In July this year my wife and I are travelling to London from Sydney. Usually I would book my Domestic flights from Mackay on Velocity points flying Business Class but when I attempted to, I found that I could not get Business Reward seats. There were Business Class seats available but the point cost was astronomical. Far more than I would have spent in the past. This leads me to my question. Did I miss the announcement that Virgin was no longer issuing Business Reward seats?

As I have to get to Sydney to start our holiday it looks like I'll have to pay for my seats and given that QANTAS business class fare is almost the same as Virgins and as they have a Business Class lounge in Mackay (Virgin closed theirs) I can see my 20+ years as a Virgin flyer coming to an end.