They should have had this open to all travellers, I think it will back fire.  

Very Good Points, I wonder if Virgin will retain all those QF travellers long term with no P1 / LifeTime Gold. People are already whinging about the full lounges, no food in business class.

@stmaus I fly those routes Sydney -Brisbane and Sydney - Gold Coast, 12 times a year.

I'm going to fly Virgin on Sydney -Brisbane and Sydney - Gold Coast which will get myself 1800 status credits for the year (2 Platinum Cards). Then Qantas on the other routes for the year, considering VA aren't flying direct to places like Townsville till July 2022 that will work for me fine. 

Taking a punt 0.01% of VA flyers would be able to use the new club lounge? While Qantas has been giving P1’s access to the chairman lounge?