Velocity business rewards to/from DPS

[mjward55]

Does anyone know what business seats Virgin are releasing on this route. As soon as seats were available for early Feb24 I searched various routes ex Aust (including new OOL route) and dates and couldn’t find any availability. I was speaking to Virgin last week for a particular flight and they said all reward seats were taken. I thought this was not credible so did some dummy bookings for 8 seats and all seats are still available. I know this is a popular route but seems to go against the policy of releasing 2 business seats for each flight. There are plenty of economy seats available.
Would love to know if when Virgin will release seats, if at all.

 

[AIRwin]

This AFF article may be relevant:

Article: Reward Seat Release Patterns Have Changed Fundamentally

Reward Seat Release Patterns Have Changed Fundamentally is an article written by the AFF editorial team: https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/reward-seat-release-patterns/ You can leave a comment or discuss this topic below.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[jase05]

I know this is a popular route but seems to go against the policy of releasing 2 business seats for each flight

Is there such policy?
I wouldn’t have thought they aren’t under any obligation to release award seats especially when they are able to sell them easily.

 

[Gold Member]

I’ve noticed from about 3 months ago that all Virgin business rewards have been zeroed, at least for the flights I’ve been looking at and for various months of departure.

I’m pretty sure it’s just Bain maximising profits on seats that they believe they can sell. Even the price of business paid fares have increased immensely compared to pre-Covid.

 

[antycbr]

My partner and I scored 2 business awards SYD-DPS 22 December. That’s prime time peak departure out of Australia at the end of the working year, so it is possible.

 

[AIRwin]

My partner and I scored 2 business awards SYD-DPS 22 December. That’s prime time peak departure out of Australia at the end of the working year, so it is possible.

When did you book?

 

[antycbr]

When did you book?

Basically at the full range of Sabre - 330 days. I understand that VAs award releases may have changed since then.