If you’re looking to fly on Virgin Australia anytime soon, today’s the day to book with a Halloween deal. The airline is adding 600,000 Economy reward seats and discounting domestic Tier 1 reward seats by 15%.
Halloween sale: 15% off Economy reward seats
| Booking period: 10:01am AEST 31 Oct 2023 to 10:01am AEST 7 Nov 2022. |
Starting from 10:01am AEST (11:01am AEDT and 8:01am AWST), you can book selected Virgin Australia economy reward seat with Velocity Points for 15% off.
This includes VA-operated domestic flights for travel by 30 June 2024. Under the sale, Tier 1 reward seats will start from 5,200 pts + fees and taxes, one-way. (That pricing is a Tier 1 seat from Sydney to Melbourne, for example).
| Tier 1 (usual) | Tier 1 (15% discount) | |
| 1-600 miles (1) | 5,200 pts | |
| 601-1,200 miles (2) | 7,900 pts | |
| 1,201-2,400 miles (3) | 11,900 pts | |
| 2,401-3,600 miles (4) | 14,900 pts | |
| 3,601-4,800 miles (5) | 17,800 pts |
Not sure what we’re on about with the different tiers? Below is the current Velocity reward seat table for Virgin Australia domestic flights, including the lower Tier 1 pricing that applies to off-peak flights.
| One-way miles / Zone | Economy | Business | ||
| Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | ||
| 1 – 600 miles (1) | 6,200 pts | 7,800 pts | 9,900 pts | 15,500pts |
| 601 – 1,200 miles (2) | 9,400 pts | 11,800 pts | 14,900 pts | 23,500 pts |
| 1,201 – 2,400 miles (3) | 14,100 pts | 17,800 pts | 21,900 pts | 35,500 pts |
| 2,401 – 3,600 miles (4) | 17,600 pts | 22,300 pts | 27,500 pts | 49,500 pts |
| 3,601 – 4,800 miles (5) | 21,000 pts | 27,800 pts | 33,900 pts | 59,500 pts |
Tier 2 and 3 domestic reward seats + international reward seats are part of the broader release of 600,000 extra reward seats but are not part of the 15% discount. It’s still a great deal for anyone wanting to travel on Virgin Australia with family and friends, though.
Start your journey on the Virgin Australia website.
Bargain!
$799 one way Brisbane to Sydney no “meal” but a box of food with cornflaks and nuts, muffin.
“due to CoviD” i call BS Qantas are doing it well still
Also, VA’s business class fares on the SYD-BNE route currently start from $449 when on sale, and are $599-$799 when sale fares are gone. Qantas is at least $900 on any given day, so there’s that difference to take into account too, when looking at inclusions.
So good to have VA back.
The drinks were great (juice or water) but the snack was some vegan protein ball thing unfortunately (massive fat grams and not a particularly good taste for all those calories).
Pity that the 1% have to ruin snacks for the 99% – whatever happened to a bag of chips or nuts?
Regardless, it was a pleasure to see the smiling hosties and fly on the mostly politically incorrect skies 🙂
And the service up the front, even without much food / drink, is awesome – much better than QF.