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Virgin Australia Velocity Flyer
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Category | Frequent Flyer & Travel Credit Cards, Balance Transfer Credit Cards and Rewards Credit Cards |
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Card Type | Visa |
Benefits | Reduced First Year Annual Fee, Sign-Up Bonus Points Offer and Travel Credit |
Minimum Credit Limit | $6,000.00 |
Maximum Credit Limit | $50,000.00 |
Minimum Income | $35,000.00 |
Additional Cardholders | 4 |
Additional Cardholder Fee | $39.00 p.a. |
Minimum Repayments | 2% |
Rewards Program | Velocity Frequent Flyer |
Points Earn Rate | 0.66 points per $1 |
Points Conditions |
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Contactless Payments | Samsung Pay |
Rates & Fees | |
Purchase Rate | 20.74% p.a. |
Cash Advance Fee | 2.7% |
Late Payment Fee | $30.00 |
Annual Fee | $129.00 p.a. |
Foreign Transaction Fee | 3.3% |
Overseas ATM Withdrawal Fee | $5.00 |
Interest Free Period | 44 days |
Cash Advance Rate | 20.99% p.a. |
Introductory Offers | |
Sign-Up Bonus | Earn up to 100,000 bonus Velocity Points (25,000 points each month when you spend $1,500 or more in the first 4 months) |
Introductory Rate | 0% p.a. for up to 14 months on purchases. |
Introductory Offers | Choose from one of the following sign-up offers:
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Reduced First Year Annual Fee | $64.50 |
Balance Transfer Rates | |
Balance Transfer Period | 26 months |
Balance Transfer Rate | 0% p.a. |
Balance Transfer Fee | 0% |
Release date | July 2010 |
- FAIR_COMPARISON: 6390
Must have
I have got this card since 2018. Works fine and the texture of the card is really nice. Mastercard is always a secure choice. I think that everybody should have this kind of card
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- 9 reviews
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Good bonus points but much better Velocity earning cards out there
Bonus points offered was 20,000 points each month for first 3 months which is awesome. However the card has a capped earn rate for the top rate, then reduces for subsequent spends, which is not great. Limited insurances offered with the card as well.
- 5 reviews
- 1 like
Nice card to collect Velocity Points
This credit card gives you a good Velocity Point for every dollar you spend. You can just link your Velocity number and the points will be transferred to your Velocity membership each month. Very nice and easy! I signed up when there was a promotion to get bonus Velocity Points if I spent more than $1500, and also I got $129 credit to spend with Virgin Australia and I only need to pay $64 annual fee. I haven't used this card overseas or to do balance transfer so I cannot comment on that but I use it for my daily spend as a quick way to accumulate Velocity Points.
Apply when bonus is on offer
Got this card as a standby for an upcoming overseas trip. The overseas fees are somewhat high compared to other cards. As this is a back up card only I thought that the sign up bonus points made the application worth it.
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- 12 reviews
Virgin money
Generally its handy to use it overseas however fees are high
Transfer money to card I found it hard
I enjoyed the 14 months interest free period
But very hard to accumulate points
- 8 reviews
- 7 likes
Good for the sign-on bonus, not much else
The card is pretty basic, but the current offer for bonus points is pretty decent for the reduced annual fee in the first year. The application process was pretty quick and I received the card not long after.
The card I received is suppose to have paywave, but it doesn't work, the terminal won't even register it so I have to insert the chip every time.
It doesn't work with Apple or Google Pay, which sucks.
The Virgin Money website and app are very underwhelming.
In a nutshell, it's a throwaway card that I wouldn't bother keeping past the first year.
- 5 reviews
Perfect
I haven't use my card overseas yet. Its easy to transfer my balance to this card. I am quite satisfied with the rewards. It is simple easy to accumulate points and simple to redeem them.
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- 2 reviews
So so
I went for the bonus points promotion which was my main focus. They also provided a flight voucher (domestic). The points you gain afterwards are not really comparable but a bonus.
- Overseas/Travel
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New features are growing on me
This is a great card in general, offering lounge passes, and Virgin flight credit ($149). I preferred the old system of a flight redemption.
Never had a problem using it, and the Virgin Money app helps track usage and bills.
The frequent flyer reward points per dollar are on par with more expensive (annual fee) cards, and are linked directly to your Velocity account. Likewise the lounge passes are linked directly to your Velocity account, so easy to claim at the airport lounge door.
Only downside is the flight credit needs to be ordered in advance, and is issued as a gift card. So great if you know you are travelling in the next 6 months, but not so great if you notice a sale fare come up and want to grab it quickly.
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- 5 reviews
- 1 like
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Handy card but can be slow to accumulate points
I have been using this card now for close to 5 months, its a convenient way to earn points on everyday purchases. Although the it can be slow to accumulate the points (e.g. 0.66 points per $1 spent for 1st $1000, decreasing to 0.5 points thereafter). They do offer a nice incentive of a yearly $129 flight voucher which is a bonus
- 11 reviews
- 10 likes
Better points than Qantas
I prefer this card than the qantas FF credit card as you earn points quicker and there are less points requred to redeem for flights on velocity compared to Qantas FF. Also Qantas charges very high airport taxes and fees on their award flights compared to Virgin.
- 60 reviews
- 26 likes
- Verified
Have used as my main credit card for 8 years
The good: Velocity points rewarded, $129 Virgin Australia gift voucher each year (used to be 2 free domestic flight each year)
The not so good: Only 0.66 points per dollar spent on most goods and services. No complementary travel insurance and lounge access. $129 annual fee
I have had this card for more than 7 years but upgraded to the more rewarding High Flyer card. Was good while I had it.
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- 8 reviews
- Verified
One of the Highest VISA earn rates
I have been a customer of Virgin Money now for around 8 years. I find them easy to deal with whenever I need to call through to the call centres and the earn rate is much higher than any of the banks. They just launched a new app for Android and iPhone and it still has a way to go but at least you can access on the go now. $129 flight voucher included yearly too so it's a good value card! Works for me!
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- 3 reviews
Works for me, but as with any credit card: pay it off at the end of the month!
it's a credit card, it works, interest rates are a shocker, points for your velocity account are great.
It's really only worth it if you a) spend a bit on it to justify the annual fee and b) if you pay it off at the end of the month, as otherwise you're hammered with high interest charges. Same old.
One thing to note: if you use the card for business and want to link it to Xero or the like, it's a nightmare. Which is why I only give it 4 stars. the bank feeds don't work half the time, which I have never had before. And the internet banking app is very basic. Plus it took them into 2019 to come up with an iphone app... go figure.
- 6 reviews
- 6 likes
Application and customer service fine
I have had this card for over 3 years the initial application process was normal with around a 10 day turn around time. In the entire time have had to call maybe 3 or 4 times and each time was fine issue was resolved quickly.
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