- Virgin Australia has extended the Middle Seat Lottery until Sunday 9 July 2023, following overwhelming popularity of the competition.
- The airline will include a new prize pool worth over $45,000, with one lucky winner chosen each week of the competition from guests seated in middle seats on eligible Virgin Australia flights who enter the competition.^
- Virgin Australia has also revealed feedback from customers whose perceptions of sitting in the middle seat have changed.
(October 2022)
OF LATEST WINNER (Adventure seeker, Harrison, from Tasmania)
Thursday 27 April 2023: Following a record number of entries since launching in October 2022, Virgin Australia has this week extended its world-first Middle Seat Lottery competition until 9 July 2023^, with more amazing prizes up-for-grabs just for sitting in the middle seat.
Over 240,000 Virgin Australia guests have entered the competition since launching six months ago, with media coverage of the airline’s first new major customer innovation reaching all four corners of the globe.
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