Travelling light is travelling right, and a bit of luxury ain't bad either.
Looks like VA (Virgin Australia) could be on the road out of VA (Voluntary Administration) and end up in a good position. After a tough few months due to COVID-19 and previous financial troubles, Virgin Australia had to enter voluntary administration in April 2020. But there are now signs the airline can head out of … Read more
Yet another bonus points offer from our friends at Velocity and Virgin Australia. This time you can earn triple Velocity points on an eligible flight. How does the offer work? First you need to activate the offer in your Velocity account. Then before the 18th February book a Virgin Australia flight for travel between 10 … Read more
For an end of year celebration, Virgin Australia are offering a bonus 50% on your next flight with them. The bonus points are available on any flights marketed and operated by Virgin Australia, domestic or international. How to get the bonus points? Activate the offer on the Velocity website or on the Velocity App. Book … Read more
Until the 22nd November the Velocity rewards store is offering a 15% discount store-wide. All you need to do is find the items you want to purchase with points then enter the code XMAS15 at checkout to get a 15% discount. Is this deal worth it? Usually I wouldn’t recommend using your hard earned Velocity … Read more
Virgin Australia are running another double status credits offer! This offer will allow you to double all status credits you earn from Virgin Australia (VA) marketed and operated flights. Unfortunately this means codeshare partner flights won’t get double status credits. However with new flights starting for Tokyo in March 2020, this could a good opportunity … Read more
After recently winning a highly sought after flight slot at Haneda Airport, Tokyo; Virgin Australia will start flying from Brisbane on 29 March 2020. To celebrate this new route, Virgin is running a promotion for free flights on the new route. The prizes include: Major prize consisting of return business class flights to Tokyo for … Read more
Once again Velocity is offering another booster when buying Velocity points – 20%. This looks to be a similar deal to the one they promoted in June which we covered as well. This deal is ending on 31st October 2019, so get in now for some extra points! How many Velocity bonus points can I … Read more
One of the best perks of flying business class or having high airline status is lounge access. Free food and drinks in a nice seating – compared to the main terminal. It is a much nicer wait to wait for your flight, it may even pay to get their early if you are going to … Read more
Velocity is giving away 11 million points over 11 weeks – that’s 1 million velocity points up for grabs each week. All you just need to do is download the velocity mobile app and log in. The app is available for free on both Android and iOS app stores. The app is great for keeping … Read more
As mentioned previously here, I was lucky enough to win a $70 bid for a business class upgrade on a Virgin Australia flight from Townsville to Brisbane. Today I’m going to give a review of how the Virgin Australia domestic business class experience was on the Boeing 737. Pre-flight: check-in & lounge As we checked … Read more