30% Bonus Velocity Points On Transfers In May 2025

Boost your balance with the latest Velocity transfer bonus offer.

Tom Goward01 May 2025

Velocity Frequent Flyer has dropped another of its regular transfer bonus promotions, this time offering a 30% bonus with selected hotel partners, and 15% bonus Velocity Points for selected banking partners.

This is a good opportunity to extract better value from your flexible rewards points, especially if your Velocity balance is looking a little tired, or you have a specific flight redemption in mind.

30% Bonus For Hotel Transfers, May 2025

Snag 30% bonus points on transfers from selected hotel partners to Velocity, from 6 May 2025 until 11:59pm AEST on 6 June 2025. Just three hotel rewards programs are eligible for a bonus this time around;

Accor Live Limitless
IHG One Rewards
Shangri-La Circle

There is no need to activate, simply make a transfer from one of the above hotel loyalty schemes during the promotional period to receive bonus points. There is no limit to the number of transfers you can make under this offer.

15% Bonus For Banking Transfers, May 2025

For the month of May, Velocity Frequent Flyers can score 15% bonus Velocity Points when transferring from selected banking rewards partners. There is no need to activate this offer, simply transfer from an eligible partner to Velocity between 1 and 31 May 2025. Both manual and auto-transfers (provided auto-transfer was off as at 12:00am AEST 30 April 2025) are eligible.

Manual transfer partners are;

American Express Membership Rewards (excludes Amex NZ cardholders)
HSBC (Platinum and Premier cardholders only)
ANZ Rewards
ANZ Business Rewards
Westpac Altitude Rewards
NAB Rewards
Citi Rewards
Diners Club Rewards
Card Services Rewards
Suncorp Credit Card Rewards
BOQ Q Rewards
St.George Amplify Rewards
BankSA Amplify Rewards
Bank of Melbourne Amplify Rewards

Auto transfer partners are;

ANZ Rewards
ANZ Business Rewards
NAB Rewards
St.George Amplify Rewards
BankSA Amplify Rewards
Bank of Melbourne Amplify Rewards

There is no limit to the number of transfers you can make or the number of bonus Velocity Points you can earn under this offer. However, each bank will require a minimum number of its own reward points in order to make a transfer.

How To Earn Velocity Points Directly?

Unlock a complimentary Virgin Australia return domestic flight, lounge access at selected domestic airports whenever you fly Virgin Australia, and 60,000 bonus points* with Amex Velocity Platinum! Read our review or apply here.

^{*T&Cs apply. New American Express Card Members only.}

Should I Transfer My Points?

At Flight Hacks, we love Velocity Frequent Flyer’s regular transfer bonus promotions. These offers are a great way to maximise the value of your flexible bank reward points, especially if you have a specific flight redemption in mind.

We do still advise against transferring points to Velocity just because there is a bonus running, as this will wipe the flexibility of holding bank reward points. As soon as you make that transfer, you’re restricted to Velocity, as opposed to having the option to send bank rewards elsewhere when that Business Class Reward Seat pops up with another frequent flyer scheme.

That said, if the bonus is tempting enough, a speculative transfer could prove worthwhile.

Offer History – Velocity Transfer Bonus

Before taking advantage of the current offer, it's helpful to understand what Velocity has offered in the past. Here’s some of the transfer bonus promotions Velocity has run over the last few years;

May 2025: 15% for hotel rewards
May 2025: 15% for most bank rewards
February 2025: 5% (manual) or 15% (first auto) for Flybuys
February 2025: 20% for Amex
February 2025: 20% for opting into auto-transfer partners

November 2024: 10% for most partners
November 2024: Bonus of 250 Velocity & 250 Flybuys (manual) or 500 Velocity & 500 Flybuys (first auto) for Flybuys
November 2024: 5% (manual) or 15% (first auto) for Flybuys
September 2024: 10-15% for Commbank
August 2024: 10-15% for Amex
June 2024: Bonus of 250 Velocity & 250 Flybuys (manual) or 500 Velocity & 500 Flybuys (first auto) for Flybuys
May 2024: 15-20% for bank rewards (transfer across 2-months)
May 2024: 5% (manual) or 15% (first auto) for Flybuys
March 2024: 10-15% bonus for Amex and CommBank