{"id":14744,"date":"2023-02-06T09:02:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T09:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=14744"},"modified":"2023-02-06T09:02:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T09:02:31","slug":"virgin-australias-status-match-benefits-with-united-etihad-singapore-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2023\/02\/06\/virgin-australias-status-match-benefits-with-united-etihad-singapore-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Australia&#8217;s status match: benefits with United, Etihad, Singapore and more!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Virgin Australia launched a status match program last year, which might entitle you to special benefits with them and partner airlines for up to <strong>15 months<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"242\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/virgin-australia-status-challenge.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/virgin-australia-status-challenge.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/virgin-australia-status-challenge-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/experience.velocityfrequentflyer.com\/member-support\/velocity-update\/status-match-discovergold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">The offer page is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Elite members from select airlines can apply for a status match<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If granted, you commence a three-month <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">Gold <\/mark><\/strong>trial<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fly one qualifying sector and earn 80 tier credits to extend your Gold status for one year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, S* Gold, Skyteam Elite Plus and Oneworld Sapphire \/ Emerald qualify, excluding Virgin Australia&#8217;s partners. Some minimum requirements include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>British Airways Silver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lufthansa Senator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Air France Gold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finnair Gold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delta Gold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American Airlines Platinum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emirates Gold<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The list is very extensive so you have high chances of being eligible. There is no direct link to apply &#8211; you need to click <em>Member Support<\/em> and submit a feedback form to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if you don&#8217;t fly Virgin Australia, the Gold card is still useful with a bunch of other airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><strong>Priority Check-in<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Priority Boarding<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Additional Baggage Allowance<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Fast Track<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Lounge Access<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hainan \/ Tianjin \/ Capital \/ Hong Kong Airlines<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Singapore Airlines<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td><\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>United Airlines<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Air Canada<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Virgin Atlantic<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td><\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Etihad<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td><\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Qatar Airways<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>South African Airways<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><td><\/td><td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Details of the lounge access policy is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginaustralia.com\/au\/en\/travel-info\/at-the-airport\/lounge\/international\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">here<\/a>, but in general you need to be on a flight operated by the partner carrier and can bring one guest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are based in the UK, there&#8217;s a good chance that you&#8217;ll fly Virgin Atlantic some day, as well as some of the other partners. I value Priority Check-in and Lounge Access the most in terms of the aforementioned elite benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>80 tier credits are very easy to accrue, but you can&#8217;t possibly accomplish the one qualifying sector unless you travel to \/ within Australia. According to the program rules, your status will be re-evaluated at the end of the three months, which normally means you&#8217;d drop to a non-status member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, from the reports we&#8217;ve seen so far it seems that everyone has been downgraded to <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Silver <\/mark><\/strong>instead post the Gold trial. It comes with two lounge passes for VA&#8217;s domestic lounges, and more importantly most of the partner benefits (barring lounge access) still apply for another year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you plan to fly Virgin Australia or their partner airline soon, it&#8217;s worthwhile signing up for the Gold trial beforehand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virgin Australia launched a status match program last year, which might entitle you to special benefits with them and partner airlines for up to 15 months!&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143,36,20,25,37,147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-canada","category-etihad-airways","category-qatar-airways","category-united-airlines","category-virgin-atlantic","category-virgin-australia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14745,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14744\/revisions\/14745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}