gobbledonk Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Jetstar are having a sale - full details on their website - date of my dummy booking is May 14, 2013 - not a particular fan of Jetstar, but this is a direct flight - no Darwin stopover BS - and you get into BKK shortly before 2100 hours, assuming Swampy and Jetstar are still operating by May next year. For me, the biggest attraction is the extra leg room - the Thai cabin crew on Jetstar flights to LOS are nothing to write home about but were polite enough on my last two flights with them. As Nok is often wont too say 'Up to you !' Booking Summary Total AUD $499.00 Departing $499.00 Fares Adult 1 x $433.84 Fees & taxes Adult 1 x $65.16 Optional Extras Baggage Adult 1 x $0.00 Value Bundles Adult 1 x $0.00 Total AUD $499.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Jetstar are having a sale - full details on their website - date of my dummy booking is May 14, 2013 - not a particular fan of Jetstar, but this is a direct flight - no Darwin stopover BS - and you get into BKK shortly before 2100 hours, assuming Swampy and Jetstar are still operating by May next year. For me, the biggest attraction is the extra leg room - the Thai cabin crew on Jetstar flights to LOS are nothing to write home about but were polite enough on my last two flights with them. As Nok is often wont too say 'Up to you !' Booking Summary Total AUD $499.00 Departing $499.00 Fares Adult 1 x $433.84 Fees & taxes Adult 1 x $65.16 Optional Extras Baggage Adult 1 x $0.00 Value Bundles Adult 1 x $0.00 Total AUD $499.00 You have to get to Melbourne ..first ...that is a horror right there :neener:and looks like carry on only?...no good for us ...we are bringing over sixty k back from BKK from this little jaunt TG for us.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 just had a look and the business fare (499 there 470 back) includes the following - which is probably why it is listed as $0 on gobbles summary. Wide leather seat 2 X 10kgs carry on baggage 30kg checked baggage allowance No fees for date, time, name, origin & destination changes (fare difference applies) Personal entertainment system Meals, drinks and unlimited snack bar Free standard seat selection Comfort pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted June 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Scratch my earlier comment re legroom, at least based on this: Jetstar business class review I can live with the rest, but my experience with 'premium' seating is that it tends to be gone long before I get anywhere near the booking page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 38" pitch is very lousy for business class! http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Jetstar/Jetstar_Airbus_A330-200.php for comparison: TG has 50' pitch in business class and 32' in economy on airbus A330! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted June 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Agree that its crap, but thats the Jetstar brand - ironic that QANTAS are one of the more expensive full-service airlines, but they seem to have modelled their budget offering on Aeroflot. The whole seat pitch thing has annoyed the living shit out of me for years - the ideal economy passenger appears to be 4' tall and 50kgs - given that the majority of planes are designed in the US or Europe, that is hilariously out-of-whack with reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Agree that its crap, but thats the Jetstar brand - ironic that QANTAS are one of the more expensive full-service airlines, but they seem to have modelled their budget offering on Aeroflot. The whole seat pitch thing has annoyed the living shit out of me for years - the ideal economy passenger appears to be 4' tall and 50kgs - given that the majority of planes are designed in the US or Europe, that is hilariously out-of-whack with reality. All I can say is, I agree. The concept that they only have to cater for the 50% of people below the average weight/height/build is risible. If hospital beds, or classroom chairs, or clothes were only designed for those 5'8" tall and 70Kg or less, there'd be an uproar. I'm not one of those guys that needs a fork lift to leave my house, I'm smaller than most rugby players, but bigger than most strivellings (not a real word but should be). Yet I pay money to be discomforted on airlines (and the bus from hell from VTE to Ha Noi see separate post in somewhere). I've flown business class, good, is what it is. But I don't care about all the fripperies, it's just a few inches of space. The airline, that can figure out how to give cattle class fares, a decent seat, will be a winner, no issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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