Does Virgin plan to fully integrate its Velocity program with key partners like Etihad & Singapore Airlines, so that Velocity members can redeem for flights, and more importantly u
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jDL
jDL
Member since 05 Dec 2011
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Does Virgin plan to fully integrate its Velocity program with key partners like Etihad & Singapore Airlines, so that Velocity members can redeem for flights, and more importantly upgrade with these carriers, or is that just a dream?
chrisjrn
chrisjrn
Member since 09 May 2011
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You can already redeem for flights with any of their partners, this redemption just can't be done online yet. They also have a guarantee that you can redeem a flight on ANY airline if you can't get a seat on one of VA's partners.
As for upgrades, I imagine that's in the pipeline. Seems a bit silly that you can't pre-reserve upgrades on international flights yet.
rhettski
rhettski
Member since 27 Jan 2012
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To an extent, the velocity program is already integrated with airlines like Singapore Airlines. From personal experience, Singapore Airlines upgrade me to first from business when I travel to Switzerland simply by virtue of having platinum status. Although as the answer above states, the internet side to this has not been fully developed.