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Old February 26th, 2004, 07:31 PM
Tony Bailey
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"David Bennetts" wrote in message
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THey intend to use Richmond for Sydney, again fine if you live in the
western suburbs but very inconveniently located if you want to go to

central
Sydney.



This has now been canned (it would be too much of a political liability -
remember "Sydney doesn't need a second airport"?)

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Old February 26th, 2004, 10:38 PM
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"Scott Howard" wrote in message
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David Bennetts wrote:
And Jetstar, being a Qantas subsidiary, add a charge for using a credit

card
to make a booking, without giving any alternative for the special fares.


They _do_ give an alternative - you can pay using direct deposit with
internet banking and there is no additional charge.

Scott.


Thanks, that's good to know. But you can't see that on their website,
presumably you have to go through the booking process until that becomes
clear. It rankles with me that Qantas impose charges to use a credit card
whereas virtually all other businesses I deal with don't.

Regards

David Bennetts




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Old February 26th, 2004, 10:51 PM
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"A Mate" wrote in message
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Sheesh!! $29+ still not cheap enough!!

Price competition has proved fatal to smaller operators in Australia

before.
Virgin Blue is now a separate corporate entity; listed on the Austr Stock
exchange. Qantas has the deeper pockets of the two!


Obviously fares at $29 are not sustainable in the longer term, and this is a
promotional gimmick for the introduction of Jetstar services. I'm not
complaining about the fare, far from it, it's great that many people who
otherwise could ill afford to fly are encouraged to do so.

Past start-ups of budget airlines in Australia have been un-successful
because they have had to compete with two majors, TAA/Australian/Qantas and
Ansett, who could match or better their budget fares for a while to make
them financially unviable. The same business tactics were employed on the
international market to drive Sir Freddy Laker's Skytrain out of business.
Now Ansett's gone, there is only one "full-service" domestic operator.
Virgin Blue is now well established with around 30 aircraft, so it won't
flounder like the previous under-capitalised attempts to establish a budget
operation, eg Compass. Qantas has to be careful that in establishing
Jetstar that it doesn't withdraw too much of the market that may swing over
to the low cost operation, a lot of businesses are now looking to cut costs
and if they lose much of the lucrative business travel part of their
operation to Jetstar it will affect their overall profitability.

Regards

David Bennetts


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Old February 27th, 2004, 12:40 AM
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are you trying to tell us something?

Roger Martin wrote:
Anyone visiting Aus during May and June should checkout the Virgin Blue and
Qantas airfares - $23 between most major centres. Total of 300,000 tickets
are on sale, first in first served.


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Old February 27th, 2004, 01:17 AM
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So, which airline will go broke first ? ))))


"Roger Martin" wrote in message
...
Anyone visiting Aus during May and June should checkout the Virgin Blue

and
Qantas airfares - $23 between most major centres. Total of 300,000 tickets
are on sale, first in first served.

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Old February 27th, 2004, 03:17 AM
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"David Bennetts" wrote in message
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Thanks, that's good to know. But you can't see that on their website,
presumably you have to go through the booking process until that becomes
clear. It rankles with me that Qantas impose charges to use a credit card
whereas virtually all other businesses I deal with don't.



And if QF hasn't long ago negotiated a credit card fee well under 1%,
someone there deserves to be taken out and shot.

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Old February 27th, 2004, 10:12 PM
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And if QF hasn't long ago negotiated a credit card fee well under 1%,
someone there deserves to be taken out and shot.

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Mercury Travel Books

With Jetstar you're paying a flat fee of $2 to use a credit card, so the
Qantas subsidiary is charging a damn sight more than 1% on the transaction
here for a $29 fare. Most likely Qantas have negotiated a fee well under 1%
and they're creaming the difference off their customers. I guess if the
fare was over $200 you'd come out in front with a flat fee of $2, but that
is of course presuming that 1% is what it's costing Qantas to use the credit
card facilities - which is highly unlikely with their volume sales - agree
that if they do pay 1% someone in Qantas deserves to be shot.

Regards

David Bennetts


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Old July 30th, 2004, 05:41 AM
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On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:47:12 +1100, dave
wrote:

Hi Karen,
I too are planning a holiday to NZ but not until March/April of

2005.
However I have found an excellent website that might be of some help
to you. They have some great driving holidays outline in detail.
Enjoy your trip.
www.purenz.com


www.aaguide.co.nz

is another site you may find useful.

Cath
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