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Old 13th May 2008, 09:55 AM
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Expensive? Mate, you should have been flying around 20 years ago! That was expensive!
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Old 13th May 2008, 11:34 AM
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Expensive?
Suprising prices though, say AVV-SYD
Jetsaver $79
JetFlex $229

Bit pricey, just interested if some people take up JetFlex fare. I guess its good for business travellers
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Old 13th May 2008, 03:14 PM
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We payed $449 one way MEL-PER but had no choice.

QF was $600+ !
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Old 13th May 2008, 04:17 PM
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Rhys, did you try Tiger? I would be surprised if they charged that much except at short notice on busy days!
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Old 13th May 2008, 09:18 PM
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Rhys, did you try Tiger? I would be surprised if they charged that much except at short notice on busy days!
Well it was something similar...decided to go with JQ...FF points, plus it was a good flight anyway. And couldnt really justify $400 for a ticket on tiger.

It was the 2nd last day of school holidays in april, so the airlines obviously up the prices (capacity too, but meh).
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Old 13th May 2008, 09:54 PM
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Thanks Brendan for your lengthy but informative response. In the end I have not bothered to try for an exit row, but I did use the check in facility. Funny thing though...When I booked I chose 6A and 6B and when I checked in it had us down as having 4E and 4F!

Anyway I left it at that...closer to the front!
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Old 13th May 2008, 11:33 PM
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No problem Peter. Well at least the engines sound better forward of the wing.

And Lukas, regarding JetFlex, I would say it ranges from about 4-10 passengers per flight that present at the boarding gate with a JetFlex boarding pass. That's just going from rough memory - I'm tearing those boarding passes so quickly and just have enough time to check the essentials like flight number/destination but I do occasionally catch the "JETFLEX" printed at the top.

Generally though I see more JetFlex pax on our heavy business traveller routes like MEL-HBA, AVV-SYD (for the business folk in the outer west or Geelong) or even MEL-OOL because the usually Qantas-travelling suits have to jump on Jetstar and either have their ticket paid for by their company or need to have a fully flexible ticket. Most times on a Hobart the overwing exit rows look like business class.
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Old 18th May 2008, 12:24 PM
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Got back today, great trip to Tassie. Gee those seats are tight man, dunno how the bigger people cope. I didn't bother checking in online on the way back this morning, got to the airport check in and he offered me the exit row straight away!! Plenty of room this time.
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