Double Velocity Points on Hotel Bookings (6 Points Per $1, Was 3 Points) @ Virgin Hotels by Rocket Travel by Agoda

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Lfoodsnob on 23/10/2024 - 08:48 virginaustralia.com (141 clicks)
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First time poster. Used it before and from experience, the hotel prices aren't inflated with Virgin. Works well for me for an upcoming Europe trip when I need to book anyways.

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During the promotional period of 12:01AM AEDT on 14 October 2024 to 11:59PM AEDT on 28 October 2024 (Offer Period), Velocity members will earn double Velocity Points on eligible hotel bookings via Rocket Travel at https://www.virginaustralia.com/au/hotels/ with an earn rate of 6 Velocity Points per $1 spent, which is double the standard earn rate of 3 Points per $1 spent on hotel bookings. All bookings made through this platform are subject to Rocket Travel terms and conditions.

An eligible hotel booking is one that is made during the Offer Period via Rocket Travel at https://www.virginaustralia.com/au/hotels/, is for an accommodation booking, is for travel between 14 October 2024 and 30 April 2025 and where Velocity Points are not used as a form of payment or part payment. This offer is only available to Velocity members when they book with Rocket Travel, and only the member who has added their Velocity number to the booking will be eligible to earn the bonus Points. Points cannot be earned on redemption bookings made with Points or Points plus another form of payment, and Points will not be awarded for cancelled bookings or bookings where the stay is not completed. Velocity members must submit their valid Velocity membership number at the time of booking to be eligible to earn Velocity Points. Only one Velocity member per booking is eligible to earn Points.

For prepaid bookings, please allow 2-3 weeks after check-out for Points to be credited to your account. For bookings paid at the hotel, please allow 4-6 weeks after check-out for Points to be credited to your account.

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  SimAus007 on 23/10/2024 - 09:13

  +4

  Just compared with Wotif on a few hotels and it looks similar $$ so a great deal for extra points.
  Thanks OP :)

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    noisymime on 23/10/2024 - 09:17

    It varies a LOT between hotels. I just booked one through Virgin and whilst the price was about $20 more for a 3 night stay than booking directly, they included free cancellation (As well as the extra points).

    Some others I looked at were $80+ more for the same room with Virgin though.

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  eatwell365 on 23/10/2024 - 10:05

  -1

  What do you do with Virgin points? Last year, 79,999 points got us two balcony cruise tickets worth over $3,000. But yesterday I checked a domestic flight SYD to ADL, and one way was 40,000+ points. With no long-haul flights of its own, the points seem pretty limited. Even with Platinum status, you only get a free upgrade to business class if you book a nearly full-price Flexi economy ticket. Plus, everyone uses the same lounge, and there’s no lifetime status like Qantas. Is it just me, or does the Velocity FF program feel underwhelming?

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    jetblack on 23/10/2024 - 10:08

    +1

    There's a difference between award seats, and being able to "pay with points". I suspect you found seats you could use points to pay for, 40k sounds high. I recently got Sydney to London (one way) Business Class flights for ~156,000.

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    LeDangles on 23/10/2024 - 10:34

    +3

    They announced lifetime status this week.

    Also the standard SYD-ADL cost is 8,900 points. 40k is the jacked price that happens if you want to fly at a busier time.

    Velocity FF isn't life changing, but at least you can get seats relatively easily unlike Qantas FF

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    SimAus007 on 23/10/2024 - 12:05

    +1

    You can use the points for long haul flights on their partners, such as Qatar Airways.

    Definitely not 40,000 points between Adelaide and Sydney, try searching again for an award seat, and you'll find them for well under 10,000.

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      donga100 on 23/10/2024 - 18:05

      Virgin have applied to the government to start long haul flights again from June 2025.

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    SimAus007 on 23/10/2024 - 12:29

    +1

    They do have lifetime status coming, it's called Gold Forever, and they are also introducing Platinum Plus.
    They also have Beyond Lounges (SYD, MEL, BNE), but you need to be a very very high value customer to be invited as a Beyond member.

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      GeneralSkunk on 23/10/2024 - 20:42

      Is that the equivalent of the chairman’s lounge?

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        donga100 on 23/10/2024 - 22:01

        It was but has been severely cut down in the last 5 years.

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    Stewardo on 23/10/2024 - 14:20

    +1

    You can redeem velocity points on VA’s long haul partners. Singapore, Qatar etc.
    40000 for Sydney to Adelaide, Is the any seat reward not the award seat price.
    They have also just announced life time status.

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  GeneralSkunk on 23/10/2024 - 20:43

  By rocket travel by Agoda. That’s two third parties with my personal information. Eugh.