Velocity Frequent Flyer Program
 

Name change from "Velocity Rewards" to "Velocity Frequent Flyer".

Being announced on AFF: (http://www.australianfrequentflyer.c...ent-32475.html)

Dupe post of Velocity Status Match Offer thread.

Many more changes:

http://www.velocityrewards.com.au/co...utUs/index.htm

http://www.velocityrewards.com.au/co...ance/index.htm

• New Platinum Level at 1000 SC's (800 requal.)
• Points Upgrades from flexi fare
• SC and FF point family pooling
• Companion Gold / Platinum for high status earners
• 4 Complimentary Upgrades for Platinum (again from Flexi fares only)
• Complimentary HHonors Gold for ICH Priority Club Goldfor Velocity Gold
• Complimentary HHonors Diamond or ICH Priority Club Platinum for Velocity Platinum
• Access to Privilege Executive membership with Europcar Privileges Program or Hertz #1 Club Gold Five Star® for Velocity Gold
• Access to Privilege Elite membership with Europcar Privileges Program or Hertz #1 Club Gold® Presidents Circle for Velocity Platinum

Much more!

New Point Redemption Tables: mileage based

http://www.velocityrewards.com.au/co...bles/index.htm

terrific news...really pleased with the program changes...especially the status match

Indeed, the new Velocity program is quite generous. IMHO there are only two things that are missing:
- upgrades with miles on V Australia
(Every mature FFP allows you to use miles for intercontinental upgrades.)
- lifetime membership (see Qantas)
(Of course there are other things that are way better than with Qantas, for example. It is just that these two aspects have a high priority for me.)

Regarding the "new little alliance", it would make sense for Velocity to get a partner in Europe. The rest of the world is covered surprisingly well given the number of FFP partners. (Of course, you could also have an airline from Africa and South America on board, but it seems to me that this would be asking a bit too much.)

As I mentioned on AFF, burn rates are slightly higher. e.g. BNE-SIN was 25k+$75, now it's 29k+$75.

but some domestics a bit lower, eg; upgrade OOL-SYD was 5400 now 4900

As someone who has been a Velocity member for a couple of years but never actually paid any attention to it until today, I have to say I'm a little confused by the information on the website at the moment.

There seem to be two contradictory sets of information about status credits. According to http://www.velocityrewards.com.au/co...us/GoldStatus/ you need 500 status credits to get Gold, and http://www.velocityrewards.com.au/co...dits/index.htm has a miles-based earning table.

But according to http://www.velocityrewards.com.au/co...atus/index.htm, Gold status is earned at 50,000 status credits and you get 5-7 points per dollar.

I assume one of these systems is the new one and one is the old one, but which is which?

The former is the new (and current) process; the latter is the old (now replaced) system.

Velocity status is now earned in a manner slightly similar to QFF's.

BNE-DPS is cheaper now, was around 66,000 RT incl tax, now it is 56,300 RT incl tax!

I don't pay for tickets so status is not an issue for me. My Velocity miles are earned on credit cards and shopping and I plan to burn them on Virgin Australia tickets so I am happy with the new program!

Hi Jorgen,
Looks like you may have bookmarked an old link that for some reason is still live.
Gold member now require 500SC to reach that level.
Best you go to the homepage of the website and recalibrate your bookmarks.
Apologies for the confusion.

I just received my new Gold Card in the mail and it looks like I have lost a month of Gold status. My old Gold card had a benefits expiry date of 01/12 but my new card says benefits expire one month after the review date which is 30/11/11.

So can I keep using my old Gold in January? Or have these changes meant I have lost a month of Gold status?

The official line is that they will honour what's on the card. So keep the old one handy for Jan if you don't requalify!

The problem is that they are live and returned by the search engine on the Velocity site. As an example, go to the Velocity Rewards website, do a search on 'Status Credits', then choose the second link (http://www.velocityrewards.com.au/co...dits/index.htm) then you get an old page.

So people searching for this information, may well find the old pages.