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Back to Holidays: Book now with Virgin Australia’s sale

Starting to plan a holiday for this year? Virgin Australia ’s just launched an epic sale, with more than a million fares to the airline’s domestic and short-haul international destinations from as low as $45. 

The Back to Holidays sale is part of Virgin Australia’s post-COVID travel recovery and is on now until Monday 4 April, or until all the sale fares are gone. This sale is perfect for families too, with a 25% discount for children aged two to 11 making it even more affordable to enjoy a family getaway. 

Sale fares are available on all domestic and international routes operated by Virgin Australia for travel on select dates between 27 July and 14 December 2022. Some of the highlights from the sale include:

Flights between Ballina and Sydney from $45

Flights between Sydney and Sunshine Coast from $65

Flights between Gold Coast and Cairns from $75

Flights between Brisbane and Hamilton Island from $89

Flights between Brisbane and Fiji from $249

Flights between Melbourne and Bali from $269

“As we emerge from COVID, we are incredibly focused on providing travellers with some of the best value airfares you can find and our Back to Holidays sale is a really great example of just how irresistible it is to fly with Virgin Australia,” a Virgin Australia Group spokesperson said. “We are also really excited about the demand coming back into the market. Already passenger booking volumes are tracking above pre-COVID levels and we know our sale is only going to help provide another healthy boost to travel demand which is great for our people and the broader tourism economy.”

For more info and to book your Back to Holidays sale fares, head over to Virgin Australia .

Earn and Redeem Velocity Points with our hotel partners

There are 3 ways you can earn Points with our Hotel Partners

• Book directly on our hotel partner’s website or via their call centre
• Join our hotel partner’s loyalty progam and select Velocity as your preferred method of earning or transfer your existing hotel loyalty points to Velocity
• Book on the Virgin Australia website

Earn Velocity Points directly with Hotel Partners

Book a hotel stay directly with one of our hotel partners below and earn up to 3 Velocity Points per $1 of eligible spend.

To earn Velocity Points, simply add your Velocity membership number at the time of booking or upon hotel check-in.

To be eligible to earn Points, be sure to book your hotel stay directly with our hotel partner on their website, mobile app, or via their contact centre. 1

When booking directly with hotel partners, Velocity Points cannot be earned when:

• Booking online through most third-party websites, including online travel agents such as booking.com, hotels.com, or any other unauthorised travel agent.
• If in doubt, contact our hotel partner to confirm if your preferred method of booking is eligible to earn Velocity Points.

Earn and Redeem Points on hotels via the Virgin Australia website,  powered by Rocket Travel

Earn or Redeem Velocity Points at over 400,000 properties across the world via the Virgin Australia website. 

• Earn 3 Points per $1 of eligible spend on all bookings* – ensure you add your membership number at the time of booking. 

Redeem your Points in full, or use at least 2,000 Points + Pay towards your next stay^

Enjoy piece of mind with free cancellation on selected hotels

Log in to make your accommodation booking, and you’ll be able to track and manage your upcoming stays

Important Information: You won't be able to earn Velocity Points by sharing your membership card or number at the time of hotel check-in. You must enter your Velocity membership number at the time of booking or prior to travel via Manage your Booking on your hotel confirmation email.  Points cannot be earned on redemption bookings made with Points or a combination of Points plus pay.

* If you made a Hotel Redemption booking prior to 11 August 2022  you can manage your booking here.

Transfer your hotel loyalty points into Velocity Points

If you are a member of a loyalty program of one of our hotel partners below, you can convert your hotel loyalty points into Velocity Points in a few simple steps.

To earn hotel loyalty points, be sure to add your hotel program loyalty membership number at the time of booking.

To be eligible to earn hotel loyalty points be sure to book your hotel stay directly with our hotel partner on their website, mobile app, or via their contact centre.

Once you have earned your hotel loyalty points, you can transfer these points to Velocity. For more details click Find out more below. 2

When transferring hotel loyalty points to Velocity Points, hotel loyalty points cannot be earned when:

Unlock a world of rewards and recognition with our hotel partners

Your Velocity Gold or Platinum membership Status unlocks elite tier privileges with our preferred hotel partners.

The choice is yours: elite tier membership with either Hilton Honors or IHG One Rewards . 

To request elite tier membership in your preferred program, log in to your Velocity Account, go to My Benefits and select your preferred option.

  Members can only choose one benefit.

IHG One Rewards

Gold members receive Gold Elite membership with IHG One Rewards .

Platinum members receive Platinum Elite membership with IHG One Rewards .

The elite tier membership is valid for one year only unless retained in accordance with the relevant requirements of IHG One Rewards.

Hilton Honors

Gold  members receive  Gold  membership with Hilton Honors

Platinum  members receive  Diamond  membership with Hilton Honors

The elite tier membership is valid for one year only unless retained in accordance with the program requirements of Hilton Honors.

Did you know that your Velocity Gold or Platinum membership Status also unlocks elite tier privileges with our preferred car partners  Hertz  or  Europcar

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Unlike other frequent flyer programs, it's free to be a Velocity member. Join today and start earning Points on the things you do everyday. 

Complimentary Partner Membership Terms & Conditions:

Complimentary Partner Membership is available with either IHG One Rewards or Hilton Honors. Once you have selected Complimentary Partner Membership with either IHG One Rewards or Hilton Honors, you are unable to change this selection or obtain a further Complimentary Partner Membership with the alternate partner. The benefit is available once only and your new level of membership with your chosen program will last for 1 year from date of activation. To retain your new level of membership, you will be required to meet the status maintain requirements in line with the program requirements.

1 Direct Hotel Partners Terms and Conditions: These are general Terms and Conditions for Velocity Point earn on direct hotel partners. Individual Terms and Conditions apply for each individual hotel partner. These can be found on the  Direct Earn Hotel Partner  page. Members will earn Velocity Points with direct earn hotel partners on eligible/qualifying stays. All exclusions, qualifying/eligible stays and qualifying/eligible room rates are outlined in the individual partner Terms and Conditions. A Qualifying Stay is one or more consecutive nights at the same hotel, whether you check in or out more than once, at the hotel’s Qualifying Room Rates (generally the standard rate, not a discounted or group rate). Qualifying Room Rates generally do not include promotional rates, wholesale packages, conference rates and group tour rates, employee discount rates, rates booked through third party web sites offering discounted 'distressed' inventory or 'last minute' accommodation deals, Member benefits discount rate and award or discount certificates, free or complimentary hotel stays, special rates offered through travel agencies, special rates offered to airline crew, airline employees, travel agent employees, Hotel employees or other industry discount rates. For Accor and International InterContinental Hotels Group members must switch on automatic conversion of their hotel loyalty points to Velocity Points to be eligible to earn Velocity Points. This can be done online in the account settings of your membership with the respective partner. For all other hotel partners, members must book direct with the hotel partner and include their Velocity Membership number in their booking. All hotel stays are governed by the individual hotels’ Terms and Conditions; please refer to the individual hotels’ website for full terms and conditions. Check the  Velocity Member Terms and Conditions  for details about earning Velocity Points with hotel partners. Please allow up to 8 weeks for Points to be allocated to your Velocity Account. Please ensure the name on the Velocity Account provided matches the name under which the hotel booking is made in order to earn Points for your stay. To earn and redeem Velocity Points you must be a Velocity member.  Velocity Member Terms and Conditions  apply.

2 Transfer Hotel Partner Terms and Conditions: These are general Terms and Conditions for hotel reward point transfer to Velocity Points. For full details on points transfers, including eligibility criteria, minimum points transfer and applicable conversion rates see  Transfer Hotel Points into Velocity Points  page. The earning and redemption of Partner points is subject to the Terms and Conditions of the Partner reward program. Once Partner points have been redeemed for Velocity Points, they are governed by the  Velocity Membership Terms and Conditions  and cannot be reversed. Transferred Velocity Points will be available in your Velocity Account subject to the applicable Partner points transfer timeframes. All exclusions, qualifying/eligible stays and qualifying/eligible room rates are outlined in the individual partner Terms and Conditions. All hotel stays are governed by the individual hotels’ Terms and Conditions; please refer to the individual hotels’ website for full terms and conditions. Check the  Velocity Member Terms and Conditions  for details about transferring hotel reward points to Velocity Points. Please allow up to 8 weeks for Points to be allocated to your Velocity Account after each transfer. Please ensure the name on the Velocity Account provided matches the name under which the hotel reward point transfer is made in order to earn Velocity Points. To earn and redeem Velocity Points you must be a Velocity member.  Velocity Member Terms and Conditions  apply.

Velocity Frequent Flyer members can earn or redeem Points for hotel stays via Rocket Travel Hotels. All bookings made through this platform are subject to Rocket Travel terms and conditions. 

* Earning Points on Hotels 

Standard Velocity Points earn rate is 3 Points per $1 spent on all hotels booked. 

Velocity Members must submit their valid Velocity Member number at the time of booking to be eligible to earn Velocity Points. 

• For Pre-Paid Hotel bookings, Points are awarded after stay and are awarded up to 2-3 weeks after checkout. 
• For bookings made via Rocket Travel where payment is made directly with the Hotel, Points are awarded up to 4-6 weeks after checkout. 

Points earn is not available on cancelled bookings.  

Only one Velocity member per booking is eligible to earn points.

Points cannot be earned on redemption bookings made with Points or a combination of Points plus pay 

Points are only earned on the nightly rate for the hotel room. Points cannot be earned on additional costs, such as in-room charges, early check-in, late check-out and upgrades.        

^ Redeeming Points on Hotels

You must be a Velocity Member to redeem Points for hotel stays 

Please ensure the passport or photo-id presented on check-in matches the guest’s name you indicate when you confirm your booking. 

Please ensure you review the cancellation policy attached to your reservation as these vary, and in some cases include non-refundable, non-changeable reservations. You may be entitled to a refund under the Australian Consumer Law in certain circumstances. If your booking qualifies for a refund, the total number of Points used for the booking can be refunded. Partial refunds of Points are not available.  

The minimum Points required to redeem a hotel stay via Rocket Travel Hotels is 2,000 Velocity Points.  

The actual Points required vary depending on the hotel, room type, rate type, time of booking and date for which the booking is made. Redemption levels are subject to change at the discretion of Velocity Frequent Flyer. 

You can use your Points to cover a partial amount or the full amount of the hotel room rate including taxes and surcharges. Additional costs, such as in-room charges, early check-in, late check-out and upgrades are not included and must be paid directly to the hotel. 

Velocity membership Terms and Conditions apply.

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A guide to virgin australia's different fare types.

Take a pick to suit your needs: Lite, Choice, Flex, or Business

Do you enjoy paying for services that you don’t use? Probably not. This is why, to boost their competitiveness, airlines offer a range of fare types to suit the different needs of passengers: from “no-frills” tickets to those that come with premium offerings, to fares that offer maximum flexibility. One of two big players in Australia (the first being Qantas ), Virgin Australia gives its passengers a choice of four fare types.

Domestic services

• Lite: Complimentary water, tea, and coffee are included in Lite fares. Food and other drinks are available for purchase onboard (the same applies for Choice and Flex tickets – more on this below). This “basic” ticket class doesn’t include checked baggage and seat selection, both of which can be separately purchased. On a Lite ticket, passengers are not eligible for UpgradeMe, an option to bid for an upgrade to business class.
• Choice: This ticket class comes with one 50-lb (23-kg) checked baggage and the option to choose your seat. Unlike Lite, Choice guests are eligible for UpgradeMe. Passengers are also given the flexibility to reschedule their flight with no fee (just pay the fare difference) more than 14 days prior to scheduled departure.
• Flex: In addition to the perks that come with Choice tickets, Flex fares offer a no-fee flight change up to right before the scheduled departure. Passengers are also eligible for UpgradeMe.
• Business: This is the only fare type that includes food onboard. Baggage allowances are significantly more generous than other classes: a 31-lb (14-kg) carry-on and not one but two 70-lb (32-kg) checked bags. Business class passengers are also given access to the Virgin Australia Lounge and priority check-in, boarding, and baggage drop where available. Like Flex passengers, Business guests enjoy flexibility with no-fee flight changes.

International services

The offerings on international flights are similar to that of domestic services (though UpgradeMe isn’t an option), with the exception of:

• Lite : This ticket is available only on short-haul international flights, with the same offerings as domestic routes. Long-haul flights do not have Lite fares.
• Choice: Guests traveling on this fare type – with Virgin Australia Beyond, and Velocity Platinum or Gold membership – have access to partner lounges and priority check-in, boarding, and baggage drop. Onboard food is provided to all ticket classes on all long-haul flights, but Choice and Flex passengers flying on short-haul international routes will have to pay for this. Unlike domestic services, post-departure rescheduling is allowed for all long-haul flights but not international short-haul destinations.
• Flex: Lounge access and priority perks are the same as Choice guests. While a fee must be paid for flight changes, it costs less than Choice and Business rescheduling charges. Flights cannot be rescheduled after the initial departure except on the Japan route , on which Flex passengers can reschedule post-departure at a fee of $500 AUD ($351) plus the fare difference.
• Business: While lounge access is included, priority services are only offered on certain routes. Furthermore, passengers are not given no-fee flight changes, unlike with domestic services. Similar to Flex tickets, flights cannot be rescheduled after departure except on the Japan route, at $800 AUD ($562) plus the fare difference.

Note: because many of Virgin Australia’s international flights are interline operations , carry-on and checked baggage allowances depend on the operating airline.

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Virgin flying to Gold Coast for Bonza-like prices

Rocked by the sudden demise of Bonza, there is a Sunshine State-sized silver lining for passengers with a snap sale just announced.

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Virgin has nestled into the gap left by Bonza going bust with a heap of deals into the Gold Coast.

A sale announced on Monday only applies to Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday flights to/from Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra but for dates between June and December.

With no checked baggage included, fares start at $69 from Sydney to the Gold Coast. Melburnians can get to the Goldie for $85, Canberrans $89, and Adelaideans for $109. Those prices apply for flights in both directions, but the sale is only on from Monday until midnight Sunday, May 19.

Virgin is spruiking the sale as a midweek chance for a getaway from work.

Budget airline Bonza had its biggest footprint in the Sunshine State, and its voluntary administration is a win for Virgin as well as Qantas.

Bonza flew to 10 cities and towns in Queensland, and 10 combined in the Northern Territory, NSW, Victoria and Tasmania.

Gold Coast was a key hub for Bonza; it offered flights to the Gold Coast for less than $100 from Albury, Melbourne, and Launceston, plus even cheaper deals from regional Queensland cities.

But two weeks ago a former investment partner of the discount airline’s private equity owner repossessed Bonza’s planes.

Passengers are unlikely to get refunds, 300 staff have been stood down and the airline is in voluntary administration.

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Virgin Voyages free cruise winner says prize will cost her $8,000 in flights after Virgin ends Australian cruises

Morgan* won a cruise with Virgin Voyages — but cashing in on the trip would mean having to spend $8,000 on flights, more than the value of the original prize. 

"We definitely don't love Virgin at the moment," she said.

"I think we feel pretty used to be honest."

Morgan won a twin share cruise in November last year.

She was flying Virgin Airlines to her home state of Tasmania after a work trip in Melbourne when she noticed something unusual at the departure gates.

"They had a lot of cameras around, there was dancing … they asked everybody to wear sailor hats when we boarded our flight."

Once on board, the air steward called Virgin boss Richard Branson on Facetime, who announced everybody had won a free Virgin Voyages Cruise.

"We were thrilled," Morgan said.

"Everyone around me was so excited."

Here is how Virgin promoted the event:

Cruise winner left high and dry

Morgan runs a small business, so gathering together savings and taking time away for a holiday for her and her partner is always tough.

"It was just nice … to get us through a bit of a tough year … to know at the end of the year we could take a break and have this free cruise," she said.

The couple used their prize to book a cruise out of Brisbane, but in February this year they were told all of Virgin's Australian cruises had been cancelled because of ongoing tensions in the Red Sea.

Morgan contacted Virgin's public relations team to see whether she could still redeem the prize and was told her only options were to take a cruise out of Europe or the Caribbean.

She discovered two return flights to the Caribbean would cost $8,000, more than the $7,000 value of original prize.

"When I clarified this with Virgin's PR team they stopped responding," she said.

Morgan said she is keen not to appear entitled but points out that "Virgin got precisely what they wanted; a massive amount of media coverage".

"We know this because people sent us messages from all over Australia saying they saw me on the news winning a cruise.

"It feels like they got all the benefits and we got nothing but cancellation fees."

The couple had to change the flights they booked to meet the cruise, at a cost of around $150.

"We were genuinely shocked, we thought Virgin would provide us with an alternative prize like a flight credit … or they would allow us to rebook on a later season," Morgan said.

"They sort of gave up on us … like 'you're a bit of a problem now'.

"It just feels very corporate for a brand that tries not to be very corporate."

A marketing strategy that works

Virgin "relies on winners to become brand ambassadors by sharing their stories with friends, family and social media followers," Dr Balkrushna Potdar, lecturer in marketing at the University of Tasmania, said.

Dr Potdar said while Virgin benefitted from showcasing winners, it was essential the company honoured promises made during the promotion.

He said with the cancellation of Australian cruises, Virgin should provide a replacement prize or compensation — if that doesn't happen, the company risks damage to its brand and people may lose trust in Virgin and see their marketing practice as deceptive.

"The winner's negative experience may become a cautionary tale dissuading potential customers from engaging with the brand," Dr Potdar said.

He said Virgin should consider some form of damage control including a "heartfelt apology" and an offer of compensation.

"This could include covering the cost of flights to Europe or the Caribbean, offering a free cruise credit, providing additional perks and benefits," he said.

Virgin apologises but said safety must come first

In a statement, a Virgin Australia Group spokesperson said "we apologise to our winners who can no longer redeem their prize due to the cancellation of Virgin Voyages' Australian and New Zealand cruises amid the conflict in the Red Sea".

The spokesperson said safety was always its priority.

"We are grateful that Virgin Voyages have offered all impacted guests the opportunity to take complimentary cruises on its other international sailings, including in Europe and the Caribbean."

The value of the replacement cruise is $10,500.

Morgan has described Virgin's response as "tone deaf".

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