To cut a long whine short; what I am advocating is, that on average VB fares are creeping back to what AN used to charge and yet you get a sh1ty seat, no service, no points, no nothing.
Translation: You get what you pay for.
So to use your own methodology today's DJ fare of $700 minus yesterday's Ansett fare of $550 means you owe Ansett staff $150.
Why was Ansett so 'cheap'? Because it ran at a loss, ripping off shareholders and employee entitlements so that people like you got a cheap fare. You can join the list of debtors together with Sir Selwyn Cushing, and his Singaporean cronies, together with Qwanny's Vaucluse sugar daddies.
Put your money where your mouth is - cough up.