Velocity - Membership Perks

There are three Velocity Membership Status Levels – starting at Red, moving on to Silver and ending up at Gold. You get more in the way of Membership perks from Velocity and the Virgin Blue Group as you move higher up the ladder to Gold. Here we explain who gets what and how to go for Silver and Gold.

Starting out at Red

When you first join us you receive a Red Membership Card. This entitles you to:

Earn Points to redeem on flights and shopping instead of paying cash
Collect Status Credits, to move you higher up the Membership ladder to Silver and Gold.
Redeem for any available seat, anytime – no blackouts, no restrictions on the Virgin Blue Group airlines and our Airline Partners

Airline	Points earned	Status Credits collected
Virgin Blue, Polynesian Blue, Pacific Blue	5 per $1 spent on your fare	5 per $ 1spent on your fare
V Australia	Depends on fare type and miles flown. More>	Depends on fare type and miles flown. More>

Silver and Gold Status perks

As you move to Silver and Gold, many more perks come your way. The simplest way to describe these is to break it down by airlines.

Virgin Blue, Pacific Blue and Polynesian Blue
Perks	Silver	Gold
Free access to The Lounge – for pre-flight relaxation or business	Single entry pass for you and your guest to be used within the first 6 months of being a Silver Member, plus discounted membership.	Yes, for both you and your guest, every time you fly. (At selected airports.)
Free checked baggage – you don’t need to pay	Yes. Up to 23kg.	Yes. Up to 32kg.
Priority Check-in – so you don’t have to wait in long lines	Yes. (At selected airports.)	Yes. (At selected airports.)
Personalised baggage tags – for extra special service from staff and crew	One tag.	Two tags.
Priority phone service – jump to the head of the call queue	Yes.	Yes.
Bonus Points – so you can reward yourself faster	1 bonus Point per $1 spent on your fare.	2 bonus Points per $1 spent on your fare.
Bonus Status Credits – to maintain or upgrade your Membership Level	1 bonus Status Credit per $1 spent on your fare.	2 bonus Status Credits per $1 spent on your fare.

V Australia
Perks	Silver	Gold
International lounge access – for pre-flight relaxation or business	N/A	Yes, for both you and your guest, every time you fly. (At selected airports.)
Additional checked baggage – always handy when heading OS	N/A	One extra piece when flying to/from the USA to the specification of the fare class travelled. An extra 10kg when flying to/from all other international destinations
Priority Check-in – so you can get on your way faster	Yes.	Yes.
Bonus Points – so you can reward yourself faster	20% bonus on miles flown More>	40% bonus on miles flown More>
Bonus Status Credits – to maintain or upgrade your Membership Level	20% bonus on miles flown More>	40% bonus on miles flown More>

How to reach Silver and Gold

To reach Silver you must collect more than 20,000 Status Credits during your 12-month Qualification Period.
To reach Gold you must collect more than 50,000 Status Credits during your 12-month Qualification Period.