Competition Terms and Conditions

1. The terms of this document, information on how to enter this Promotion, mechanics of entry and the Prizes form part of the terms and conditions of entry into this Promotion (Conditions). Entry into this Promotion is deemed acceptance of these Conditions by each Entrant.

2. The Promotion commences at 0:01am AEST on 12 March 2024 and ends at 11:59pm AEST on 30 September 2024 (Promotion Period).  

3. The Promoter is Velocity Frequent Flyer Pty Ltd (ACN 601 408 824) of registered address 275 Grey St, South Brisbane QLD 4101.

4. Entry is open to Velocity members who are Australian residents, aged 18 years or over (Entrants).

5. The directors, officers, management and employees (and their immediate families) of the Promoter and its related bodies corporate are not eligible to enter this Promotion.

7. There is a limit of only one entry per Entrant permitted for the Promotion, even if the Entrant flies on multiple Eligible Flights during the Promotion Period.

8. Entries will be deemed accepted at the time of receipt by the Promoter and not at the time of transmission. Entries received will be considered final by the Promoter. Illegible, incomprehensible and incomplete entries will be deemed invalid. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any late, lost, incomplete, incorrectly submitted, delayed, illegible, corrupted or misdirected entries, claims or correspondence whether due to error, omission, alteration, tampering, deletion, theft, destruction or otherwise including those entries not received by the Promoter.

9. If you enter the Promotion but no longer wish to participate, please email info@velocityfrequentflyer.com and provide your full name and Velocity number and you will be removed from the Promotion.

10. Costs associated with entering the Promotion remain an Entrant’s responsibility and may vary.

11. This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook. Entrants understand that they are providing their information to the Promoter and not to Facebook. The information an entrant provides will only be used for the purposes outlined in these Terms and Conditions. Any questions, comments or complaints about this Promotion must be directed to the Promoter and not to Facebook. Facebook will not be liable for any loss or damage or personal injury, which is suffered or sustained by an entrant, as a result of participating in the Promotion (including taking/use of a Prize), except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law. The Entrant releases Facebook and its associated companies from all liabilities arising in respect of the Promotion.

12. This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with LinkedIn. Entrants understand that they are providing their information to the Promoter and not to LinkedIn. The information an entrant provides will only be used for the purposes outlined in these Terms and Conditions. Any questions, comments or complaints about this Promotion must be directed to the Promoter and not to LinkedIn. LinkedIn will not be liable for any loss or damage or personal injury, which is suffered or sustained by an entrant, as a result of participating in the Promotion (including taking/use of a Prize), except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law. The Entrant releases Linkedin and its associated companies from all liabilities arising in respect of the Promotion.

14. This is a game of skill; chance plays no part in determining the Winners. Each entry will be individually judged; the criteria for judging includes, amongst other things, the originality, creative merit and relevance of the answer to the question.

15. The judging will be conducted on 7 October 2024 at 9:00am AEST at the Promoter’s registered address. All decisions of the Promoter are final and binding on each Entrant, no discussions or correspondence will be entered into. The Promoter may select additional reserve entries which they determine to be the next best, and record them in order, in case of an invalid entry or ineligible Entrant.

16. The winning entries (Winners) will be notified in writing within five (5) business days of the decision being made and their name/s will be published on Qatar Airways F1 Competition 2024 (virginaustralia.com) 

17. Entries not fully complying with these Conditions of Entry may be deemed invalid at the Promoter’s discretion. If a winning entry is deemed not to comply with these Conditions of Entry, the entry will be discarded and the relevant Prize will be re-awarded in accordance with the relevant clause of these Conditions of Entry as if the discarded entry had not been received.

18. The Promoter reserves the right to request that an Entrant or Winner provides proof of identity, proof of age, proof of residency and/or proof of entry validity in order to claim a Prize. Proof of identification, residency, age and entry considered suitable for verification is at the discretion of the Promoter. In the event that a Winner cannot provide suitable proof, the Winner will forfeit the Prize in whole and no substitute will be offered.

D. Prize

19. There are 2 Qatar Airways F1® 2024 Fan Packages to be won (each a Prize). The best 2 valid entries, as determined by the judges, will each win the Prize.

20. Total Prize value is approximately AUD$6,800-22,000 (including GST) based on class of travel awarded in the Prize, as outlined below . The Prize is awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by the Promoter. A Winner may not substitute, assign, exchange, transfer or redeem the Prize for cash, unless otherwise stated.

21. If the/any Prize (or part of the/any Prize) is unavailable, the Promoter, in its discretion, reserves the right to substitute the Prize (or that part of the Prize) with a Prize to the equal value and/or specification.

22. Each Prize includes:

• return airfares for 2 from either Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth or Brisbane to Doha departing Australia on 28 November 2024 and returning to the original port departing Doha 2 December 2024,

• 3 nights accommodation in Doha in 5 star accommodation (a Twin or Double room), including daily Breakfast,. commencing from the day your Prize flight lands in Doha and ending on 2 December 2024;, and

• 2 F1 “Main Grandstand” tickets; 

23. The class of air service won is determined by the highest booking class flown on Qatar Airways that was eligible to earn Velocity Points during the Promotional Period. For avoidance of any doubt; if a Winner earned Velocity Points flying only Economy Class on Qatar Airways during the promo period, the prize will be awarded in Economy Class. If a winner earned Velocity Points on one or more Qatar Airways flights in Business Class or First Class during the promo period, the Prize will be awarded in Business Class.

24. Each Winner will receive one Prize voucher, issued by TUI on behalf of Qatar Airways Holidays. The voucher will be emailed to the email address provided by the Winner when they entered the Promotion on the competition landing page, matching the Velocity Frequent Flyer account of the Entrant named in the entry form within 5 days of selecting the Winner(s). Each voucher will include flight information, the class of air travel awarded, accommodation details (including details of the daily breakfast) and F1 “Main Grandstand” tickets information. Each Winner will need to contact Qatar Airways Holidays (via the email address provided in the voucher or to any other specific email communicated) to redeem the Prize. The voucher will include further information on how to redeem including but not limited to travel booking deadlines and inclusions.

25. The name of the Entrant and the information linked to the Velocity membership number in the entry must match.

26. The following conditions apply to the Prize:

a. Valid on specific Qatar Airways operated flights (non-stop) between Sydney (SYD-DOH QR909), Melbourne (MEL-DOH QR905), Adelaide (ADL-DOH QR915), Perth (PER-DOH QR901) and Brisbane (BNE-DOH QR899) to Doha; From Doha to Sydney (DOH-SYD QR908), Melbourne (DOH-MEL QR988, QR904), Adelaide (DOH-ADL QR914), Perth (DOH-PER QR900) and Brisbane (DOH-BNE QR898) .

b. Transportation is valid on board Qatar Airways, above mentioned scheduled flights only and is subject to availability at time of reservation. Not valid on OneWorld partners or codeshare services.

c. Flight reservation is subject to availability and the flights must be taken on the below dates: Departing Australia 28 November 2024

Departing Doha 2 December 2024

d. Travel must be booked by 18 October 2024 the latest or prize will be forfeited. Details on how to redeem the prizes will be provided exclusively to the selected winners.

e. Travel must be completed on or before: 03 December 2024.

f. Maximum stay: Not Applicable – fixed travel dates

g. Open-jaw, stop-overs or multi-city itineraries are not permitted.

h. Tickets are non upgradeable. The fare class cannot be changed and must be the same as that booked on the Eligible Flight.

i. Travel does not qualify for Privilege Club mileage accumulation or for mileage accumulation in any other frequent flyer program.

j. No changes permitted to reservations once date of travel is confirmed or ticket has been issued.

k. Winners are responsible for fulfilling any visa requirements at their own expense.

l. Without limiting any other condition, the Prize ticket is non-transferable, non-refundable, not redeemable for cash.

m. Winner and travel companion must travel together on the same Prize flights to & from Doha

n. Winners and their travel companions may be held liable to Qatar Airways for failure to adhere to the restrictions and conditions of travel applicable to their tickets or for the fraudulent use of those tickets.

o. Any promotional code provided in connection with the Prize may not be distributed or sold, or otherwise used for commercial or personal gain, other than for the purpose for which it is intended. Qatar Airways/Qatar Airways Holidays reserves the right to modify or cancel this promotional code at their discretion. Any violation of these conditions may be subject to cancellation of the promotional code, of any booking made using this promotional code, and/or to any legal or other recourse available for the recovery of damages suffered or costs, expenses or loss incurred as a result of such prohibited use.

p. Use of the airfare tickets are subject to Qatar Airways’ general conditions of carriage publicly available at https://www.qatarairways.com/en/legal/conditions-of-carriage.html.

q. All applicable fees, such as airport/departure taxes, security charges or other third party fees, taxes or charges relating to the Prize tickets are included in the Prize.

27. The Promoter makes no representation as to the safety, conditions or other issues that may exist at any destination or as part of the Prize.

28. The Winner and their travelling companion are responsible for any and all costs, expenses and taxes not expressly described herein relating to and included in the Prize including, without limitation, applicable local air departure taxes, ground transportation, gratuities, merchandise, telephone calls, personal expenses of any nature for overnight layover, freight, excess baggage, meals and beverages, service charges, in-flight meals, entertainment, and any other expenses, costs incurred to and from the departure point as the Prize originates and terminates there, obtaining sufficient personal travel insurance prior to departure, if desired; obtaining and carrying all necessary travel documentation, such as passports and visas and complying with customs immigrations regulations.

29. By entering this Promotion, Entrants agree to be contacted in relation to this Promotion by the Promoter Should an Entrant’s contact details change during the Promotion Period, it is the Entrant’s responsibility to notify the Promoter. A request to access or modify any information provided in an entry should be directed to the Promoter.

31. You consent to the Promoter using your personal information for future promotional and marketing purposes regarding the Promoter’s products and services, including contacting the Entrant via SMS and email messages (and you consent to receiving such messages from the Promoter). Information on how to opt-out from these messages is set out in the Promoter’s Privacy Policy.

F. Intellectual Property

32. Entrants agree that they are fully responsible for any materials they submit via the Promotion including but not limited to comments, recordings and images (Content). The Promoter shall not be liable in any way for such Content to the full extent permitted by law. The Promoter may remove or decline to publish any Content without notice for any reason whatsoever. Entrants warrant and agree that:

33. Each Entrant releases and indemnifies the Promoter and agencies associated with the Promotion against all liability, cost, loss or expense arising out of acceptance of any Prize or participation in the Promotion including (but not limited to) personal injury and damage to property, except to the extent that such liability, cost, loss or expense is caused or contributed to by the Promoter’s or its associated agency’s negligent or wrongful act.

34. As a condition of entering this Promotion, Entrants hereby assign to the Promoter, all right, title and interest in and to all intellectual property rights (including copyright but excluding moral rights) in any material created pursuant to the Entrant’s participation in any aspect of the Promotion (Works). Entrants acknowledge that the Promoter is free to use the Works and to exercise its rights in relation thereto and the Entrant will not be entitled to any fee for such use. Such use may include social media channels, publications including our inflight magazine and television commercials. Entrants agree they may not be attributed as the author of the Works and that the Promoter may undertake any act or omission in relation to the Works, which may otherwise constitute an infringement of their moral rights

35. Entrants consent to the Promoter using their name, likeness, image and/or voice in the event they are a Winner (including photograph, film and/or recording of the same) in any media for an unlimited period without remuneration for the purpose of promoting this promotion (including any outcome), and promoting any products manufactured, distributed and/or supplied by the Promoter.

36. The Promoter will not be liable for any tax liability, including without limitation income tax, fringe benefits tax, or any liability or loss of opportunity due to reportable fringe benefits, incurred by a Winner, an Entrant, a, their family, associates, employer and/or any other party due to participation in the Promotion or the acceptance or use of any Prize

37. Entrants, the Winner and/or any such party will be required to pay any taxes and other airport related charges (including any applicable GST on those taxes and charges) which may be due on receipt or use of the Prize.

38. Entrants should seek independent financial advice to ensure they understand possible tax implications in relation to any tax liability and/or reportable fringe benefits before acceptance or use of a Prize.

39. The Promoter, its agents and associated entities, do not accept responsibility for and makes no representations about any tax liability as a result of participating in the Promotion or from receiving or using a Prize.

40. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and to:

b. disqualify any Entrant (and any of their entries) who tampers with the entry process, who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Conditions, or who engaged in any unlawful or other improper conduct calculated to jeopardise the fair and proper conduct of this Promotion; or

c. disqualify any Entrant (and any of their entries) who has, in the opinion of the Promoter, engaged in conduct when entering the Promotion which is fraudulent, misleading, deceptive or generally damaging to the goodwill or reputation of the Promotion and/or the Promoter.

The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify a Winner if the Promoter becomes aware that the Winner and/or the Winner’s entry is of a type described in this clause. Any Entrant disqualified under this clause is prohibited from any further participation in the Promotion. Errors and omissions may be accepted at the Promoter’s discretion. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights. The Promoter’s legal rights to recover damages or other compensation from such an offender are reserved.

41. In the case of the intervention of any outside act, agent or event which prevents or significantly hinders the Promoter’s ability to proceed with the Promotion on the dates and in the manner described in these Conditions of Entry, including but not limited to vandalism, power failures, tempests, natural disasters, acts of God, civil unrest, strike, war, act of terrorism, the Promoter may in its absolute discretion cancel the Promotion and recommence it from the start on the same conditions.

42. If for any reason this Promotion is not capable of running as planned, including due to infection by computer virus, communications network failure, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failure or any causes beyond the control of the Promoter, which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or integrity or proper conduct of this Promotion, the Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, take any action that may be available and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion, or invalidate any affected entries.

43. To the extent permitted by law, the Promoter, its associated entities (and their respective officers, employees and agents) are not responsible for and exclude all liability for any direct, indirect or consequential injury, loss and/or damage arising in any way in connection with this Promotion or any Prize/s. This includes, but is not limited to: (i) technical malfunctions, delays or failures, including those resulting from accessing any materials related to this Promotion and any incorrect or inaccurate or incomplete information communicated in the course of, or in connection with, this Promotion as a result of any technical malfunctions, delays or failures; (ii) theft, unauthorised access or third party interference; (iii) lost or damaged entries, Prize claims or Prizes; (iv) any variation in Prize value to that stated in these Conditions; and (v) acceptance and/or use of any Prize (including but not limited to any component of a Winner’s Prize).