Virgin Australia flights to Doha now on sale

[justinbrett]

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Relatively good but not great.

Ah! I was looking at SYD not PER. That explains everything.

 

[SYD]

Ah! I was looking at SYD not PER. That explains everything.

Yeah, $9-$10k ex SYD. That’s a big pass. Even $7k ex PER is still pretty expensive thanks to the Oz “tax”.

I paid A$3k ex CGK for QR J for the trip I’m currently on.

 

[bernardblack]

I was looking at dates where the SYD vs PER premium was not significant. I found return J fares to FCO (low taxes makes it good for comparison) in October for about $8400 from PER and $8600 from SYD on the same dates.

 

[Brizz]

Haven't seen this posted anywhere - Virgin has a pretty detailed page on the new Doha flights, and FAQ and a bunch of other info that answers questions like:-

- when do reward seats go on sale
- what lounges are they using
- how do I select my seats
- etc

Virgin Australia Doha Flights

www.velocityfrequentflyer.com

 

[levelnine]

Confirms that reward seats are only available after the deval:

You will be able to book Reward Seats for these flights from 21 January 2025, for flights expected to commence June 2025 onwards (subject to regulatory approval). Reward Seats are subject to availability. Terms and conditions apply.

 

[WilsonM]

Haven't seen this posted anywhere - Virgin has a pretty detailed page on the new Doha flights, and FAQ and a bunch of other info that answers questions like:-

- when do reward seats go on sale
- what lounges are they using
- how do I select my seats
- etc

Virgin Australia Doha Flights

www.velocityfrequentflyer.com

Confirms that J on the VA flights does get Al Mourjan, which is good. Seems like the Platinum and Gold experience is largely the same though, except for a slightly different lounge in DOH...

 

[simmomelb]

Haven't seen this posted anywhere - Virgin has a pretty detailed page on the new Doha flights, and FAQ and a bunch of other info that answers questions like:-

- when do reward seats go on sale
- what lounges are they using
- how do I select my seats
- etc

Virgin Australia Doha Flights

www.velocityfrequentflyer.com

Great find re the lounges!

Although this is ridiculous re seating...

• How do I select my seat on my Virgin Australia flight between Australia and Doha?
  
  Please call our Contact Centres either at the time of booking or after a booking is made to select your seat.

Say I am travelling with a companion and I select 2 business class seats, yet there aren't 2 available that are together and I have paid, then what?
So before payment I need to call to see if 2 seats are available together, what decade is this again!
The fact that the booking page takes you to the seat selection page (which is pointless), then doesn't direct you to call them on the same page to confirm seating, shows they have poorly implemented this from a UI perspective.

 

[justinbrett]

Confirms that J on the VA flights does get Al Mourjan, which is good. Seems like the Platinum and Gold experience is largely the same though, except for a slightly different lounge in DOH...

Consistent with what is given to oneworld FFs. Even Beyond members get shunted to the WP lounge.