Virgin Australia Doubles Domestic Reward Flight Availability

As border restrictions begin to ease in some states, many Australians are dreaming of a much-needed domestic getaway. In response, Virgin Australia and Velocity Frequent Flyer have announced they will be expanding the reward seat availability across the network from today. The airline is set to double the number of Reward Seat and Any Seat destinations from 76 to 152 routes. This means that over 97% of all Virgin Australia routes now have reward availability. Plus, Virgin Australia has sweetened the news by reintroducing flight upgrades, as well as hotel and car hire redemption options.

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Book with confidence

Virgin Australia is continuing to give travellers additional flexibility by waiving fees to change or cancel your redemption booking before 1 September 2020. If you decide to cancel your flight, Virgin Australia says they will refund your points/cash to the original form of payment, excluding any booking or credit card fees. If you decide to change your flight, you may be subject to any fare increase.

Where can I fly?

From today, the following routes are available for reward bookings.

*Travel to this destination may require a connection.

How many points will I need?

Reward Seat bookings differ based on the mileage of your desired flight. Some examples of one-way Virgin Australia reward seat costs include:

• Sydney to Brisbane in Economy: from 7,800 Points + $39.30
• Perth to Broome in Economy: from 11,800 Points + $39.30
• Brisbane to Darwin in Economy: from 17,800 Points + $49.46

What about upgrading with points?

Good news! You can once again use your Velocity Points to score an upgrade with Virgin Australia. To do this, simply navigate to ‘Upgrade with Points’ or ‘Bid for an Upgrade’ within your booking.

Hotel and car hire redemptions

In addition to opening up flights for reward bookings, Velocity members can now use their points to book hotel stays, with more than 800,000 hotel rooms across over 15,000 Australian hotels now available for redemption bookings.

Europcar car hire bookings using points are also back from the end of July, meaning members can now use points to book their entire holiday! (FH suggests researching the cash value before using points to book car hire/hotels as this often represents poor value).