The Amex Velocity Platinum card comes with 4 lounge entries per year, that is 2 entries into selected domestic  Virgin Australia lounge of your choice and 2 entries into The Centurion Lounge in Sydney or Melbourne International Airport. We value a lounge entry at around $50 so if you travel 4 times a year that’s an instant saving of $200. If you’re travelling with a friend or a partner, you can use your passes to guest them in as well, so this offer is perfect for a couple doing 2 trips a year.

One of the great benefits of the Amex Velocity Platinum card is the free domestic return flight you get each year. It easily outweighs the cost of the annual fee and best of all, you don’t need to redeem it for yourself if you are not planning to travel. You can use the flight to book a return trip for friends and family just by visiting the dedicated website.

How to Book Amex Velocity Free Virgin Australia Flight

The Amex Velocity Platinum card is perfect for those looking to maximise their Velocity Frequent Flyer Points balance through everyday spend. If you fly a lot with Virgin Australia this card is the obvious choice as it will earn up to 2.25 points per dollar on Virgin Australia ticket purchases.

The complimentary free flight and lounge passes should go a long way to offset the annual fee. Being an uncapped card, big spenders are rewarded as well with a bonus 100 Status Credits awarded each year when you spend $50,000 or more using your Card to push you over the line to Silver, Gold or even Platinum Velocity status.

Receive 60,000 bonus Velocity Points when you apply online, are approved, and spend $3,000 on eligible purchases on your new Card within the first 3 months. T&Cs apply. Available to new Card Members only. This offer is exclusively available via American Express partners so you must apply via the link on this page to get this special offer.