Mick's post is too long to quote, but if you insist on flying Qantas you will pay top dollar, their prices don't appear to reflect what's going on in the 'market'
Got a couple of fares on Virgin out of Gold Coast to Melbourne return and those prices appear to be getting back to pre-covid levels, when competition and capacity were pumping, i.e. cheap. Virgin appear to be competing with Jetstar and REX. Qantas appear to be in their own little world, if their load factors are good, it says to me that they have rusted on customers that don't care what they pay. If Qantas can sustain that, good luck to them, but they won't get my dollar, do they give a rats? Doubt it, but neither do I.
When full competition and capacity return to international fares, QF are in strife, there are far superior product to theirs and Albanese can only hold on to this bull**** for so long.