There’s a lot going for the Velocity Platinum card from 2020 Mozo Experts Choice Credit Card Provider of the Year American Express. If you're a new Card Member, you could score 50,000 bonus Velocity Points when you apply online, are approved, and spend $3,000 on your new card in the first 3 months. You'll also be able to earn a free return domestic flight every year after your first annual spend and you can now bag 100 Velocity Frequent Flyer Status Credits, when you spend a minimum of $50,000 in a year.
But the special offers don't end there. For a limited time, new cardholders will also receive 120,000 bonus Velocity Points and 120 Status Credits, as long as they apply online by 13 December 2021, are approved and spend $4,500 in the first three months.
Building up your Velocity Points balance is easy when you use the tier based system attached to AMEX’s Velocity Platinum Card to your advantage.
You can earn 1.25 Velocity Points per $1 spent. This excludes spends at government bodies, where you'll only earn 0.5 points per $1 spent. And when you're spending with Virgin Australia, you can also bag an extra point per $1 spent.
You can also bag 100 Velocity Frequent Flyer Status Credits, when you spend a minimum of $50,000 within a year of being a member.
Plus, for a limited time, you'll earn 120,000 bonus Velocity Points and 120 Status Credits, given that you tick a couple of boxes: firstly that you apply online by 13 December 2021, and secondly that you spend $4,500 on your new card within the first three months.
The best part is points never expire and there’s no cap on the amount you can earn.
Benefits of the AMEX Velocity Platinum Card that we haven’t mentioned yet include free travel insurance, purchase protection and up to four complimentary lounge entries per year.
American Express also have a 50,000 bonus Velocity Points offer for new Card Members who apply online and spend at least $3,000 on their new card within the first three months.
Rewards card lovers ready take advantage of the perks that the AMEX Velocity Platinum Card has to offer, while at the same time prepared to pay their bills in full and by the due date to avoid the hefty 20.74% purchase rate.
As well as having to fork out $375 for an annual card fee, you'll have to earn at least $65,000 a year and have a good credit rating to be eligible for the card (among some other requirements).
Fly Sydney to London return
119,600 points
Fly Sydney to Melbourne one-way
7,800 points
$100 Giftcard
19,500 points
$100 Cash
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1.25 points per dollar on Amex, uncapped
Points automatically transferred to your Velocity account
Redeem Velocity Points with Virgin, Air New Zealand, Etihad Airways, Singapore Airlines and other partners.
Earn 0.5 Velocity Points per $1 spent at government bodies, earn 2.25 Velocity Points per $1 spend on selected Virgin Australia products and services.
Complimentary Virgin Australia return domestic flight every year after first spend (not eligible for Velocity Points and/or Status Credits earn). Two single entry passes each year to selected Virgin Australia lounges. Two single entry lounge passes to American Express lounges in Australia annually.
Receive 120,000 bonus Velocity Points and 120 Status Credits when you apply online by 13 December 2021, are approved and spend $4,500 on your new Card within the first 3 months. New Card Members Only
Spend $15,600 (AmEx)
Spend $6,240 (AmEx)
Spend $95,680 (AmEx)
Uncapped
Never
To work out the "Rewards value minus fees" in our Rewards Revealer we:
calculate how many points you'd get each year,
figure out how many flights or gift cards or cashback credits you could get for those points,
work out what that's actually worth to you,
take off the annual fee you'd pay.
More details:
Our calculations are designed to help you compare the value of different rewards schemes. To do this, we've looked at earning a one-way Sydney-Melbourne flight excluding taxes and charges, a return Sydney-London flight excluding taxes and charges, a $100 shopping Gift Card and $100 cashback. Most cards will also offer other rewards, which may be worth more or less than the ones we've shown.
We have made no allowance for bonus points for using your card at specific merchants, introductory offers or special offers. We have not assigned any value to instant discounts, insurances, ticketing and concierge services or other such benefits.
Rewards value calculations do not take credit card interest into account. If you do not pay off your card each month you may be better off looking for a card based on interest rates than on the value of rewards.
In products that have more than one card, a different mix of spend between American Express / Visa / Mastercard will give different results. Mozo's Rewards Revealer lets you choose the mix based on the way you would use such a product, and gives you tailored results.
We assume flights purchased with airline points are 'classic' or 'reward' economy seats with restricted seat availability. 'Any seat' rewards will probably cost more.
To compare the value of flight rewards, we sample online retail flight prices once a quarter based on the average price on a Wednesday 3 months in advance but outside NSW school holidays. For domestic flights we take the lowest available fare from each flight on that day from Qantas Red e-deal, Virgin Australia Saver including baggage and Jetstar Starter including baggage. We calculate the average price excluding taxes and surcharges for each airline, and also the average across all airlines (which we use when rewards are travel agent vouchers). For international flights, we take the lowest available fares on that same Wednesday from each of Qantas, Emirates, Malaysian, Etihad, Singapore, Cathay Pacific and Thai, assuming a return flight 2 weeks later, calculate the average price before taxes and surcharges and use this as our assumed cost of a flight on any airline.
Shopping rewards are based on $100 gift cards from a major national department store.
We make every effort to ensure our calculations are correct and up to date but make no guarantees.
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Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay
Travel Insurance,
Purchase Protection,
Account alerts by SMS
Great card, great benefits, just a bit expensive but if all used it’s worth it.
Read full reviewGreat card, great benefits, just a bit expensive but if all used it’s worth it.
I'm really happy with Amex because I'm able to quickly accumulate enough points to buy flights and gift cards. They often have promotions for new customers, so I'd recommend holding out for one of those. The card I have allows you to have one free domestic flight every year which is a great bonus.
Read full reviewI'm really happy with Amex because I'm able to quickly accumulate enough points to buy flights and gift cards. They often have promotions for new customers, so I'd recommend holding out for one of those. The card I have allows you to have one free domestic flight every year which is a great bonus.
The issue is that not many places accept the card in Australia . But I travel a lot
Read full reviewThe issue is that not many places accept the card in Australia . But I travel a lot
Got this as part of the 100,000 Velocity points promotion. Exceptional value if you consider the points alone, throw in free domestic flights annually and lounge passes makes this card a no brainer.
Read full reviewGot this as part of the 100,000 Velocity points promotion. Exceptional value if you consider the points alone, throw in free domestic flights annually and lounge passes makes this card a no brainer.
$349 annually, but came with 50,000 velocity points, free return domestic flight every year, free travel insurance, 2 passes into virgin lounges = used everything up so pretty happy. Also comes with lots of frequent free perks such as spend $30 at Woolworth and get $10 cash back etc. Received the best customer service ever, all my questions were answered directly and within 24 hours, excellent.
Read full review$349 annually, but came with 50,000 velocity points, free return domestic flight every year, free travel insurance, 2 passes into virgin lounges = used everything up so pretty happy. Also comes with lots of frequent free perks such as spend $30 at Woolworth and get $10 cash back etc. Received the best customer service ever, all my questions were answered directly and within 24 hours, excellent.
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12.99% p.a.
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$59 $0 in the first year
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