Velocity Platinum - any advantage when booking VA Doha flights?

[lisa31jane]

Is there any benefit to being Velocity Platinum when looking for J rewards seats on a VA numbered (not QR) flight to/from Doha?
From my research to date there doesn't seem to be (and availability is very sparse to non-existent) but wondered if there is a trick I didn't know? I know with QFF higher status it opens up more availability ... wasn;t sure if the same somehow applies with VA but I'm hoping my status counts for something beneficial in the fruitless J search

 

[ols]

No tricks.
Very egalitarian at Velocity, status does not affect selection.
J rewards out of Australia are becoming rarer than rocking horse poo.