Jetstar 1c fares and reduced fares for no carry-on

StevePER · #11 (**permalink**) 12th February 2008, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by The Age

The Tiger fares will be available on all its routes departing from Melbourne for travel between February and October this year.

The $10 Tiger fares are not available on all routes from Melbourne. How disappointing.

simongr · #12 (**permalink**) 12th February 2008, 08:27 PM

Care to elaborate? Did the fares sell out or not get offered?

stuartfaz · #13 (**permalink**) 12th February 2008, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by simongr

Care to elaborate? Did the fares sell out or not get offered?

I think MEL-PER was the only fare not on sale at $10.

There definetly was a sale on for the rest of the routes, excellent availability for some too. I booked a MEL-CBR-MEL for their first flights to the capital on Thursday at 10 bucks each.

Interesting/disappointing side note. TT were charging a $5 credit card surcharge, which I think is up on recent times. Other extras (like seat selection) seem to have risen too.

StevePER · #14 (**permalink**) 13th February 2008, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by stuartfaz

I think MEL-PER was the only fare not on sale at $10.

Correct - even MEL-DRW was on sale for $10, which is a longer flight.

Standby · #15 (**permalink**) 13th February 2008, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by StevePER

Correct - even MEL-DRW was on sale for $10, which is a longer flight.

All of which suggests PER is the only market they have reasonable forward bookings...Id suggest Tiger may be finding it a bit harder than they thought

Petch · #16 (**permalink**) 13th February 2008, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Standby

All of which suggests PER is the only market they have reasonable forward bookings...Id suggest Tiger may be finding it a bit harder than they thought

In my small experience of Tiger flights so far, I have not encountered an empty flight, in fact cabins have appeared 70% full or better.

May I suggest, that including Darwin in the specials (while Perth wasn't ) was more to do with keeping the deal real!

If it is $199.95 MEL-SIN
and $189.95 DRW-SIN
then charging MEL-DRW @ $9.95 seems quite a responsible thing to do!

Also, may I point out, the Tiger website -

coped with the traffic, (I only had to hit refresh a few times)
had broad ranging availability,
did not employ blackout or yield management trickery, based on fancy computer traffic predictions, just low fares on future days I might want to fly!

Tiger is successfully generating exposure in Melbourne, as the airline with the Real Deal, leaving Jetstar, in particular, cowering behind its smoke and mirror promotions. (Aside from the fact that "proud to call Melbourne home" is plastered across all Tiger's L1 doors.)

One other interesting point I want to make, is observing passengers seated at the back of the aircraft during disembarkation in Melbourne. Generally, they all get up and face forward, not expecting rear exit stairs... this means that if they have experienced interstate jet travel previously this century, it has probably been with Qantas (and NOT Virgin Blue nor Jetstar)!

simongr · #17 (**permalink**) 13th February 2008, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Petch

One other interesting point I want to make, is observing passengers seated at the back of the aircraft during disembarkation in Melbourne. Generally, they all get up and face forward, not expecting rear exit stairs... this means that if they have experienced interstate jet travel previously this century, it has probably been with Qantas (and NOT Virgin Blue nor Jetstar)!

Isnt it more likely that they had not experienced jet travel rather than were all ex-QFers?

I have to say hats off to TT - they seemed to make that sale work - simple and not too gimmicky - a bit of a result for them.

Petch · #18 (**permalink**) 13th February 2008, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by simongr

Isnt it more likely that they had not experienced jet travel rather than were all ex-QFers?

Interestingly, no... If they had no experience, there would be no preconception about how to exit an aircraft! (Other than how they got on.)

(Of course, my original comments relate to interstate jet travel, the experience could come from other sources. I tested this on my last flight, @ row 23, by standing up and facing backwards, as I knew that's how I would exit, but no one took my lead and turned around! If you have flown Virgin Blue, or to a lesser extent Jetstar*, those airlines' frequent flyers behaviour is different when it comes to offloading from the rear. *Jetstar changed its rear exit policy, at major airports, quite a while ago - to front only.)