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plug for qantas
Postby dirty_harry » Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:06 pm
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given the choice, would you rather share the roads with a woman texting in her four-wheel-drive, a manic truckie, a boy in a grey-import turbo, or a cyclist?
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Re: plug for qantas
Postby robsta » Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:49 am
Also, have used Jetstar both international and domestic and received similar levels of service.
Disclaimer. I'm just an ordinary chap who happens to fly a lot and apart from owning a few Qantas shares have no ties to them.
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Re: plug for qantas
Postby Comedian » Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:44 am
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Postby gdt » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:05 pm
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Postby The Womble » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:14 pm
As for the domestic services, I have had to say they are'nt any better. Mind you, Jetstar actually lost our plane last year in Sydney. We waited 2 hours for them to find it, and even the flight crew couldn't understand what was going on.
Might sound like a whinge and I'm not an Aussie, but I've flown on other airlines (BA, Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, JAL) so I am simply comparing good standards against the Aussies.
Virgin Pacific not a problem
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Re: plug for qantas
Postby CommuRider » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:22 pm
LolThe Womble wrote: Mind you, Jetstar actually lost our plane last year in Sydney. We waited 2 hours for them to find it, and even the flight crew couldn't understand what was going.
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Postby Comedian » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:24 pm
They have a shed load of dreamliners on order that have been delayed - not their fault.The Womble wrote:Qantas? Good? Last few times I flew on them the service was soso (didn't even get offered the meal and had to ask), and the planes were badly in need of an update. Looked shabby.
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Postby The Womble » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:26 pm
Yeah that was funny. The captain and co-pilot getting cranky and pacing around their luggage with the flight crew reading magazines with us passenger scumCommuRider wrote:LolThe Womble wrote: Mind you, Jetstar actually lost our plane last year in Sydney. We waited 2 hours for them to find it, and even the flight crew couldn't understand what was going.
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Postby tmac100 » Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:06 am
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Postby toolonglegs » Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:39 am
Now Emirates on the other hand!.
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Postby Aushiker » Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:03 pm
Hitoolonglegs wrote:You'll never convince me...launghaul I will never ever fly qantas if I am paying.
Pretty much the same for me ... only fly them when I have no choice ... one engine failure then left hanging in the air bridge (door locked on us)... , one 4:00 AM text saying flight was cancelled (yep that was it .... you are on your own buddy), really poorly managed transfers at Melbourne airport ... now prefer to fly Pacific or Singapore or Air New Zealand or Skywest and even Garuda over Qantas.
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Re: plug for qantas
Postby redned » Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:33 pm
Looked into this as I am going to Tas at Easter from Perth. New requirements don't come in until 1 June but:gdt wrote:If you currently use a Qantas Club or Gold frequent flyer card's "twice the usual luggage" benefit to transport your bike and a suitcase, then Qantas has announced that the benefit is ending. My calculation is that this will make Virgin the best domestic airline for flying with a bike. Qantas has been outstanding and I am sad that is coming to an end. I haven't looked into the freight options for Qantas -- the "may not travel on same flight" condition has scared me off.
1. Qantas Club or Gold FF can have one piece of checked luggage up to 32 kg. My boxed bike plus loaded panniers are generally about 27 kg (not camping), which means if I can get most of the pannier stuff into the box I will be okay (plus 7kg hand luggage)
2. For economy passengers the new rules will have one piece of checked luggage up to 23 kg but you can pre-purchase an additional piece of luggage up to 23 kg for $15 on domestic flights. This is a great cyclist option. In this situation, I would box the bike plus extras to about 23 kg and pay the $15 for one pannier, carrying the other (lighter) one as hand luggage.
It does say "The carriage of baggage is subject to space being available" but I think that it would be unlikley not to fly.
Doesn't work the same on international flights.
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Postby CommuRider » Wed Apr 13, 2011 5:49 pm
I have just checked flights to KL and I did not realise QANTAS really is now a low cost airline. All flights there are via Jetstar and if I take allied Malaysia airlines it's $3k with a flight that is longer by 5 hours. No wonder why Singapore has taken over market share with a return flight of $1.5K
Alan Joyce deserves to be CEO of Ryan Air. What a strong disincentive to take the national carrier.
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Postby AUbicycles » Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:35 pm
Etihad is IMO better - good leg room in cattle class though can be expensive. Don't know their policies on bikes though.
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Re: plug for qantas
Postby sogood » Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:06 pm
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