The airline has extended the time passengers have to use their international flight credits as borders remain closed.
The carrier moved at breakneck pace on Wednesday afternoon to reveal it would also sell tickets between Sydney and Melbourne for just $49.
Rex has launched $49 Sydney–Melbourne sale tickets days after Virgin and Qantas’ own sale charged considerably more.
Premier Daniel Andrews says his state won’t take as many returned travellers as NSW because his quarantine system has “higher standards”.
Victorian Emergency Services Minister Lisa Neville has said the state will only increase its arrival cap numbers if it is “safe to do so”.
Qantas has trumped Virgin with a significantly more generous policy waiving the fees passengers have to pay to rebook flights.