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15% off Eligible Virgin Australia Domestic Economy Reward Seats @ Velocity Frequent Flyer

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15% off Eligible Virgin Australia Domestic Economy Reward Seats @ Velocity Frequent Flyer
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ThePointsGuru on 31/10/2023 - 11:16 velocityfrequentflyer.com (1885 clicks)
Last edited 31/10/2023 - 12:30 by 1 other user

The 15% discount on eligible Reward Seats and the additional Reward Seats are available from 10:01am AEST 31 October 2023 until 10:01am AEST 7 November 2023 unless sold out prior (Promotion Period).
During the Promotion Period, (a) the 15% discount will be applied to the usual Reward Seat price for Tier 1 Economy fares on Virgin Australia Domestic Eligible Flights, and (b) there will be 600,000 additional Economy Reward Seats added across Domestic, Trans-Tasman and International Short-Haul Eligible Flights.

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  • Drakesy on 31/10/2023 - 11:39
    +21

    Qantas giving the middle finger to the Australian public whilst Virgin actively tries to improve the provision of reward seats.

    Kudos.

    • TexasVujicic on 31/10/2023 - 11:54
      +8

      they have to when their product, especially internationally. is duller than a dildo.

      still no sign of any International lounge access for Virgin J from any airport.

      their solution in Melbourne? "go to the domestic lounge and then go through International security 30 minutes before boarding starts"
      not to mention, the lounge is incredibly dull for the effort it takes to get there.

      Don't get me wrong, i still have minimum Gold status, but i use it for their partners. not for VA.

      • bigspike on 31/10/2023 - 11:59

        We had lounge access with Etihad during our connection.

        • TexasVujicic on 31/10/2023 - 12:03

          correct. but if you're doing MEL > DPS on VA.. you're SIL.

          you have to be flying on the partner metal to use their lounges.

      • Drakesy on 31/10/2023 - 12:04

        Over here in WA the only international tickets you have the choice of is Singapore Airlines & Etihad which both come with lounge access so i can't really complain. But agree no lounges on their own ticketed international product is a bit lacking.

      • endolphin on 31/10/2023 - 13:06
        +2

        I reckon if your dildo is dull, you might be doing something wrong…

        • Drakesy on 31/10/2023 - 22:58

          Overuse?

      • ninjalot on 01/11/2023 - 00:57

        The problem with Velocity partner lounge access is you usually only get it when the partner has their own lounge.

        Also re: Etihad at Abu Dhabi, lounge access is for the Al Dhabi contract lounge, not the Etihad Business Lounge. Al Dhabi is also Priority Pass / Dragon Pass lounge. Night and day difference with the Eithad Business Lounge at AUH.

        I was living in Singapore before and Velocity Gold was amazing. Excellent *A gold lounge at SIN and a bunch of SilverKris lounges all over Asia. Plus priority board made SQ economy a dream.

        But now that I'm back in Australia, gold is a bit underwhelming and I don't think I'll make the effort to keep it. VA really needs be part on an alliance so the benefits are standard over all (more numerous) partners.

        • TexasVujicic on 01/11/2023 - 10:06

          I personally am a fan the way things are now with their individual partnerships instead of alliances.

          I'd argue that the partner change from Delta to United was a far greater one. Polaris is great and their lounges in LAX/SFO are good too. And Delta are known as SkyPesos with their FF with their shit value.

          Partnered with 2 Gulf airlines is awesome too. Did an Economy trip with Qatar as Gold and upon getting to the lounge section in my layover in Doha, instead of giving just gold lounge access they were kind enough to give me the Platinum lounge access instead. And it still gives you the flex if you find Etihad has the cheaper fare, at least you aren't stuck with no lounge

          Not to mention SQ… that Gold Kris lounge is perfect. Showers, great food. heaps of seating. pretty quiet.

  • caustic birch on 31/10/2023 - 11:46
    +5

    Cool but where's the transfer bonus?!

    • kerfuffle on 31/10/2023 - 11:52
      +7

      Still October; try tomorrow

      • daanish on 31/10/2023 - 14:56
        +2

        I really hope so. I've been holding onto a card for an extra month so I can claim the transfer bonus and then cancel it.

        • neme on 01/11/2023 - 10:24

          and it looks like you're holding on to it until Feb as their promo is a bit different this year :(

          • daanish on 01/11/2023 - 10:44

            @neme: Yeah I saw the new offer. I will transfer this card out in November and I'm already applying for the next churn card for the December and January period.

  • Jackjcca on 31/10/2023 - 12:13

    is the discount already applied or will it get applied during checkout?

    • kerfuffle on 31/10/2023 - 12:23

      Already applied

  • mogley on 31/10/2023 - 12:51
    +4

    Just did some rough calcs for some flights im looking at.
    Basically you get a discounted version of the Economy Choice flights which comes with free seat selection, including Preferred Seats (closer to front of plane).

    My flights worked out to $119 standard one way OR 12,900 points = ~0.9c/point which isn't bad but not amazing
    Is better value if you do points + $ and brings it up to 1.4c/point.

    Otherwise I could just pay for an el cheapo regular Lite fare at $95 and pick my seat for $9 = $104. There are some minor differences in the Choice seat with refund policy but otherwise same same.

    Also the Reward seats come with 1 checked luggage if that is important to you.

    YMMV

    • theguyrules on 31/10/2023 - 14:35
      +1

      I'm new to rewards flights - is it normal for points+$ to be better value than purely points? Is it so they entice you to pick that to get some $$ out of you?

      • nightelves on 31/10/2023 - 14:47

        Exactly right.

      • bigspike on 31/10/2023 - 14:48
        +2

        Sometimes. I often pay the taxes with my credit card to activate the travel insurance offered by my card for the trip. Also lets me spread my points out a bit more.

    • subwoofer on 31/10/2023 - 15:35

      not sure how you arrived at 0.9c a point. I bought velocity points at 40% off and I paid 0.01403635 cents per point

      • Cyphar on 31/10/2023 - 16:50
        +2

        $119 (11900 cents) divided by 12900 is 0.9c a point, that's how he's arrived to that. Pretty simple.

        • subwoofer on 31/10/2023 - 16:55

          I was looking at the earn rate not the spend rate

      • kirynflare on 31/10/2023 - 18:03
        +3

        Pretty sure if you bought at 40% off, that would be $0.01403635, not 0.01403635 cents, otherwise that would be an absolute bargain!

  • subwoofer on 31/10/2023 - 15:33
    +1

    it's still too expensive to pay worth points I'd rather pay cash and leave the points for international travel

  • R3XNebular on 31/10/2023 - 17:40
    -1

    International short haul? Bali? Doesn't seem to have any decent discounts.

    • theguyrules on 31/10/2023 - 18:06

      The discount is only for domestic

  • legendestroyer on 31/10/2023 - 21:15

    I also like to save points for international

  • maulmonk on 01/11/2023 - 00:48

    how do you know the rewards flight you chose has the discount applied?

    • kerfuffle on 01/11/2023 - 02:44

      When you see it's cheaper than what you expected.

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