Comments on: Top LIJ posts in 2008 http://luiyuming.com/top-lij-posts-in-2008/ A gal from the Lion City stuck at a watering hole called Tokyo Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:25:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: chris http://luiyuming.com/top-lij-posts-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 chris Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:02:44 +0000 http://luiyuming.com/?p=361#comment-1308 Not to mention that if you fly Jetstar to Melb you land next to a paddock of cows, in the middle of nowhere, a 40 min bus ride (have to pay for it of course) from the city. Of course, when the oil price goes up, the fuel surcharge (which now make up a large proportion of the fare) goes up nearly instantly, but when the fuel price goes down, the surcharge is always lowered very slowly.... Not to mention that if you fly Jetstar to Melb you land next to a paddock of cows, in the middle of nowhere, a 40 min bus ride (have to pay for it of course) from the city.

Of course, when the oil price goes up, the fuel surcharge (which now make up a large proportion of the fare) goes up nearly instantly, but when the fuel price goes down, the surcharge is always lowered very slowly….

]]> By: yuming http://luiyuming.com/top-lij-posts-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1305 yuming Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:10:26 +0000 http://luiyuming.com/?p=361#comment-1305 Yes, I've to remember you get what you pay for. Well, the kangaroo and I don't usually fly Jetstar internationally but it seems this festive season has ridiculously high airfares (double the price of last year's Xmas period). The kangaroo speculated that the airlines buy their fuel six months in advance so it's only six months later that these rates will reflect in the air ticket prices. Virgin Blue and Virgin America are pretty gd budget airlines. Richard Branson knows what he's doing, I guess! Yes, I’ve to remember you get what you pay for.

Well, the kangaroo and I don’t usually fly Jetstar internationally but it seems this festive season has ridiculously high airfares (double the price of last year’s Xmas period). The kangaroo speculated that the airlines buy their fuel six months in advance so it’s only six months later that these rates will reflect in the air ticket prices.

Virgin Blue and Virgin America are pretty gd budget airlines. Richard Branson knows what he’s doing, I guess!

]]> By: chris http://luiyuming.com/top-lij-posts-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1304 chris Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:59:24 +0000 http://luiyuming.com/?p=361#comment-1304 Well, you know that Jetstar is a cheapo airline, so you can't expect all that much from them - and they are related to Qantas too. Though my brother and his gf flew to and from Japan with them ok just recently. I turned up 20 mins before a domestic flight was supposed to leave, and they wouldn't let us on. Virgin Blue do, but Jetstar wouldn't, so had to buy another ticket - not on Jetstar. Haven't flown with them again. Well, you know that Jetstar is a cheapo airline, so you can’t expect all that much from them – and they are related to Qantas too. Though my brother and his gf flew to and from Japan with them ok just recently.

I turned up 20 mins before a domestic flight was supposed to leave, and they wouldn’t let us on. Virgin Blue do, but Jetstar wouldn’t, so had to buy another ticket – not on Jetstar. Haven’t flown with them again.

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