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Silver Membership

Upgrading to Silver membership

Each day we will assess your membership for an upgrade based on the number of Status Credits earned and Eligible Sectors* flown in the previous 12 months. As soon as your Status Credit balance reaches 250 and you have flown 2 Eligible Sectors* you will automatically upgrade to Silver membership.

Maintaining Silver membership

To maintain Silver membership, you need to earn 200 Status Credits and fly 2 Eligible Sectors* within your 12 month benefit period.

TRAVEL BENEFITS: Before you travel
Priority Phone Service
  • For Priority Phone Service, call 131 875 if within Australia, 0800 230 875 if calling from New Zealand and +61 2 8667 5924 if calling internationally
Upgrade Using Points
  • You can use your Velocity Points to upgrade from a Flexi fare seat to a Premium seat on Virgin Australia domestic and short haul international and Virgin Samoa flights
  • You can request an Upgrade Using Points up to 4 hours prior to your flight subject to Premium Reward Seat availability
  • To view the number of Points required to upgrade, click here
  • To request an upgrade, call 131 875 if within Australia, 0800 230 875 if calling from New Zealand and +61 2 8667 5924 if calling internationally
Seating Preferences
  • Select and store your seating preference in your Velocity Account^

^We will apply your preference wherever possible when flying with Virgin Australia. Best efforts will be taken to allocate your seat preference to your booking.

Advance Seat Selection
  • Select a seat through your preferred booking channel from 14 days prior to your departure.*

*If you do not request a seat in advance, and you have a stored a seat preference in your Velocity Frequent Flyer profile, your seat will be allocated based on your preference from remaining available seats.

TRAVEL BENEFITS: At the airport
Priority Check-in
  • Breeze through Check-in via the priority counters at major domestic airports
  • Priority Check-in through the Premium Economy counter when travelling on an International Long Haul flight with Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia lounge
  • Enjoy two single entry passes to domestic Virgin Australia lounges (valid for 3 months), plus discounted annual membership
  • Visit the Virgin Australia lounge
Complimentary Baggage Allowance
  • One piece up to 23kg when flying with Virgin Australia domestic or international short haul and when flying with Virgin Samoa
  • One free extra piece to the specification of the fare class flown when flying to the US with Virgin Australia
  • An additional 10kg to your ticketed allowance when flying to other international long haul destinations with Virgin Australia, excluding codeshare flights operated by Singapore Airlines
TRAVEL BENEFITS: International airline partners
Etihad Airways
  • An additional 10kg baggage allowance
  • Priority Boarding
Virgin Atlantic
  • Priority Check-in through the Premium Economy counter
Air New Zealand (Tasman)
  • Priority Check-in
FAMILY BENEFITS
Family Pooling (Points and Status Credits)
  • Velocity members may choose to pool Points or Points and Status Credits of family members into one Account
  • There may be a maximum of 6 family members living at the same address involved in a pool including up to four children under the age of 18 and two adults 18 years or over, including the member being pooled to
  • Login to your Account to setup Family Pooling
Membership pause for Parental Leave
  • Members can pause their membership for a period of 6 months when they are expecting an addition to the family and their travelling is likely to be reduced
  • To apply for a membership pause, members must provide documentation of pregnancy, recent or future child birth or adoption of a child in the form of a doctor’s certificate, a birth certificate or an adoption or foster parent registration
  • For further details, call the Membership Contact Centre on 13 18 75

For Terms and Conditions, click here

REWARD BENEFITS
Receive a 50% Points bonus on flights with Virgin Australia and Virgin Samoa
  • Receive a 50% Points bonus on the base Points earned when flying with Virgin Australia
  • Receive a 50% Points bonus on miles flown on Virgin Australia International Long and Short haul flights on top of the base Points earned
Receive a 50% Points bonus when using our Travel Partners
  •  Receive a 50% Points bonus on the base Points earned when you use one of our Travel Partners*
* Includes Hertz, Europcar, Thrifty, HotelClub, Allianz Global Assistance, Airport Parking, Brunel Limousines, Blue Holidays and Cruisepilot
Receive a 25% Points bonus on flights with Etihad Airways
  • Receive a 25% Points bonus on miles flown with Etihad Airways on top of the base Points earned
Personalised Baggage Tags
  • Attach your personalised baggage tag to your luggage to identify yourself as one of our valued Velocity members


 

Terms and Conditions
*Eligible Sectors will be introduced as an assessment method for upgrading and maintaining membership from 25 August 2011 however Velocity will not assess your membership level based on the number of Eligible Sectors flown until 25 August 2012. An Eligible Sector is a flown journey from an origin to a destination on a Virgin Australia booking (DJ or VA Flight number).
For Terms and Conditions, click here.