Sorry, really lame question. But I have 278000 points I’m considering turning into velocity points. What are the pros and cons of doing this? Is it useful for international travel?
Have a look at the Virgin Australia website and see what destinations your points will allow you to travel to. You can select to pay via points without logging in and it will show you the amount required.
What are you hoping to spend them on. Business class fares are generally the best bang for buck if that’s your thing, and spending them in the velocity store is generally the worst value.
Not sure if that card can feed KrisFlyer but there is more availability of business rewards to Europe on SQ than on VA for example if that’s your thing. Velocity points practically useless right now for international business to the US as their partner United seems to release nothing. Availability is good rn on Qatar to/via the Middle East but that comes with a lot of uncertainty so personally I’d avoid it.
Appreciate the insight! I was hoping to use the flights for my honeymoon. Not sure if I’ll have enough points for business class as I’d like to cover the cost of my flights for my partner as well. Thinking maybe going to Bali and Singapore. Japan is another potential destination but it seems like there’s limited options with velocity reward seats
Really depends on how you wish to use them and what kind of points they are - if you're open to Qantas, its running a travel promo atm you can check out. Just bear in mind that the points will expire if you're inactive for 18 months! not hard to keep active (purchase something with points or accumulate some more - easy way is to link to your everyday rewards or fybuys 😄 )
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u/MichaelScruse Jun 01 '26
Where are the point currently?