Frequent flyers are getting a little more bang for their buck as both Qantas & Virgin roll out new loyalty program agreements & benefits.
Let’s start with Virgin Australia.
Velocity Frequent Flyer has signed a new partnership with Le Club AccorHotels, which will allow members to transfer points between the two loyalty programs.
Commencing 30 September, Le Club AccorHotels, the free loyalty program of AccorHotels, will be able to transfer Le Club AccorHotels points earned from staying at any of the participating hotels to Velocity Frequent Flyer Points.
Velocity Frequent Flyer members will also be able to transfer points over to Le Club AccorHotels members together with car rental, railway, charity, culinary, shopping and leisure partners.
Chief Operating Officer AccorHotels Pacific, Simon McGrath, said the partnership will provide members of Le Club AccorHotels with even greater benefits and options to spend their loyalty points.
Now over to Qantas.
Only hours after Velocity’s announcement, Qantas Frequent Flyer unveiled new opportunities to earn points for activities other than flying, with the introduction of another 16 retailers into the popular Qantas Online Mall.
The Online Mall lets members earn Qantas Points while they shop with well-known local and overseas brands.
New retailers include Australian labels Oroton, Lorna Jane, Peter Alexander and Glasshouse Fragrances, as well as a number of lifestyle and youth brands such as Rebel Sport, Wiggle, Kathmandu General Pants, L’Occitane Fossil, Smiggle, and Forever New. Overseas brands Kurt Geiger and Uniqlo, plus furniture and homewares company Zanui and computer manufacturer Lenovo, take the total number of retailers in the Online Mall to 45.
Qantas Loyalty CEO Lesley Grant said that if members use a points-earning credit card to make their Online Mall purchases, they can effectively double-dip on Qantas Points.
Members who make a purchase via the Online Mall before 21 September 2015 will go into the draw to win a shopping trip to London, New York or LA.
