{"id":19951,"date":"2024-07-08T17:44:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=19951"},"modified":"2024-07-08T18:34:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T17:34:25","slug":"buy-points-offer-air-canada-125-bonus-and-virgin-australia-40-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2024\/07\/08\/buy-points-offer-air-canada-125-bonus-and-virgin-australia-40-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy points offer: Air Canada 125% bonus and Virgin Australia 40% off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>[Air Canada]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like Virgin Atlantic, Air Canada is celebrating their 40th anniversary and launched many member offers. The most relevant one is, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/points-aeroplan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">there is a 125% bonus for purchasing points<\/a> until July 11th.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/air-canada-40-anniversary.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"241\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/air-canada-40-anniversary.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/air-canada-40-anniversary.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/air-canada-40-anniversary-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Under the current offer, you are looking to pay 15.6 CAD \/ $11.4 \/ \u00a38.9 per 1,000 points, which is as good as it ever gets if I&#8217;m not mistaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2022\/11\/03\/aeroplan-the-best-flight-redemption-between-uk-europe-and-middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Aeroplan: the best flight redemption between UK \/ Europe and Middle East\">We wrote a guide on redeeming Aeroplan points<\/a> a while ago. Some of the sweet spots include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Europe &#8211; Middle East, business, 45,000 points<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Europe &#8211; Middle East, first, 60,000 points<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Europe &#8211; Asia, business, 80,000 points<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Europe &#8211; Asia, first, 100,000 points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Aeroplan has many airline partners in and out of Star Alliance, for which you can redeem conveniently online with a very reasonable fee. Some partners, e.g. Etihad is releasing much fewer premium seats though and I&#8217;m not sure if they&#8217;ve fixed the Oman Air issue yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[Virgin Australia]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/points-velocity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Virgin Australia is also having a sale on their Velocity points<\/a>. Until July 10, you&#8217;ll earn a staircased discount, up to 40% off when you purchase the maximum 250,000 points.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/virgin-australia-logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/virgin-australia-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-296\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/virgin-australia-logo.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/virgin-australia-logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/virgin-australia-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/virgin-australia-logo-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/virgin-australia-logo-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At 40% off you are looking to pay 14 AUD \/ $9.4 \/ \u00a37.4 per 1,000 points, which is very cheap. VA has three different redemption charts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocityfrequentflyer.com\/flying-status\/use-points-for-flights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">which you&#8217;ll find here<\/a>. They have a pretty good search engine and you don&#8217;t need to be signed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Virgin Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Redemption starts from 6,200 points in economy and 15,000 points in business. The pricing is however dynamic.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-mel-syd.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"429\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-mel-syd.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-mel-syd.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-mel-syd-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-mel-syd-768x412.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>2. United &amp; Virgin Atlantic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flights between Europe and U.S. east coast most likely fall into the two categories below (business class):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2,401 \u2013 3,600 miles: 49,500 points<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3,601 \u2013 4,800 miles: 59,500 points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-nyc-lon.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"210\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-nyc-lon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-nyc-lon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-nyc-lon-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-nyc-lon-768x202.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Which means it costs only ~$500 for a one-way ex U.S (charges are higher ex Europe). The main catch is, availability in United&#8217;s business class appears very difficult to find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems that they don&#8217;t impose any fuel surcharge on Virgin Atlantic either. It is however impossible to check availability online and you must contact their call centre to book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. ANA, Singapore, Etihad, Qatar, Fiji, Air Canada, South African<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Redemption on other partners are unfortunately more expensive, but it&#8217;s still decent value for short- and medium-haul flights within Asia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>601 \u2013 1,200 miles: 26,000 points<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1,201 \u2013 2,400 miles: 38,000 points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-pvg-hnd.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-pvg-hnd.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-pvg-hnd.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-pvg-hnd-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-pvg-hnd-768x371.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-can-sin.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"384\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-can-sin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-can-sin.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-can-sin-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-can-sin-768x369.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>ANA long-haul business is another bargain, as there&#8217;s no fuel surcharge.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-hnd-lhr.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-hnd-lhr.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-hnd-lhr.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-hnd-lhr-300x72.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/virgin-australia-redeem-hnd-lhr-768x185.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, <strong>you can also transfer your velocity points to Singapore&#8217;s Krisflyer miles in a ratio of 1.55 to 1<\/strong>, and the latter can be used to book SQ&#8217;s first class. It means that you could purchase Singapore&#8217;s miles indirectly via this deal at 21.7 AUD \/ $14.6 \/ \u00a311.4 per 1,000 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Air Canada] Just like Virgin Atlantic, Air Canada is celebrating their 40th anniversary and launched many member offers. The most relevant one is, there is a&#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":[143,147],"tags":[116],"class_list":["post-19951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-canada","category-virgin-australia","tag-points-sale"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19951","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=19951"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19956,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19951\/revisions\/19956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}