Re: the onboard 'snack' service...

I was surprised too about the free snack - I would say that since the flight is operated by Skywest for Virgin Australia that full service is provided... albeit a snack service!

I was on a cheap airfare and was treated the same as the flexi-fare passengers - although two passengers were seated by themselves in the front row - thinking back these could have been flexi-fare or high ranking Velocity members - possibly premium economy but I doubt that...

Cheers
Damian