When booking your flights, hotels, car hire and other travel extras with Virgin Australia, enjoy flexibility with a wide range of payment options. Forms of payment and the fees that apply, are noted below.
Credit Cards: Pay for your booking with a wide range of credit cards.
Debit cards: Pay for your booking with a range of debit cards.
Fees for card payments made within Australia:
0.97% per booking made by credit card
0.55% per booking made by debit card
For card payments made outside Australia, per person:
New Zealand/Cook Islands - NZD 10
Fiji - FJD 10
Papua New Guinea - PGK 22
Solomon Islands - SBD 73
Indonesia - IDR 110,000
Samoa - WST 25
Tonga - TOP 18
Vanuatu - VUV 950
Any amount paid for using a credit or debit card will be included in the value of the Future Flight credit.
The card payment fee is non-refundable except where you are entitled to a refund of your fare under the Australian Consumer Law.
Virgin Australia is now accepting PayPal, a fast, secure, and convenient way to pay.
Pay instantly with a linked card or bank account or Pay in 4 instalments. For full details on PayPal click here.
PayPal Pay in 4 allows you to pay for eligible purchases valued between AU$30 and $2,000 in 4 interest-free instalments.
A payment fee of 0.97% will be charged for PayPal and PayPal Pay in 4 transactions.
The payment fee is non-refundable except where you are entitled to a refund of your fare under the Australian Consumer Law.
Virgin Australia has teamed up with Zip to give you the opportunity to book now and pay later. Zip is a fast way to pay for your booking with flexible repayments from as little as $10 a week with no upfront payment! No payment fees apply when using Zip as your form of payment.
How Zip works:
Apply now, and get a decision in minutes
Book you trip online or by phone (guest contact centre fees apply)
Zip pays Virgin Australia on your behalf
You pay Zip in weekly, fortnightly or monthly payments.
POLi is a fee free, secure payment method. You can pay for your flight and travel booking online using your internet banking. No payment fees apply when using POLi as your form of payment.
POLi is currently only available from Australian or New Zealand personal bank accounts when booking from the country of origin.
If you wish to use POLi, the amount due will be converted to either Australian (AUD) or New Zealand (NZD) dollars based on the currency of the bank account.
Select your internet banking provider and login
Select your preferred bank account and confirm payment details
When your payment is complete, log out of your internet banking
Up and away! Your booking will be generated
Pay with Velocity points, or points and pay combination. Simply login to your Velocity account during the booking process to continue.
Payment fees only apply if you part-pay the booking with a debit or credit card.
Pay with Travel Bank. Your Travel Bank username was sent to you via email. Simply login at the payment page to finalise your booking.
No payment fees apply.
If you have a gift card or gift voucher that was issued prior to April 2020, you can use this gift card or voucher to purchase your flights or other services that Virgin Australia provides (as set out in the gift voucher terms of use). Gift cards/vouchers are valid for 36 months from the date of issue. If you cannot find your expiry date, you can check your purchase receipt or try entering exactly three years minus 1 day from the date of issue.
To use your gift card or voucher, please contact the Guest Contact Centre (13 67 89) and advise that you want to pay for your booking with a gft card or voucher.
