Jetstar or Virgin Blue

[echnidna]

Having just flown to Coolangatta by Virgin and returned by Jetstar I don't think I'll ever fly jetstar again , I reckon their service sucks.
What do you think?

[ozwinner]

For the extra coupla bucks, Ill stick with Qantas.


Al

[kiwigeo]

Qantas is an evil monopoly....go Virgin.

[echnidna]

Qantas is an evil monopoly....go Virgin.

All monopolies are evil

[bitingmidge]

All monopolies are evil

Why is there only one Monopolies Commission??

P
:confused: :confused: :confused:

[craigb]

I've not flown on either so can't vote.

Last domestic flight (to and from Melbourne) was Qantas.

It seemed o.k. but I wasn't paying.

[Zed]

I played monopoly once and I can attest it wasnt evil.

[Daddles]

I'll type a reply to this thread when my arms recover from all that flapping

Richard
actually, haven't flown in four years, five if you only count the times I used an aeroplane

[bitingmidge]

Qantas is an evil monopoly....go Virgin.

How can Qantas be a monopoly when there are other airlines in the market?

P

:confused:

[Zed]

midge, your a bit of a political ratbag incha ? you sure your not one of the left wing pinko's looking for something to protest about ? what is it this week ? land rights for gay whales ? eh ?????

[kiwigeo]

How can Qantas be a monopoly when there are other airlines in the market?

P

:confused:

Yes technically you have a point..perhaps I should have said a "government protected airline with an unfair advantage over its competitors".

Heres an example of what Im talking about...

A few years back I was working a job on an oil rig out on the north west shelf with the chopper support coming out of Karratha. With the current activity on the NW shelf as well as the huge numbers of tourists heading up that way there was an obvious need for the only major airline servicing the town to put on more flights. Our requests were ignored and we were eventually forced to fly our people in and out of Karatha using a WA based air charter service. What was the major airlines response to this.... they complained to a WA Member of Parliament that we were operating an air service in direct competition with them and we should be forced to go back to using their flights to move our people around.

[Grunt]

I tend to fly to Brisbane and Sydney for work at least mostly. I won't fly JetStar because they fly out of Avalon which is a bit too far from my place.

I went to Sydney a couple of months ago via Virgin and it worked fine. I wouldn't part with my hard earned to buy any drinks or food though. Only an hours flight anyway.

Last month I flew up to Brisbane with Qantas. I though ripper, get some free food and drinks. I did. A tiny unappetising muffin was the offering! Got a free juice I suppose.

For a 1 or 2 hour flight I don't give a toss who I fly with. Who ever is cheaper.

[Sturdee]

Why anyone would fly Jetstar is beyond my understanding. :confused:

You have to be there no later than 30 minutes before departure time. A friend of mine came 29 minutes before the scheduled departure time and was refused the flight and lost his money even though the plane took of 1 hour late because of a delay in Sydney. :mad:


Peter.

[Ashore]

Why anyone would fly Jetstar is beyond my understanding. :confused:

You have to be there no later than 30 minutes before departure time. A friend of mine came 29 minutes before the scheduled departure time and was refused the flight and lost his money even though the plane took of 1 hour late because of a delay in Sydney. :mad:


Peter.

Case in tassi Hobart airport man in the cueue with 40 minutes by the time he reaches counter its less than 30 minutes refused flight lost money

Jetstar no way



The trouble with life is there's no background music.

[Schtoo]

Who is Jetstar? What do they look like?

If they are any worse than Virgin, I'll make sure I run, not walk, the other way.


I spose I should give Virgin their due. Only time I have flown them was Adelaide to Melbourne, and it was a bus but at least it was a clean bus.

This was after coming out of Kansai, via Singapore on Singapore Airlines. Hitting Adelaide and leaving on a bus, well, a bit of a come down is a bit of an understatement...

I wouldn't fly Qantas again anyway. Last time I did, I paid nearly $2,000 to spend a broken 11 hours with my knees stuck in my ears on the oldest aircraft I have been on.

Code share pulls serious vacuum, especially when it costs that freakin' much. As a result, we try to avoid that mob on the likely chance we will get stuck on a JAL aircraft again.

If you gotta fly out, Singapore or Cathay are much better.

And on Singapore, you get more eye candy.