Upgrade to Silver membership
We assess memberships on a daily basis to ensure you are upgraded as soon as possible. As soon as your balance reaches 250 Status Credits and you have flown 2 Eligible Sectors1 within the last 365 days, you will be automatically upgraded to Silver membership.
Maintain your Silver membership
To maintain your Silver membership you will need to earn 200 Status Credits and fly 2 Eligible Sectors1 within your 12 month benefit period.
To help you stay on track to upgrade to Gold or Maintain Silver
We're making changes to Velocity Frequent Flyer
In 2025, a series of program changes are coming to Velocity that affects Status, Velocity Points and Status Credit earn on Virgin Australia flights, Status Credit earn on Airline Partners, Reward Seats and Upgrades.
We will be updating our terms and conditions, to reflect the program changes launching on 2 April 2025.
When you upgrade to Silver, we will send you a pack containing one personalised bag tag for your suitcase.
Choose to pool Points, or Points and Status Credits, earned by family members into one Account.
There may be a maximum of six family members, living at the same address, involved in a pool. This may include up to four children under the age of 18 and two adults 18 years or over (including the main pooling beneficiary).
Log in to your Account to set up Family Pooling.
Choose to pause your membership for a period of six months when you are expecting a new addition to your family.
To apply for a Membership Pause for Parental Leave, you may be required to provide documentation of pregnancy, recent or future child birth or adoption of a child in the form of a doctor’s certificate, a birth certificate or an adoption or foster parent registration.
Contact our Membership Contact Centre for further information about Membership Pause for Parental Leave.
Extra bonus Points because you're Silver!
This tab contains all of the added extras that come with upgrading to Silver. You'll get some flashy tags for your bags and more Points on your purchases. Check out all of the reward benefits that come with your Silver membership.
Get bonus Points on flights
Receive a 50% Points bonus, on top of the base Points earned, when travelling on Virgin Australia Domestic and International flights on all fare types except Economy Lite fares2
Receive a 50% Points bonus on miles flown, in addition to the base Points earned, when travelling on a Qatar Airways operated flight with a VA flight number.
Receive a 50% Points bonus on miles flown, in addition to the base Points earned, when travelling on a Singapore Airlines operated flight with a VA flight number.
Receive a 50% Points bonus on miles flown, in addition to the base Points earned, when travelling on an eligible Air Canada-operated flight with a VA flight number.4
Receive a 50% Points bonus on miles flown, in addition to the base Points earned, when travelling on a United Airlines operated flight with a UA or VA flight number.
Receive a 50% Points bonus on miles flown, in addition to the base Points earned, when travelling on an ANA operated flight with a VA flight number.
Receive a 50% Points bonus per $ spent, in addition to the base Points earned, when travelling on a Link Airways operated flight with a VA flight number.
Receive a 10% Points bonus on miles flown, in addition to the base Points earned, when travelling on an Etihad Airways operated flight with an EY flight number.
More options to get bonus Points
As a Silver Velocity member earn 3 points per eligible $1 spent to share a car in a cost-effective and convenient way with Flexicar. T&Cs apply
Receive a 50% Points bonus, on top of the base Points earned, when you use our travel partners Cover-More, Looking4Parking and Cruisepilot.
As a tiered Velocity member earn 4.5 Points per $1 spent when hiring a car rental with Europcar, Hertz, SIXT, Dollar or Thrifty in Australia & New Zealand.
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