Virgin Australia is dramatically boosting the number of Reward Seats on its new flagship Boeing 777 flights from Sydney, Brisbane and Perth to Doha.
The airline says it has now “tripled” the Reward Seats offered in both business and economy class at the lowest number of Velocity frequent flyer points on all three routes, which launch across June.
(The specific start dates are Sydney-Doha on June 12, Brisbane-Doha on June 19 and Perth-Doha from June 25).
However, this booster doesn’t apply to Melbourne-Doha flights, which take off on December 1.
The additional Reward Seats on Virgin’s Sydney-Doha, Brisbane-Doha and Perth-Doha flights are available for fast-fingered frequent flyers to book from this morning, the airline says, for travel through to 10 December 2025.
And Executive Traveller has already spotted many Reward Seats on random dates across these routes, including the in-demand Sydney-Doha leg which turned up first try.
Combine this with an onwards leg on partner Qatar Airways from Doha to your final destination – most likely in Europe or the UK – and you’ll be sitting pretty.
One-way economy Reward Seats on Sydney-Doha and Brisbane-Doha come in at 56,000 Velocity Points, with a lower 42,000 Velocity Points for Perth-Doha (plus fees, taxes, and carrier charges).
One-way business class Reward Seats on Sydney-Doha and Brisbane-Doha cost 119,500 Velocity Points, or 89,500 Velocity Points for Perth-Doha (plus fees, taxes, and carrier charges).
“The tripling of Reward Seats available to our Velocity members between Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Doha means that international travel is more accessible than ever,” trumpets Nick Rohrlach, Chief Executive Officer of Velocity Frequent Flyer.
However, Virgin Australia has not revealed the total number of Reward Seats being unlocked on these flights, the baseline allocation from which the number has been tripled, or the split between business and economy Reward Seats in this ‘tripling’ of the overall allocation.
That said, it seems there’s now up to four business class seats earmarked as Reward Seats on each flight – and all of those business class suites are of course Qatar Airways’ Qsuite,
Virgin’s move follows criticism of rival Qantas over the lack of Classic Reward seats on the Red Roo’s international flights – especially recent claims of zero availability in business class for key routes to London and Paris throughout 2025 – in favour of the newer and more expensive Classic Plus option.
This article was originally published by Executive Traveller on 21st January 2025. View original.
