Originally Posted by RENURPP
jetstar fares are not much different to Qantas, just the quality has changed.
Dunno where you get that idea.
As an example on BNE-DRW Jetstar's Saver fares starts at $174 with most seats below $250 (though the last Saver seats are $400). The Flex fare is $449. Qantas on the same route is $233-340 for discount Y right up to $603 for flexible Y and $830 for full Y. Quite a difference. The fares are MUCH cheaper in each category on Jetstar.
Comfort-wise the JQ 320s seats are wider and softer and there is far more locker space over a QF 738. The difference in legroom between JQ 320s and QF 738s is marginal (around half an inch) and in some rows the same. On a 3-4 hour flight I imagine that these things become noticeable. I say this as it has been a comment by friends and family in Darwin (my hometown). Though they all hate the free seating/boarding - doesn't everyone?