    • +1

      AFAIK they need to be accrued in the 3 month period

      • Cheers, I might give Velocity a call once I get the explore gold confirmation into my account

  • I doubt any airlines would match this as it's not a full gold membership. I would expect that any card they issue will be virtual and will be clearly an "Velocity Explore Gold" rather than an ordinary gold membership.

    • United Airline and Delta might match with 3 months challenge.

  • Do you have to be flying on a Virgin flight to access the lounge with Velocity Gold status?

    • +1

      I was told you can access lounge if you fly with Singapore airline. They used to be able to access AirNZ lounges but not anymore after Oct. Not sure on ethitad lounges

    • Not necessarily. You can use Singapore airlines lounge when you are flying Singapore airlines in Australia as well as in Singapore and abroad. At Singapore they usually allow to take one adult and kids as well in the lounge . Syndey Singapore airlines lounge does not allow adults usually.

  • I was 4k flybuys points short, so I used a few Coles targeted 2k bonus points promotions and I got the bonus points within 48 hours. Might be worth a shot to anybody that's short download the flybuys app and look through your Coles targeted offers.

  • Anyone got upgraded to gold yet ?

    • Nope done my transfer 2 days ago… Still waiting. As long as I'm gold by mid October I'll be happy!

    • +1

      I have been right now. Did it within 30m of my email being received.

    • No, still waiting. :/

  • Yesterday I got upgraded to gold explor and expiry date is 22 December. But I am flying on 24 dec on virgin airlines to Perth for 5 days.

    Sydney to Perth is enough to get 80 status credit points in economy N will they consider grace period ?

    • I doubt it.

    • I would have waited a couple of days before doing your transfer just to be safe!

      • Might not have made the first 10,000 top qualify though.

        • +3

          True although what's the point of the gold membership if your travel dates are outside of the 3 month membership period. I would have waited a couple of days and taken my chances.

    • we still have the gold privileges until the expiry date, which is 1 month after the review date. i think 22dec is your review date, so you should still be able to at least use the lounge until 22 jan 2019..

  • I got my congratulations on receiving explore gold email this morning.

  • Just got the gold status this morning by email and checked velocity account its GOLD. Now I need to find another airline that is willing to do status match!

  • Yay new gold member checking in!

  • +1

    Dont forget that as a gold member you should hopefully have access to the other perks like Hilton or IHG gold status etc.

    • +1

      IHG gold is nothing. Hilton gold is a lot better.

    • Looking at the T&C from Velocity website I don't think the 3 month Explore Gold membership is valid for a Hilton Gold,

      19.13 Members who accept Pilot Gold Membership or Explore Gold Membership are not entitled to Complimentary Partner Membership during their Pilot Gold Membership or Explore Gold Membership Period.

      I can't even find out how to apply anyway lol. Can someone link me?

  • Any cheap virgin flights to LA in the next 3 months. Can't seem to find anything even under $1.2k return from sydney

  • Just checked and they have upgraded my status to gold…nice, I'll enjoy it while it lasts before I go back to red status

    • how long did it took them to upgrade your status??

  • +3

    Anyone know if there's a way to take part without getting the email?

    • I also would love to know this.

    • +2

      I'm tempted to just try transferring 10k points to see if I get upgraded…

    • Anyone know if the link is unique?

      • targeted email

      • yep looking at my email there is a ref id=? link in mine, so most likely only targeted users will be eligible

  • I got my gold status ! about 1 week wait. hope everyone got theirs :)

    no email though, I just checked by logging in and it was there

  • I had about 140 status credits before the upgrade but it is now 6. Did anyone have status credits taken off as well?

    • I had 120 status credit but now 14 credit left…

      • yea me too, i had almost 60 and now down to 11??

        • Probably velocity want us to accumulate 80 again

        • @dumkaze: yes that was part of the terms and conditions, but i was under the impression we needed 80 more on top of what we had, not for them to take away existing SCs

        • @smurfstah: next month I will be flying with Singapore Airline so I will be ok status credit..

          I have to find some cheap tickets for eligible sector

        • @dumkaze:

          I believe that is eligible sector if you booked it under VA

        • @Serathis: No It has SQ number. I got the cheap ticket from sky scanner

        • @dumkaze:

          ah that's too bad! hardly can find cheap tickets though to accumulate 80SC!

        • anyone found out why we lost our SC?

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