Originally Posted by
dijical
I'm having no problems on Firefox, seems ok with chrome too.
finally worked.
Seems a little clunky. Needs to click on a date & then confirm that date (why 2 clicks), pick a far then confirm it (another 2 clicks)
So Mon 1 MAR
SYD/MEL 0710/0850
+
MEL/SYD 1700/1830
for $198
Obviously 1 MAR is 3 months away & won't be any $198 return fares left soon, but wonder what QF/VA doing same dates ?
Bet there will be a lot of bosses saying book that day trip to MEL or SYD earlier to save big bucks.
So know they have to fly months out, some few days out, but the simple answer to saving big dollars is to book a long way ahead.
Also noticed
which is a good idea to have it mentioned up front. $55 is nothing to most business people
QF not matching, which seems crazy. For same flights as above QF $199 + $135.
Ok so Rex might not have many seats at this price, but QF have none.
VA $119 each way for same flights.
What are people at QF/VA doing ? Are they asleep ?
retail 101 - match the opposition in price. No one except each airline & travel agents know how many seats at that price, but it's giving a free leg up to Rex. (travel agents can see 7 or 9 seats max, but if they book 7 or 9 they can see how many more - they could book any number & simply cancel them at no cost to them, but if they did it too often QF/VA might ban them as a Rex stooge)
Was once trying to corner the market on sale fares to LAX (needed around 20 seats). Contacted travel agent & they "found" 18 cheap seats, by booking 9, then another 9, then none left. They said they could hold them for day or so, but when they cancelled them, they might not reappear. (some airlines apparently make it easy to make name changes on bookings not paid for, other don't allow it at all)
Expect on tonights news, stories about Rex's SYD/MEL/SYD fares cheaper than QF & VA & lots of them (whatever lots means)
Wake up QF/VA yield managers.