Virgin Australia, Qatar Airways and the Velocity Frequent Flyer Program

On 2 Mar 202529 Dec 2024 By AndysWorldJourneysIn air travel, Airlines, travel2 Comments

Hi all. Today it’s another post on the Velocity Frequent Program, a program that should be providing me with a few flights this year – announcement pending! Sorry I’m playing this one REALLY close to my chest. But today is a follow up from my post from late last year on Velocity and their pending …

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Learning the Limitations of the Velocity Frequent Flyer Program

On 8 Dec 202421 Oct 2024 By AndysWorldJourneysIn frequent flyer, travelLeave a comment

The writer reflects on their experience with Virgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer program in 2023, highlighting its benefits for flights to Europe via airlines like Singapore Airlines and Qatar Airways. However, they note limitations in network and business class availability compared to Qantas, advocating for more airline partnerships to enhance the program.

Velocity Frequent Flyer Review – Best Australian Frequent Flyer Program?

On 1 Nov 202230 Oct 2022 By AndysWorldJourneysIn air travel, Airlines, travel2 Comments

Happy Tuesday wherever in the world you may be as you read this blog post! Having started in such a manner I should start by mentioning that probably you’ll only get the most out of this post if you are living in Australia, although if you’re not I’m interested to know if there are similar …

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Earning Flybuys to Convert to Velocity!

On 12 Aug 20228 Aug 2022 By AndysWorldJourneysIn Australia, travelLeave a comment

Howdy all. This week's vlog is up and it's a bit different. Today my video has me showing how to earn Flybuys points (yes it's really only relevant here in Australia) and convert them to flights through the Velocity Frequent Flyer Program! How doable is it? Well I recently converted points for two flights for …

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What am I Going to do with these points?

On 2 Oct 20209 Sep 2020 By AndysWorldJourneysIn frequent flyer, travel6 Comments

Should I be saving points and still activity trying to gather them? How has the pandemic impacted frequent flyer programs and when will be able to start spending them on flights again? Should I just bite the bullet and spend my points on whatever product offers the airlines have for me?