Unfavourable increase in SQ-VA conversion rate
 

Effective 1 January 2019

Previous: 1.35 KF miles to 1 Velocity
New: 1.55 KF miles to 1 Velocity.

Hasn't been announced the other way, but imagine Velocity will match

As a VA --> SQ frequent transferer this is annoying, but not surprising as I can earn 20k miles for a SYD-PER in J (15k KF miles)

A colleague whose husband works for SQ tells me (often) that Australian-based SQ staff regard VA elites visiting their lounge as little better than riff-raff. I'd expect VA elite privileges to disappear too. It's been a good lurk while it lasted

I doubt it, at least whilst SQ still hold a 20% share in VA. With, on average, 20 services a day from SIN-Australia to fill across SQ/MI, I am sure the VA patronage helps to compete with QF/EK/CX.

I have alot of points tied to Velocity but now based in Bangkok
​Do you think it's a good idea to transfer over before the changes take place? I don't think I've ever redeemed a VA flight. Always just booked flights with VA partner airlines via Velocity website

VA also announced that they are adding carrier surcharges to their flights.

I find SQ points more valuable than VA. So of the 1m VA points in my account now, I plan to move ~600-700k over to SQ.