Bonus 10,000-30,000 Velocity points when you apply for a Velocity points earning credit card

Earn up to 30,000 bonus Velocity points when you apply for selected American Express, Westpac and Virgin Money credit cards. This bonus is on top of the points that are included with the card you apply for.

The bonus value varies by card:

• 30,000 points for American Express Velocity Platinum, American Express Velocity Business and Virgin Australia Velocity High Flyer cards
• 20,000 points for Westpac Altitude Platinum, Westpac Altitude Black and Virgin Australia Velocity Flyer cards
• 10,000 points for the American Express Velocity Escape Plus card

To be eligible for these bonus points, you must activate the offer, apply for one of the participating cards by 30 Apr 2025 and then meet the minimum spend criteria for the card you were approved for. See the full terms and conditions below.

What are 30,000 Velocity points worth?

It depends on how you redeem them:

Terms and conditions

*Up to 30,000 bonus Points offer: To be eligible to receive up to 30,000 bonus Velocity Points, you must (a) be a Velocity Frequent Flyer member, (b) Activate the Points offer by visiting here between 12:01am (AEST) 6 March 2025 and 11:59pm (AEST) 30 April 2025 (“Promotion Period”) (prior to the card application) (c) apply for a participating Velocity Points earning card (listed below), during the Promotion Period and (d) be approved and meet the minimum spend criteria for the eligible offer associated with the individual card if the application is successful. Minimum spend, card fees and eligibility requirements vary by card. For full terms and conditions visit here. 

The number of bonus Velocity Points on offer depends on the Velocity Points Earning card applied for, which are:  

30,000 bonus Velocity Points for American Express® Velocity Platinum Card, American Express Velocity Business Card, and Virgin Australia Velocity High Flyer Card;

20,000 bonus Velocity Points for Westpac Altitude Platinum credit card, Westpac Altitude Black credit card, and Virgin Australia Velocity Flyer Card; 

10,000 bonus Velocity Points for American Express® Velocity Escape Plus Card. 

Total 140,000 bonus Velocity Points offer applies to the Westpac Altitude Black Credit Card with Velocity Points, which is comprised of the 120,000 bonus Points offer which is subject to the terms and conditions and eligibility criteria available here and this 20,000 additional bonus Points offer which is subject to these terms and conditions. 

Total 200,000 bonus Velocity Points offer applies to the American Express Velocity Business Card, which is comprised of the 170,000 bonus Points offer which is subject to the terms and conditions and eligibility criteria available here and this 30,000 additional bonus Points offer which is subject to these terms and conditions. 

Bonus Velocity Points will be allocated to your Velocity account in accordance with, and subject to the Velocity membership Terms and Conditions 4-6 weeks after you meet the minimum spend criteria for the eligible offer associated with the individual card. 

This bonus Points offer cannot be used in conjunction with other bonus Points offers provided by Velocity Frequent Flyer in respect of credit cards. For the avoidance of doubt, if you have applied for and been approved for one of the above listed credit cards outside the Promotion Period, you will not be eligible to earn bonus Points as part of this promotion. 

Velocity membership and Points earn is subject to the Velocity membership Terms and Conditions.