Can I Use Reward Points for Upgrading My Domestic Flights to Business Class on Virgin and Qantas?

For Virgin Australia domestic flight, all Velocity members travelling in an eligible fare class (excluding Economy Lite fares) can request an upgrade to Business Class.

This is on Australia Domestic flights (except Christmas Island and Cocos Island) operated by Virgin Australia with a VA flight number. The request can be made online any time after you have purchased until a few hours prior to the scheduled flight departure time.

If there are no upgrades available when you request you might be able to go on a waitlist.

For more details, you can check here.

For Qantas domestic flights, we can upgrade Classic Flight Reward,  Discount Economy and Flexible Economy flights.
a) Discount Economy includes Red e-Deal fares booked in M, L, V, S, N, Q, O and E classes, and Group fares booked in G class; and
b) Flexible Economy includes Flex fares booked in Y, B, H and K classes.

For Qantas international flights, we can upgrade Classic Flight Reward, Economy and Flexible Economy flights.
a) Economy includes classes G, K, L, M, S and V; and
b) Flexible Economy includes classes B, H and Y.

 For more details, you can check here.