Re: Virgin Blue..............

[Ben Munro <sporologist@yahoo.com>]

Dave Proctor wrote:
> 
> "James C." <james_ccj@optusnetdotcomdotau> wrote in message
> 3ac04e76$0$25488$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au">news:3ac04e76$0$25488$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> >
> > "> <blatant plug> Thats why I fly VirginBlue from now on ... ;-) </blatant
> > > plug>
> >
> > I tried it last month and
> >
> ............................................................................
> > ..............................................I love it
> >
> >
> > <Insert flames here>
> 
> Ok, if you insist.
> 
> I am flying from Sydney to Melbourne tomorrow (oops, looks at the time, I
> mean today) on Qantas, and will be getting 990 frequent flyer points. As a
> Qantas Club member, I will be arriving about 3 hours before my return
> flight, and will be drinking bourbon and coke for a lengthy period prior to
> departure. My return fare? $76.34, including GST, noise levy and GST on the
> noise levy.
> 
> And to cap it all off, with the changes to the Qantas Freuent Flyer Program
> effective 15/9, if I make one of these trips a month between now and next
> January, I will have enough points to upgrade my trip to London (ex SYD on 6
> Feb, return ex LON on 21 Feb) next year from discount cattle class to
> Economy - and it only would have cost me about $700 (I only paid $1400 for
> the Sydney to London airfare, so I will be able to get a business class
> airfare for around $2200).
> 
> Dave

Then when Virgin/Impulse go belly up, the price of your Qantas flights
will rise back to where they were previously.