Velocity Frequent Flyer’s Pick Your Bonus offer is back for October 2026, giving members the choice of double Status Credits or double Velocity Points on Virgin Australia flights. To earn the bonus, activate the offer and book between 12 and 26 October 2026, then fly by 30 November 2026.
For frequent flyers chasing status with Virgin Australia, very few deals generate as much anticipation as Pick Your Bonus offers. Choosing double Status Credits lets members fast-track their way to elite status, often on flights they were planning to take anyway.
Velocity Pick Your Bonus - October 2026
For a limited time, Velocity Frequent Flyer is offering members a choice of either double Status Credits or double Velocity Points. Unfortunately, the promo dates for this offer are quite restrictive. You will need to activate the offer and book eligible Virgin Australia flights between 12 and 26 October 2026, and travel by 30 November 2026.
There is no limit on how many flights you can book under this Pick Your Bonus offer, but you can only choose once, and the choice can’t be changed later.
Eligible flights are those with a VA flight number that are both marketed and operated by Virgin Australia. This includes domestic, trans-Tasman and international short-haul Virgin flights.
Unfortunately, Virgin is excluding all its long-haul international flights to or from Doha operated by Qatar Airways, plus any domestic flights flown as part of an international long haul journey. Virgin Australia Holidays by Hopper booked flights are also excluded.
How To Earn Double Status Or Points
- Activate the offer here by 26 October 2026.
- Book eligible flights by 26 October, for travel between 12 October and 30 November 2026.
- Ensure your Velocity number is listed on your booking.
- Allow up to four weeks for bonus Status Credits or Velocity Points to be allocated.
An Easier Way To Earn Virgin Lounge Access
Since moving to a spend-based status model in April 2025, maintaining Velocity Frequent Flyer status has been harder than ever. Members now earn 1 Status Credit per $12 spent on most fares (or 1 per $24 on Lite fares), effectively putting a $6,000 price tag on unlocking Gold status.
But the problem for Virgin is that this bold move pushed many savvy flyers to realise Velocity status isn't what it used to be. Before making it more expensive to earn, several key benefits were watered down or removed entirely. Perks with partner airlines are increasingly limited, Fly Ahead no longer applies to the cheapest Economy fares, and seat selection still costs extra even with some elite status.
Lounge access is arguably the most-revered perk of Gold status, but that said, spending $6k to unlock it isn't so hot. Instead, you could unlock Virgin Australia Lounge access whenever you fly with the Amex Velocity Platinum Card. The annual fee is $440, a huge saving over unlocking status.
American Express Velocity Platinum
Sign-up bonus
50,000
bonus Velocity Points
- Earn rate Up to
- 2.25 pts / $1
- Our rating
How Many Status Credits For Velocity Status?
Reaching elite frequent flyer status unlocks perks like airport lounge access, priority boarding, bonus points and extra baggage allowance. Here’s how many Status Credits you need for each Velocity membership tier:
- Silver: 250 to earn / 200 to renew
- Gold: 500 to earn / 400 to renew / lifetime 12,000
- Platinum: 1000 to earn / 800 to renew
- Platinum Plus: 2000 to earn and renew
In 2025, Velocity sadly changed to revenue-based status earning whereby members earn 1 Status Credit per A$12 spent on flights (for Lite fares it's 1sc per A$24). The spend-based model essentially puts a price on each tier of Velocity Status:
- Silver: unlocked at 250sc, works out to $3,000 spent.
- Gold: unlocked at 500sc, works out to $6,000 spent.
- Platinum: unlocked at 1,000sc, works out to $12,000 spent.
- Platinum Plus: unlocked at 2,000sc, works out to $24,000 spent.
- Forever Gold: unlocked at 12,000sc, works out to $144,000 spent.
Note that the above is based on Choice, Flex and Business fares.
Offer History: Velocity Bonus Status Credits
Especially in recent years, Velocity has offered numerous bonus Status Credit promotions. Here's a quick recap of some more recent offers:
- October 2026: double
- June 2026: double
- May 2026: double
- January 2026: 45-125 bonus for 2-6 flights
- July 2025: double or triple (targeted)
- June 2025: double
- May 2025: double (travel agents)
- February 2025: double (targeted)
- January 2025: 45-125 bonus for 2-6 flights (VABF)
- May 2024: triple
- February 2024: 45-125 bonus for 2-6 flights
- October 2023: double
- July 2023: double
- January 2023: double
Frequently Asked Questions
No, only new bookings made after activating the offer will be eligible. You could cancel and re-book the same flights to earn bonus Status Credits. Before doing this, it is a good idea to check if any fees will apply.
No, Velocity has excluded all Qatar Airways wet-lease flights from this offer.
No, codeshare flights are not eligible.
As Status Credits are not earned on Velocity Reward Seat bookings, these fares are ineligible for the bonus. However, Any Seat and Points + Pay redemptions (despite regularly offering poor value) accrue Status Credits, and are therefore eligible for the double Status Credit multiplier.
Typically, Status Credits will land on the day of travel. But it can take up to 4 weeks.
Yes, as long as each passenger on your itinerary has individually activated the offer before the booking was made.
American Express Velocity Platinum
Sign-up bonus
50,000
bonus Velocity Points
- Earn rate Up to
- 2.25 pts / $1
- Our rating
American Express Velocity Platinum
Sign-up bonus
50,000
bonus Velocity Points
- Earn rate Up to
- 2.25 pts / $1
- Our rating
