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15% Bonus Velocity Points for Your First Auto Transfer or 5% Bonus for Your Next Manual Transfer of Flybuys Points

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15% Bonus Velocity Points for Your First Auto Transfer or 5% Bonus for Your Next Manual Transfer of Flybuys Points
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jackofspade on 06/05/2024 - 12:15 experience.flybuys.com.au (1065 clicks)
Last edited 06/05/2024 - 12:17

Link your Flybuys and Velocity accounts, turn on Auto Transfer and complete your first-ever Auto transfer to be rewarded with 15% bonus Velocity Points or 5% bonus Velocity Points on your next manual transfer.

*Bonus Velocity Points offer Terms and Conditions

Between 12:00am AEST Mon 6 May 2024 and 11:59pm AEST Sun 26 May 2024 (Promotion Period), Flybuys members who have linked their Velocity Frequent Flyer membership to their Flybuys account and make an eligible transfer of Flybuys points to Velocity during the Promotion Period will earn bonus Velocity Points based on transfer preference:

• 5% bonus Velocity Points on the value of Velocity Points received on your next manual transfer when you transfer a minimum of 1,000 Flybuys points to Velocity; or
• 15% bonus Velocity Points on the value of Velocity Points received on your first ever Auto Transfer when you transfer a minimum of 1,000 Flybuys points to Velocity. To be eligible, you must turn on Auto Transfer during the Promotion Period and the Auto Transfer must be your first ever Auto transfer.

Each Flybuys member is eligible for one allocation of bonus Velocity Points which will be calculated on the first eligible transfer that the member successfully completes during the Promotion Period. Bonus Velocity Points will be awarded to the member’s Velocity Frequent Flyer account within 4 weeks from the end of the Promotion Period. Bonus Velocity Points offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Flybuys' privacy policy applies. Standard Flybuys terms and conditions apply and are available at flybuys.com.au.

Velocity membership Terms and Conditions apply.

Manual transfer to receive 5% bonus Velocity Points
If you choose to make a manual transfer as your next transfer within the Promotion Period, you will receive 5% bonus Velocity Points on the base number of Velocity Points you receive on your first manual transfer from Flybuys to Velocity during the Promotion Period. A maximum of 10,000 bonus Velocity Points for completing a manual transfer will be awarded per member during the Promotion Period.

Auto Transfer to receive 15% bonus Velocity Points
If you choose to turn on Auto Transfer and complete an Auto Transfer as your first ever transfer during the Promotion Period, you will receive 15% bonus Velocity Points on the base number of Velocity Points you receive on your first Auto Transfer from Flybuys to Velocity during the Promotion Period. A maximum of 30,000 bonus Velocity Points for completing your first Auto Transfer will be awarded per member during the Promotion Period. This offer is not available to members who have already completed an Auto Transfer prior to the Promotion Period

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  • AnyFurtherDiscount on 06/05/2024 - 12:26

    How to qualify as "first"? 12 months or 18 months?

    • abs898 on 06/05/2024 - 12:30
      +2

      Lifetime first or create a new account

      • bk1973 on 07/05/2024 - 11:20

        How about delinking velocity account from Flybuys then relinking the same account again?

        By new account, I assume you mean a new velocity account.

        • abs898 on 07/05/2024 - 11:48
          +1

          New Flybuys account.

          Think of your first transfer as losing your v plates, you can't become a virgin again. So delinking and doing it again won't undo what's been done.

          • CodeXD on 07/05/2024 - 11:55
            +1

            @abs898: So what you are saying is I can create a new flybuys account and become a virgin again? Say less

            • abs898 on 07/05/2024 - 11:55

              @CodeXD: Think of yourself as velocity point and Flybuys as a virgin.

    • noodlefan on 06/05/2024 - 12:32

      This offer is not available to members who have already completed an Auto Transfer prior to the Promotion Period

    • zdb97 on 06/05/2024 - 12:39

      lifetime first

  • hellodealhunter on 06/05/2024 - 12:47

    I have 300k+ flybuys.
    What is the benefits of velocity point?
    Will all be transferred with auto transferred?

    • z28 on 06/05/2024 - 12:55
      +1

      Benefits - if you fly Virgin or its affiliates
      Auto transfer will suck all your points across. Beware you only get 30000 bonus points (maximum), so convert some of those points to Flybuy dollars first.

      • EarlyBird on 06/05/2024 - 13:23
        +3

        You will only hit the max 30,000 bonus points if your transferred balance is 200,000 velocity points, or 400,000 flybuys points

    • Saul Goodman on 06/05/2024 - 13:09
      +1

      You can easily swap to Qantas points also 1:1 through classifieds on here

      • Davelovesdealz on 06/05/2024 - 13:13

        What are people paying for points these days (not that anyone would do this as its against T&Cs)?

      • EarlyBird on 06/05/2024 - 13:24

        @Saul Goodman
        That's interesting. Where can I find the link to do that?

        • z28 on 06/05/2024 - 13:26
          +1

          Example: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/844477

          • EarlyBird on 06/05/2024 - 13:33

            @z28: You transfer your points to the other party's account directly and wait for them to transfer back? Seems risky. How to safeguard against the other party not honouring the transaction?

            • z28 on 06/05/2024 - 14:00

              @EarlyBird: Never done this so can't answer. Anyway ozbargainers are all honest people :))

            • 1morphine1 on 06/05/2024 - 14:13
              +1

              @EarlyBird: I did it couple times, find those who has done it before with other users commented (of course it can still be fake)
              and a bit of trust… I once did a Teams call and do it with screen sharing

            • Saul Goodman on 06/05/2024 - 15:14
              +1

              @EarlyBird: Someone with a long history on OzB is very unlikely to rip you off, or just get them to send first.

    • Harsh Deep on 09/05/2024 - 19:14

      i got 100k flybuys, just wondering how many i will get with 15% bonus when i convert ?? and how much they will be worth ??

      • megadeth on 10/05/2024 - 21:43

        50000 + 7500 bonus

  • Coops1 on 06/05/2024 - 13:16

    Perfect timing, thanks OP. 4 accounts with ~500k in flybuys, will all get the 15% bonus :)

    • z28 on 06/05/2024 - 13:24

      Maximum 30000 bonus points, so you have been warned.

      • JudoChop on 06/05/2024 - 13:57

        That's a one way flight PER-SYD. Nothing to be sneezed at.

        • z28 on 06/05/2024 - 13:59

          I meant he only gets 30K bonus points even if 500K are transferred. Should only transfer 400K points.

          • Coops1 on 06/05/2024 - 14:18

            @z28: 120-150k flybuys in each family members account(x4). So 250k Velocity total and around 37k bonus.

  • delfredo on 06/05/2024 - 14:09
    +1

    I’m planning to wait till the final day so that I can accumulate more points prior to auto transfer to maximise bonus points. Is the transfer immediate once I turn on auto transfer, or do I have to wait a few days?

    • OldKing on 06/05/2024 - 14:39
      +1

      I'm wondering the same, and whether I have to hit the next 1000 points for it to transfer the lot.

      • DrPotato on 06/05/2024 - 19:52
        +2

        Has been practically instantaneous for me in the past. To be on the safe side, you can do it on 24th or 25th.

        • OldKing on 07/05/2024 - 09:47

          Cheers. Points transferred, still waiting for the bonus. Hoping I haven't previously used the auto-transfer!

  • digitalane on 06/05/2024 - 15:36

    Any way to know if have already done an auto transfer? I can’t remember

    • bk1973 on 07/05/2024 - 11:21

      Check your velocity and/or flybuys activity? Not sure how far back you can go.

      • digitalane on 07/05/2024 - 17:50

        I’ve had transfers. But doesn’t tell me if auto or manual. I think they’re manual but would be good to check

        • bk1973 on 07/05/2024 - 17:58

          I believe an auto-transfer would be large (would sweep almost all of your flybuys in 1000-point blocks), provided you had a lot of flybuys points at the time. However, there is always a chance you may have done an auto-transfer and not had many flybuys, so would be difficult to tell.

    • Butterchurner on 07/05/2024 - 12:29

      I just asked a live chat agent.

      • hindo on 07/05/2024 - 13:28

        And were they helpful and able to tell
        you? Flybuys and Velocity don’t allow you to go back far enough to check online

      • jackofspade on 10/05/2024 - 14:27
        +1

        Live chat with flybuys or velocity?

    • vladooo on 09/05/2024 - 16:51

      Check your past velocity transactions and if it says "Points received from FLYBUYSAS" then it was an auto-transfer. Manual transfers are recorded as "Points received from FLYBUYS". That AS probably stands for auto-sweep.

      • digitalane on 09/05/2024 - 18:23

        Are you totally sure? I have ones I know are definitely manual which have FLYBUYSAS

        • vladooo on 09/05/2024 - 18:55
          +1

          I cannot be 100% sure sorry but this is the pattern I am seeing on two of my accounts where I recently (last 2 years) turned auto-transfers ON or OFF….

  • Deal finder on 06/05/2024 - 17:02
    +1

    Flybuys account is in my name and velocity account is in my wife's name. Can I still do the transfer and get bonus points?

    • Azro on 06/05/2024 - 18:38

      Not sure but you can always create new velocity account, get bonus points and transfer it all to your wife.

      • Kpfpk86 on 07/05/2024 - 12:26

        Can you create a new account with same name & transfer points across to original account?

  • unity1 on 06/05/2024 - 17:14
    +1

    Anyone know the date bonus points will arrive from this promotion? https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/834682

  • MrThing on 06/05/2024 - 17:35

    Great so this is the may velocity point promo

    Was hoping for a credit card transfer promo

  • DrPotato on 06/05/2024 - 19:55

    Thanks OP, have been waiting for this! ~200k flybuys would net me 15k bonus points - enough for a one-way in Business class to Sydney.

  • clayaa on 06/05/2024 - 20:45

    Did we ever get anything higher than 15% in the past?

  • yoswag123 on 07/05/2024 - 13:19

    Do the bonus points come as part of the first auto-transfer, or will it come separately some time after?

    • Heybargain on 09/05/2024 - 14:33
      +1

      "Bonus Velocity Points will be awarded to the member’s Velocity Frequent Flyer account within 4 weeks from the end of the Promotion Period."

  • Jaxx on 07/05/2024 - 14:04

    it's been 4 hours and it still says "Auto Transfer is switched on" "Tranferring…", neither points balance has changed.
    How long should it take?

    • soshi on 07/05/2024 - 19:35

      On the transfer page, it says to allow 48 hours to transfer.

    • Heybargain on 09/05/2024 - 14:32

      I turned on auto transfer, initiated the transfer from flybuys to velocity. Transferred and arrived in velocity account the next day.

      • Jaxx on 09/05/2024 - 16:20

        yes got mine the next day too, thanks.

          • Heybargain on 16/05/2024 - 11:42
            +1

            @moneytomyway: "Bonus Velocity Points will be awarded to the member’s Velocity Frequent Flyer account within 4 weeks from the end of the Promotion Period."
            11:59pm AEST Sun 26 May 2024 (Promotion Period)

  • li1123k on 07/05/2024 - 22:13

    After done the first auto transfer, can I switch it off, or I have to leave it on until the end of the promo period?

    • aj3000 on 09/05/2024 - 14:33

      I would wait until the bonus is received.

  • Poor Ass on 22/05/2024 - 22:50

    For some reason for domestic economy flight each point is worth $0.003

    While if you got gift card the points are worth $0.005

    Value of the points are so shit now

  • shift6 on 07/06/2024 - 14:06

    Turned on auto transfer around mid May and received the 15% bonus today 7-June.

    • krazek on 07/06/2024 - 14:14

      Yep got mine today too

    • Heybargain on 07/06/2024 - 14:28

      Turned on auto transfer 6/5, still waiting on bonus.

      • li1123k on 13/06/2024 - 10:55

        I also did mine on day1 of the promo, still waiting the bonus points.

    • UrMumsOnlyFan on 07/06/2024 - 18:58

      Same for me. Now to switch it off :)

      • Heybargain on 08/06/2024 - 08:53

        Can I ask what the description is when the bonus points get credited?

        • UrMumsOnlyFan on 08/06/2024 - 08:54
          +1

          Flybuys 15% Auto Transfer Bonus

  • digitalane on 11/06/2024 - 17:40
    +1

    Not received bonus yet. I turned off auto after end of promo period but nothing in terms says have to keep it on.

    Strictly they have til June 23 to pay the 15%

    • bk1973 on 12/06/2024 - 18:08

      I'm still waiting too. My transfer was on 11th May according to Velocity. I also want to turn off auto-transfer, but will wait.

      • digitalane on 12/06/2024 - 20:05

        I did mine the day before it finished so maybe they’re doing it in batches

      • cdc123 on 16/06/2024 - 12:09

        Likewise, turned on auto-transfer 11 May and still waiting for bonus. Keeping auto-transfer still on until comes through and will switch off.

  • freestyle18 on 18/06/2024 - 11:19

    Anybody receive their auto bonus or manual bonus yet?

    • Heybargain on 18/06/2024 - 11:22
      +1

      As of today, no.

    • jasonworrie on 18/06/2024 - 11:59
      +1

      Same. Waiting for the bonus as well. I transferred 7th May…

    • ol mate on 18/06/2024 - 15:37

      Also waiting. Auto transfer was on 25/5.

  • digitalane on 19/06/2024 - 12:07

    Followed up with VFF - got this :

    In reviewing your account, we can see that the auto transfer was enabled on 22 May and was disabled on 23 May.

    According to the terms with the partner, in order to be eligible, you must enable auto transfer during the promotion period and it must be your first auto transfer.

    As the auto transfer was disabled during the promotion period, we regret to advise that you are ineligible to get the 15% bonus Velocity points.

    Pretty frustrating as the nowhere in the terms did it say you had to keep auto transfer enabled. I disabled after the transfer occurred as I specifically didn’t want future points auto transferring. As far as I’m concerned (and i replied accordingly) I enabled during the period and it was my first transfer.

    • bbqwer on 19/06/2024 - 16:26

      Ah shit - I turned on auto transfer 17 may ( 1st auto transfer completed, 19 may I turned off auto, and then 20 may I turn ON auto tranfer again. And never turn OFF anymore…..

      As of today- auto tranfer still ON.

    • shift6 on 19/06/2024 - 17:13

      I suppose props to VFF's system accounting for such logic, but at the end of the day, I suppose it's the risk/lesson learnt. Personally I wouldn't want to be too tricky for these kind of promotions and would rather setup my actions for a 'happy-flow-of-events' to de-risk anything going wrong.

      IMO the differentiation between the 15% auto-transfer and 5% manual transfer made it too obvious that that is a toggle setting involved; and that those activating auto transfer temporarily would probably be going against the spirit of auto-transfer, and would be better be served by the manual transfer option.

      • digitalane on 19/06/2024 - 18:01

        Fair. Though didn’t think of that. My beef is that I followed the terms of the promo to the tee and they reneged on it

      • jackofspade on 20/06/2024 - 07:58
        +1

        If such logic exists then it should be explicitly stated in the T&Cs. In fact, the T&Cs for their new offer now includes

        Members must remain opted into Auto Transfer until the end of the Promotion Period to be eligible for this offer.

  • digitalane on 20/06/2024 - 11:34

    Another response :

    We appreciate your response.

    Upon coordinating this with our team, our team advised and as per terms with partner, you must keep your linkage Flybuys account turned on for the duration of the promotion.

    Obviously I’ve replied to say that WASN’T in the terms

    • Hotpotcorn on 20/06/2024 - 14:13

      where did you contact them?

      • digitalane on 20/06/2024 - 15:55

        Just through website - I’m Platinum, and replies are coming from VFF Platinum Member Support ([email protected]) so YMMV if you’re not at that tier

  • digitalane on 21/06/2024 - 16:00

    Todays response :

    Please know that we’ve escalated this to the relevant team for further investigation. In the meantime please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.

  • strikerzebra on 22/06/2024 - 20:38

    Has anyone received the points ?

    • li1123k on 22/06/2024 - 20:39

      Nope, and tmrw is the last day of 4 weeks waiting post to promotion period.

  • ricerocket on 23/06/2024 - 07:10

    Exactly 4 weeks after the end of promo and still nothing….

  • strikerzebra on 23/06/2024 - 17:57

    Just contacted velocity , I set up auto transfer and it’s still on, yet to receive points

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