Virgin Australia Velocity - SYD - RDU - Velocity Points

Looking for some guidance - I am looking at using points for a J class FF ticket from SYD to RDU. I know that DL has lots of flights from ATL to RDU, but on the Velocity site I can not get any information on connections as it is not showing as an available city.

Does this need a call into the Velocity Call centre?

Are you looking at travelling on a Virgin ticket or a DL ticket using Virgin as codeshare, or a DL flight?

From what I looked up, if travelling on a Virgin flight, you will need to book the segments separately and decide where you will fly into.
Personally I would worry about the SYD to USA leg first ensuring you get the availability and dates that you want, and then book separately with DL for the flight to North Carolina from Atlanta or LAX.

You don't necessarily have to call the airline to book this, but if you want to do the whole thing as a reward ticket ensuring you get to RDU, then you will need to call Delta rather than Velocity.

Are you looking at travelling on a Virgin ticket or a DL ticket using Virgin as codeshare, or a DL flight?

From what I looked up, if travelling on a Virgin flight, you will need to book the segments separately and decide where you will fly into.
Personally I would worry about the SYD to USA leg first ensuring you get the availability and dates that you want, and then book separately with DL for the flight to North Carolina from Atlanta or LAX.

You don't necessarily have to call the airline to book this, but if you want to do the whole thing as a reward ticket ensuring you get to RDU, then you will need to call Delta rather than Velocity.

I think DL has discontinued LAX-RDU.

Are you looking at travelling on a Virgin ticket or a DL ticket using Virgin as codeshare, or a DL flight?

Thanks - not sure - only have Velocity points - so I assumed that I would need to call them as use either VA or DL flight to LAX and then DL to RDU via ATL and I don't know how DL would know what VA points I have.

From what I looked up, if travelling on a Virgin flight, you will need to book the segments separately and decide where you will fly into.
Personally I would worry about the SYD to USA leg first ensuring you get the availability and dates that you want, and then book separately with DL for the flight to North Carolina from Atlanta or LAX.

Yes I agree - trying to tie down some dates.

You don't necessarily have to call the airline to book this, but if you want to do the whole thing as a reward ticket ensuring you get to RDU, then you will need to call Delta rather than Velocity.

Thanks - how would DL know my Velocity points balance and access them to ticket?

:cool:I think DL has discontinued LAX-RDU.

Thanks - I think AA use to have a direct flight when RDU was an AA hub. From what I see now DL has lots of flights from RDU with the best connection via ATL. (Also seems to be the same with another AA/TWA hub STL which I use to go do - DL seems to be a bigger operator there now than AA)

Thanks - not sure - only have Velocity points - so I assumed that I would need to call them as use either VA or DL flight to LAX and then DL to RDU via ATL and I don't know how DL would know what VA points I have.



Yes I agree - trying to tie down some dates.



Thanks - how would DL know my Velocity points balance and access them to ticket?

Simply put, DL would not be able to help you with redemption of Velocity points...full stop.
As you are unable to find RDU on the Velocity internet booking engine, you will most likely have to call the Velocity call centre.
It will be a headache to book separately in my view.

Velocity redemption across different carriers is really limited, they need to address this. Right now it costs less points for me to book MEL-LAX and LAX-wherever on Delta (via Velocity points) then booking on one itinerary. I even need to search all the segments separately on the website.