Virgin Business Flyer and Velocity Frequent Flyer are offering a mega-sized bonus Status Credits offer. There’s a limited booking and travel window, but if everything aligns for you, you could pocket up to 125 extra Status Credits, making it much easier to enjoy the perks of Gold and Platinum status.

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Virgin Business Flyer Bonus Status Credits

Expiry: Book and travel by 31 March 2025.

Important: Travel by 31 March 2025 to receive bonus Status Credits on eligible bookings.

Activate the offer, book and fly on at least two eligible Virgin Australia flights (operated by VA and with a VA flight number) between 28 January and 31 March 2025. All eligible bookings will earn triple Status Credits.

Status Credits are the key to building up to elite perks with Velocity Silver, Gold and Platinum status. Gold membership is the sweet spot, offering lounge access, priority processing, extra baggage and more. Usually, you need 500 Status Credits and four eligible flights to unlock Gold from scratch.

Under this offer, you could get there much faster:

  • Two eligible flights: 45 bonus Status Credits
  • Three eligible flights: 65 bonus Status Credits
  • Four eligible flights: 85 bonus Status Credits
  • Five eligible flights: 105 bonus Status Credits
  • Six eligible flights: 125 bonus Status Credits

See the T&Cs:

¹Velocity membership Terms and Conditions apply.

^Promotion is available between 12:01am AEST 28 January 2025 to 11:59pm AEST 31 March 2025 (inclusive) (Promotion Period).

To be eligible for the Velocity Frequent Flyer bonus Status Credits promotion, travellers must, during the Promotion Period:

1.      Become a member of the Velocity Frequent Flyer program;

2.     Activate this offer in the Velocity App or via a link contained within an email sent to the Velocity member;

3.     Book two or more Eligible Flights, and add their Velocity membership number to the bookings before travel; and

4.     Fly on the Eligible Flights (outlined below).

Bonus Status Credits are tiered according to the number of flights booked and flown within the Promotion Period. The bonus Status Credits will be awarded at the conclusion of the campaign based on the total flights flown during the Promotion Period as set out below:

Number of Eligible Flights booked and flown during the Promotion Period Bonus Status Credits awarded
1 Nil
2 45
3 65
4 85
5 105
6+ 125

An Eligible Flight is:

A.     a one-way domestic or short haul international flight marketed and operated by Virgin Australia, booked through virginaustralia.com adding an ABN number to the booking before travel where the ABN is linked to a Virgin Australia Business Flyer account, the Virgin Australia Business Flyer booking portal or via the member’s nominated Travel Management Company; and

B.     ticketed during the Promotion Period in a fare class that normally accrues Status Credits.

Reward Seat booking and codeshare services marketed or operated by partner airlines are not Eligible Flights for this offer.

Bonus Status Credits will be earned in addition to base Status Credits earned. Please allow up to 4 weeks after the Promotion Period to be awarded the bonus Status Credits to your Velocity Frequent Flyer account. This offer can be used in conjunction with the 50,000 bonus Velocity Points for your business offer for Small to Medium Businesses.  Velocity Membership T&Cs apply.

Find out more about how to maintain or upgrade your Velocity Status.

Any Status Credits and Eligible Sectors earned are subject to expiry after 12 months from earn. Additional Status Terms and Conditions apply.

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Citi Premier Credit Card

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  • Sign-up Bonus: 110,000 bonus Velocity Frequent Flyer Points¹ with the Citi Premier Credit Card
  • Rewards Earn Rate: 2 Citi reward Points per $1 spent on Eligible Transactions online or overseas and 1 Citi reward Point per $1 spent on Eligible Transactions everywhere else, capped at 200,000 Citi reward Points over a 12-month period. 
  • Annual Fee: $300 p.a. ongoing
  • Offer expires: 1 April 2025

The Citi Premier Credit Card offers 110,000 bonus Velocity Points¹ for new cardholders who spend $8,000 or more on eligible purchases within 3 months from approval. The card earns up to 2 Citi reward Points per dollar on eligible transactions and includes complimentary membership and two airport lounge visits every year when you enrol in Priority Pass™, plus the ability to automatically transfer Points from the Citi Rewards Program to Velocity Frequent Flyer each month with Points Autosweep⁴. Offer ends 1 April 2025. This product is provided by National Australia Bank Limited, using certain trademarks temporarily under license from Citigroup Inc.


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Rocket to elite perks with up to 125 bonus Status Credits was last modified: January 31st, 2025 by Brandon Loo