Use the webjet dealfinders to find the best times to travel. In this introductory guide, updated for 2020, we look at how to search for virgin australia award availability awards are the seats made available to frequent flyer members to book using their points. Virgin australia s current management team, including ceo paul scurrah, will remain on at the airline, and. Virgin australia book cheap virgin australia flights online. Booking virgin atlantic and virgin australia with delta. Unlock incredible value with virgin atlantic flying club. Bus services are available from most cities to airports such as auckland. Singapore airlines and virgin australia are proud to offer australian travellers a seamless flying experience. Save 10% on select domestic and international flights. Update virgin australia officially in administration.
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Virgin australia known as virgin blue until early 2011 is an australian airline, with headquarters in brisbane, australia. Virgin australia velocity members can now book nonstop flights from melbourne to hong kong using their velocity points heres how its done, whether you have enough points to snare a business class suite or a humble economy class seat step 1. Book cheap virgin australia flights to melbourne, sydney, brisbane from australia. Virgin australia is a relatively new airline, founded as virgin blue. A number of hubs are located throughout australia, along with one in new zealand at auckland airport virgin australia confirmed it suspended flights from 30. There are frequently transfer bonuses from transferable points currencies to virgin atlantic flying club. Virgin australia holidays is the holiday program of virgin australia. I would like to subscribe to the points guy newsletters and special email promotions. If your flight was with virgin australia, you can make your claim online as you can for missing velocity points from flights taken with air new zealand, etihad airways, silkair, singapore airlines, south african airways and virgin samoa. Using velocity frequent flyer points to book virgin.
Half the battle with frequent flyer points is finding the seats you want for your trip and using your points for your ideal travel goal. Fly with australias most popular airline qantas au. You can also redeem your points for a reward seat on flights with delta air lines, singapore airlines and silkair, and selected codeshare flights operated by etihad airways. All velocity members can use points to upgrade to the luxury of business class. Virgin australia alliance singapore airlines australia. Join free today to earn points on flights, credit card spend, everyday purchases and more, and get to your next reward sooner.
This will require you to complete the group booking form. It operates to 29 different cities within australia. Virgin australia is permanently suspending their hkgsyd service effective from the 2 nd march 2020 with the last flight departing hong kong on 1 st march the codeshare agreement with virgin australia means that there are virgin atlantic customers that are affected by this route cancellation. You are being transferred to a region specific virgin australia page. Receive monthly progress reports from a dedicated account management team. Velocity rewards is the frequent flyer loyalty program operated by virgin blue. Virgin australia enters voluntary administration one. Find our best fares on your next flights to the us and beyond, with a fantastic choice of food, drinks, award winning entertainment and onboard wifi. When virgin australia launched its velocity program, it made a significant amount of award space available, both to members of their own program, as well as to members of partner programs, like delta skymiles and virgin. The virgin australia booking calendar opens 330 days from the current date i believe either at midnight or. Because virgin australia and virgin atlantic are both on the same velocity reward table, you can also book a journey from sydney to london or from melbourne to london for a total of 127,500 velocity points in business class, 95,700 velocity points in premium economy or 59,800 velocity points. As virgin australia heads into administration, frequent flyers everywhere are asking just one question.
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Guide to bidding on flight upgrades for premium seats. Book virgin australias melbournehong kong flights using. Enter your velocity membership number and password in the fields provided. Its in the national interest that we have two strong airlines. Use your velocity points to fly to over 600 destinations, now including hong kong. You can also redeem your points for a rewards seat on flights with delta air lines, etihad airways, singapore airlines, silkair, hainan airlines and hong kong airlines 24 hours a day, seven days a week book a flight. How to use points for flights earn velocity points velocity. These include six a330200s and five boeing 777300s. Virgin australia operated flights sold with an air mauritius mk flight numberare ineligible to earn velocity points and status credits. Begin by heading to the velocity frequent flyer website, logging into your.
The dedicated crew promises to leave you with an unforgettable flying experience. Reward seats include everything you can expect from a virgin australia flight including checked baggage. The cuts to flying will also mean cuts to employment, with. All fares are subject to the applicable fare rules and virgin australia. Velocity frequent flyer partners earn and redeem points.
Great value fares on flights from australia virgin australia. Velocity is the global frequent flyer program of the virgin australia group of airlines, providing many easy, everyday ways to earn velocity points. The airline offers flights to over thirty different destination cities and it focuses on six cities that it provides multiple daily flights to and from. Likewise, if you are booking your flight from brisbane airport bne with our airline, you not only get the best value fares, but also economical rental cars to get to the airport. We saw how long it took for virgin blue virgin australia s launch name then, in those days, to come up as a strong competitor to qantas. Earn and redeem points with virgins velocity frequent flyer program. Discover the best deals on flights to brisbane, australia with virgin australia. Booking ana first class with virgin atlantic miles one.
As of july 2019, it flies to 41 destinations across australia, with a further 15 international destinations. Virgin australia flights cheap virgin australia flights. Search for reward seat and any seat availability on virgin australia domestic and international flights. Virgin australia has slammed on the brakes for velocity frequent flyer members trying to transfer their points into the krisflyer schemeof partner singapore airlines until earlier today, the partnership between virgin and the singaporean flagcarrier allowed the frequent flyer points of one airline to be converted into those of another, under an innovative arrangement launched in 2014. Well waive the change fee, and you can book and travel until 31 december 2021. For redemptions on other airline partners, contact our membership. Earn points with virgin australia and partners, also earn status credit when travelling with eligible fare types. I ultimately ended up booking a virgin australia flight with virgin australia velocity miles thank you spg referrals but i first tried really hard to book the flight with delta skymiles. The fate of virgin australia s widebody fleet is up in the air. How to search an award seat with velocity points point hacks. All fares are subject to the applicable fare rules and virgin australia conditions of carriage. Catherine king, the oppositions shadow transport minister, told the same program, most of us lived through the collapse of ansett. It started as a two airline fleet on a single route and suddenly became the largest fleet to be using the virgin brand.
Book a flight with tigerair australia and pay with your velocity frequent flyer points. Find great deals on holiday packages to your favourite destination today. Flight credits are valid for booking and travel by. Virgin australia suspends points transfer to singapore. Virgin australia flights fly virgin australia with webjet webjet. Fly business class, premium economy or economy class and earn points through the velocity frequent flyer program. And if virgin ceases to exist, the general consensus is that the main winner will be qantas. As a point of comparison, heres how much other programs charge. Read more for all you need to know about our partnership. For example, they charge 120,000 miles for roundtrip first class from chicago to tokyo, which would be 93,000 membership rewards points roundtrip under the current promotion.
Reward flights are only available in economy classic, premium and upper class. Searching for virgin australia melbournehong kong reward flights. Take a flight from new zealand at the best fares with virgin australia. Different baggage allowances and conditions may apply to these flights.
Velocity frequent flyer provides members with easy ways to earn velocity points and you can use points to purchase flights, upgrades, car. We are offering interesting deals on virgin blue tickets. Virgin australia operates a fleet of 11 widebody aircraft. How to claim missing virgin australia points after your flight. Offering include trans tasman flights, short haul and long haul flights and international long haul flights. Flights will be quoted and charged in the currency of the departure country that you have. These six cities of focus include adelaide, canberra, the gold coast, hobart, perth and townsville. Redeem points online redeem your points for a reward seat or an any seat on virgin australia domestic and international flights. Until a new airline can come in, pass various regulatory hurdles.
Watch our how to video or follow the steps below to use your velocity points to book flights on board virgin australia and our partner airlines. Get a break down on virgin australia s fees and latest flight information. Virgin will be back, but different as previously reported, virgin australia will temporarily suspend all international flying from 30 march to 14 june 2020, while operating a reduced international schedule between now and 30 march to enable australians to return home and visitors to return to their point of origin. Book virgin australia flights to destinations in australia and around the world.
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