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If you’re a Velocity Frequent Flyer member, you can earn points when you stay at over 600,000 hotels in more than 37,000 cities around the world. Depending on how you book, you can earn up to 3 points per dollar spent on your booking plus bonus points from promotional offers.
Use this guide to find out how you can earn points for bookings through Virgin Australia Holidays, directly through hotel partners, by transferring points from a hotel rewards program or with hotel dining options. We also look at how you can make points-plus-pay bookings, so you can maximise your Velocity Frequent Flyer benefits wherever you stay.
This online travel booking service offers comprehensive travel packages for flights, hotels and other extras as well as separate bookings for each of these services. It earns 3 points per dollar spent and boasts savings of up to 40% on hotels worldwide.
Follow the steps below to earn points for hotel bookings through this service:
You can earn points for direct bookings with a range of hotel partners in Australia and overseas. This includes well-known brands such as Hilton, Travelodge, InterContinental, Holiday Inn and Medina.
In most cases, you simply need to book directly with the hotel partner and present your Velocity Frequent Flyer membership card at check-in. However, there are exceptions:
The amount of points you earn is based on the hotel partner, location and qualifying rate. The following options are available:
For conferences and events, you can also earn the following:
For conferences and events, you can also earn the following:
Note that Hilton portfolio hotels offer points per US$1 spent for bookings both in Australia and overseas. For overseas bookings, Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts also offers points per US$1 spent.
Velocity has a number of partner hotel loyalty programs that allow you to transfer your existing hotel reward points to your Velocity account. The transfer rates and other key details for participating programs are outlined in the table below.
Hotel program | Transfer rate | Other details |
---|---|---|
Choice Hotels | 20,000 Choice Privileges Points = 3,000 Velocity Points | Please allow 2-6 weeks for the points to be allocated to your Velocity account. |
Golden Circle | 1 Golden Circle Award Point = 1 Velocity Point | A minimum transfer amount of 2,500 Golden Circle Award Points applies, with 500-point increments available after that. |
Hilton Honors | 10,000 Honors Points = 1,500 Velocity Points | Transfer points through your Hilton Honors membership. Please allow up to 30 days for your transfer to process. |
IHG Rewards Club | 10,000 IHG Rewards Club Points = 2,000 Velocity Points | To redeem your IHG Rewards Club points for Velocity Points, call IHG Australia at 02 9935 8362 (toll charges apply). Allow 4-6 weeks for points to show up in your Velocity account. |
Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) | 1 Starpoint = 1 Velocity Point | Transfer 20,000 Starpoints and receive 5,000 bonus Velocity Points. A minimum transfer requirement of 2,500 Starpoints for Preferred Guests and 1,500 Starpoints for Gold Preferred Guests applies. |
Le Club Accor Hotels | 1 Le Club AccorHotels Point = 1 Velocity Point | A minimum transfer of 4,000 Le Club AccorHotels Points per transaction applies. |
Here’s how to make a booking:
Some Velocity hotel partners also have dining and membership programs that allow you to earn points and gain access to additional perks. The current offers include the following:
Keep the following details in mind to maximise your Velocity Points for hotel and accommodation bookings.
The Velocity Frequent Flyer program offers a variety of ways for you to earn more points for your hotel and accommodation bookings. In addition to these options, remember that you can also earn Velocity points on your accommodation with a frequent flyer credit card or by using the Velocity Global Wallet to pay for bookings.
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