Your Melbourne Cup outfit, paid with points.
Melbourne Cup Day is Tuesday 3 November, and the dress code is bright and bold. Points in four programs and nothing to wear? Watch Jess pool hers into one gift card for the race day dress, the fascinator, the heels and the Cup Day lunch. Then do the same with yours.
How Jess did it
Three steps, the same ones in the app.
Round up your points
Add the programs you belong to and see what every balance is worth, in one place.
Pool them into one balance
Mavitra combines them, expiring points first, so small balances finally add up.
Turn them into a gift card
Pick a brand and an amount. The card lands in your wallet, ready for the outfit and the Cup Day lunch.
Melbourne Cup on Points: the quick answers
When is the Melbourne Cup in 2026?
Tuesday 3 November 2026, the first Tuesday in November. The race starts at 3pm in Melbourne (AEDT), which is 2pm in Queensland, and the day is a public holiday across most of Victoria.
What should I wear to the Melbourne Cup?
Cup Day is traditionally bright and bold: a colourful race day dress or suit, a fascinator or headpiece, and heels or wedges that cope with the grass. Most of it is exactly what a gift card covers.
Can I pay for my Melbourne Cup outfit with points?
That's what Mavitra is for. It pools the points you have in programs like Qantas, Velocity, Flybuys and Everyday Rewards into one balance and turns them into gift cards for the outfit, the shoes or the lunch. Mavitra is in early access: register your interest to get in first.
Hosting a Melbourne Cup lunch at home?
Jess did. Put the lunch on points too: a supermarket or dining gift card covers the high tea, the scones and the lemonade for the girls.
Points in. Gift cards out.
Your points could be your Cup Day outfit. Turn them into gift cards.
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