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DJ Premium Economy- Controversial
I found this on Skytrax, I think it will create some good discussion in terms of how useless this product is.
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I also have a friend who did SYD-PER, full sector, and she was the only premium economy guest, and in the only other PE Virgin put someone who obviously wasn't a PE guest, and when questioned, he only paid a $109 Happy hour fare. She paid $960, some of it was used as a voucher, but that is still not the point.. If Virgin want the corporate traveller/PE paying guest, they cant keep this up. The price is also overinflated...fancy paying nearly $2000 SYD-PER-SYD and get this treatment... In my opinion, the front 4 seats should just be PE, not transferable to normal economy, and what sells in each zone, is what sits in that zone. |
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Re: DJ Premium Economy- Controversial
I don't know - on QF people complain about not getting upgrades and the seats being empty!
BUT, perhaps if DJ are going to 'upgrade' people into these seats then they need to look at who they are upgrading. QF use status, and maybe DJ needs to look at the same.
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Re: DJ Premium Economy- Controversial
Sheesh it's a dangerous business asking people what they've paid on planes. A few years back I paid $180 for return flights MEL-SYD-CFS. So arguably each sector cost $45. And was upgraded to J on the MEL-SYD and SYD-MEL sectors, yet I am sure a person who'd paid $400-$500 for the privilege of sitting in J wouldn't have been happy had they known that.
And what we don't know did the other PE guests have status with DJ and was the remainder of the cabin overbooked? Why should DJ be berated for something that is normal practice on many airlines with some form of premium cabin. And as for the comment "The free food is exactly the same as everybody else gets off their inflight menu", well der that's what it says in the advertising. The main difference is that everyone else is paying for it. It does highlight how spoilt we are in this part of the world, I have flown business class on BA & IB in Europe, and I've flown DJ on a PE promo (prior to the free food) and frankly PE is up there or probably better than the European version of J, with IFE (if it is working) and a wider variety/better quality food and drinks. BUt it doesn't seem to be getting the travellers in, as it isn't quite up there with QF J (except against QF's 734). Maybe a better strategy would be to charge say $75 (for shorter sectors) and $150 (for longer sectors) like they do with bluezones. Last edited by dajop; 28th January 2009 at 11:42 AM. |
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Re: DJ Premium Economy- Controversial
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A comparison to QF J on the same route - and food-wise you can expect; nuts, a bread roll, very small salad, choice of 2 main meals or 1 lighter option, small chocolate and small ice cream with biscotti or cheese or fruits. Realistically QF has a set menu, with little room for deviation or seconds! Where as on Virgin Blue, you might like - Italian-style Lamb Shank (hot dish), Vegetarian pasta (hot dish), 2 styles of sandwiches, a Chicken Caesar Wrap, Noodles, Soup, various chocolates, cookies, muffins, nuts & chips. Plus you can create as many courses as you like (pending them running out). So, in terms of comparative premium seat "food options", DJ is number 1 IMO. However, the way it is served on QF J, with table cloths set down, clean white napkins over the arms of black uniformed waiters and nice crockery (cutlery is ok too, except for the knife) is much more posh than DJ. Anyway, maybe it’s indicative that people who are willing to pay the premium price, aren’t being made to feel premium enough?! Last edited by comint; 28th January 2009 at 11:54 AM. |
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Re: DJ Premium Economy- Controversial
It's not a J product though, so that's never going to be a fair comparison.
I'll be the first to agree that DJ's domestic W product is not structured (or priced) as well as it could be - but you can't compare it to a true domestic J product. |
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As dajop points out, it is similar to many European carriers' business class. But I accept that DJ W was probably created to target QF full fare economy customers. However, that is problematic because for 10,000 points (4000 of which might be generated from the flight, status & paying with a selected credit card anyways) those passengers can upgrade to QF Business Class on MEL-PER! (i.e. just 6000 points* in real terms.) * and get QF J, which is so good, that you suggest it is incomparable to DJ W |
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Re: DJ Premium Economy- Controversial
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I was thinking the other day that maybe the high prices for Premium Economy are a result of including things that people don't need - lounge access for people who are already members, extra flexibility that people don't need, Foxtel channels that people don't want to watch. Would it be more profitable if it was offered as an add-on, like Blue Zone or extra luggage? Maybe it would devalue the product, but surely it would beat flying around with empty seats. Steve |
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