ODU - Jetstar Starclass
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I know my next JQ flight is ages away, being JQ3 25/11/08 SYD-HNL, but can everyone reading this thread try not to book onto this flight so I may have a crack at a paid upgrade!
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I know my next JQ flight is ages away, being JQ3 25/11/08 SYD-HNL, but can everyone reading this thread try not to book onto this flight so I may have a crack at a paid upgrade!
Looks heavily booked already
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The two SYD-HNL flights I have been on with JQ have been heavily booked so make sure you are first in line as there may only be 1 or 2 * class seats available.
In contrast the several Asian JQ flights I've travelled on have been at most 50% full with * class virtually empty.
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A bit primitive but I just completed a dummy booking for 32 x starclass seats for 25/11/08 SYD-HNL and it was available. I then tried 33 starclass seats but it said sold-out.
So there are 32 available starclass seats at this stage - out of a total of 38 starclass seats.
Currently sitting in Premier Club lounge at HNL awaiting my HA flight to LAS in a few hours time.
Flew from SYD on JQ3 Thursday night and got the ODU I wanted... Following are some observations and details of a lengthy conversation with the CSM on duty for the JQ checkins.
Arrived at SYD T1 at 2.20pm, over 3.5hrs before check-in and there was close to 30 people already lined up.... after doing a scout around, most, actually all of them looked like holiday makers and prob not in the know about ODU's or not really in a situation to pay for an upgrade as they were mostly family groups of 4+.
I checked with the ticketing desk/CSM and she said ODU's were available, and they were now $400... Yeouch...
Anyways, to cut a long story short, the CSM said that ODU's had increased from $250 to $300 about 6-9 months ago, then up to $350 a few months back... only in the past few weeks have they been told $400 and no less.
Apparently the frequency of being asked for an ODU is daily now on most JQ international sectors.
The CSM didnt think there would be any more rises in the cost of these in the near future, however the more people that ask for them will dictate any price increases.
I will add to this more later in a trip report, going to sit back and enjoy some chill out time in the HA lounge...
btw, paying the $400 for 2A was well worth it.... and even though economy was pretty much full, the CSM locked out the seat I was originally assigned so the minister of war and finance had one of only a handfull of empty seats next to her... Win/Win IMO
I checked with the ticketing desk/CSM and she said ODU's were available, and they were now $400... Yeouch...
If people continue to book cheap airfares, try to get ODU to * Class and post their experiences on public forums then I would expect the ODU to * Class to cost a lot more in the future.
Just look at what has happened to domestic * Class in the last few months....
I think once the costs is anything higher than $400 it will rule ME out from applying for an ODU, because I won't see the value from the $400+.
Yes you get FFmiles & SCs but when travelling in pairs the cost of more than $800 for an ODU can pay for 2-3 nights at a Waikiki beachfront hotel plus many varieties of cheescakes from The Cheesecake Factory.
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