Qantas 7 Day Dom Sale-but Bpay Only.
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Just received the usual email from Qantas advertising their 7 day domestic flight sale as hereunder, however, if you note that you must pay by BPAY to get the sale price meaning if you don't do internet banking you can't take advantage of the sale. Further wording states, "Prices are internet only"
Domestic Sale on Now
Seats on sale until midnight (AEDT) Thursday 8 March 2007 or until sold out.
These one-way specials are valid for travel from Tuesday 24 April 2007 until Thursday 21 June 2007.
Hurry - seats are limited.
Prices are valid for online e-ticket bookings made at least 7 days before departure by BPAY.
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I havent seen the offer, but from what you posted it doesn't seem to imply that it is BPAY only, just that the prices given are based on paying by BPAY and that the credit card surcharge would apply if paid by credit card
from the QANTAS site under specials, it states for specials listed there
Quote:
Originally Posted by Qantas
Price includes charges/taxes for the most direct route. Valid for online e-ticket bookings made at least 7 days before departure by BPAY. The price for non-direct travel may vary as charges/taxes depend on itinerary selected. Credit card payments attract a fee of A$4.40 per passenger per booking
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Re: Qantas 7 Day Dom Sale-but Bpay Only
There's another discrepancy in the text quoted by Maca. The sale ends on the 8th March for travel 24 Apr-21 June yet the conditions say the price is valid for bookings made at least 7 days before departure. In fact it's impossible to book these fares less than 46 days before departure so the 7 days becomes irelevant.
Like the Bpay condition, I think these are standard conditions thrown in without any thought as to how they apply to the current sale.
Here are the full sale conditions which include the credit card fee mentioned by Dave.
Quote:
Important Information Travel dates are from 24 April 2007 to 21 June 2007. Prices are correct as at 28 February 2007 but may fluctuate due to changes in surcharges, fees and taxes. Prices are internet only. Travel is one way in Economy. Sale ends midnight(AEDT) Thursday 8 March 2007. Credit card payments attract a fee of A$4.40 per passenger per booking. A$27.50 more per passenger per booking via Qantas Telephone Sales, Qantas Travel outlets and Qantas Airport locations. Airfares are non-refundable. Some changes permitted at a charge. Limited availability. Some flights operated by Qantas regional airlines.
Other conditions apply see qantas.com for details.
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There's another discrepancy in the text quoted by Maca. The sale ends on the 8th March for travel 24 Apr-21 June yet the conditions say the price is valid for bookings made at least 7 days before departure. In fact it's impossible to book these fares less than 46 days before departure so the 7 days becomes irelevant.
Like the Bpay condition, I think these are standard conditions thrown in without any thought as to how they apply to the current sale.
I disagree. The terms may become applicable if the sale is extended, for example, or more allowable travel dates get added. By having that in the T&Cs they can modify the sale without needing to rewrite the T&Cs that apply.
SYD – OOL $109/QF OR $49/JQ - (DJ @ $79)
SYD – ADL $129/QF OR $99/JQ - (DJ @ $115)
SYD – CNS $189/QF OR $129/JQ - (DJ @ $159)
SYD – HBA $149/QF OR $69/JQ - (DJ @ $99) All price at time of posting, as advertised on respective websites.
Makes you wonder why Qantas bothers with a “sale”? When it’s SYD-HBA sale price is soooo much higher than DJ’s non-sale lead in price! Still, at $49 (SYD-OOL top10route), JQ’s clawed back the "$55 DJ success" from the last load of sales!
I havent seen the offer, but from what you posted it doesn't seem to imply that it is BPAY only, just that the prices given are based on paying by BPAY and that the credit card surcharge would apply if paid by credit card
from the QANTAS site under specials, it states for specials listed there
The $4.40 fee for credit card is also mentioned in the email under Important Information.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca44
Further wording states, "Prices are internet only"
As for the Internet Only bit mentioned by Maca44, this is covered by the $27.50 extra if you do it any other way.
I am not sure that these conditions are any different to recent sales that QF have had.
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SYD – OOL $109/QF OR $49/JQ - (DJ @ $79)
SYD – ADL $129/QF OR $99/JQ - (DJ @ $115)
SYD – CNS $189/QF OR $129/JQ - (DJ @ $159)
SYD – HBA $149/QF OR $69/JQ - (DJ @ $99)
I wonder how much benefit QF gets from these sales. I make bookings based on where and when I want to go somewhere ; if there happens to be a sale on, I get the fare cheaper but Im not going to take a flight because of the sale. I wonder how many people out there go "oooh... a sale, I must book a flight"
Sales change my behaviour at the margins. Where I have a choice of airlines and one is cheaper (thanks to sale) than another I am more likely to choose that airline. For status runs a decent sale is the difference between buying or not buying the ticket. Given loads on NZ domestic it isn't a given that QF would sell the seat at a higher price.
I wonder how much benefit QF gets from these sales. I make bookings based on where and when I want to go somewhere ...
Interesting point! Best visualisation I can give you – those who shop before Xmas, and those who shop after…
Both situations, bustling with activity! (Those who shop before - buy when they need, and those after - buy when they can. Both customer types generate extremely profitable Decembers for many retail outlets!)
Perhaps I may rephrase your question by removing the QF, and replacing it with QAN?
Last edited by d15.in.oz; 2nd March 2007 at 01:25 PM.
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