Upgrading to business -Jetstar

[JoshXR]

Hey all,

Just wondering if anyone has upgraded to business at the time of check in on an international flight with jetstar ?

Will they try and sting you full rate or discounted ?

I've check online looks like our flight has plenty of capacity

Flying out to hawaii in 2 weeks...

[NTF6]

Originally Posted by JoshXR

Hey all,

Just wondering if anyone has upgraded to business at the time of check in on an international flight with jetstar ?

Will they try and sting you full rate or discounted ?

I've check online looks like our flight has plenty of capacity

Flying out to hawaii in 2 weeks...

Knowing Jetstar, everything is full rate, food, blankets, entertainment, drinks, luggage!

[JoshXR]

Originally Posted by NTF6

Knowing Jetstar, everything is full rate, food, blankets, entertainment, drinks, luggage!

Hmm,

Will be interesting too see how they go

I could buy 26 business tickets online assuming that they would be available seats...

I could also buy 50+ standard tickets..

[zilo]

Upgrading to Jetstar business class is like polishing a Terd, still remains a terd...

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by JoshXR

Hey all,

Just wondering if anyone has upgraded to business at the time of check in on an international flight with jetstar ?

Will they try and sting you full rate or discounted ?

I've check online looks like our flight has plenty of capacity

Flying out to hawaii in 2 weeks...

If you ask them they will probably ask for the full rate, if they ask you they may offer it to you at a reduced rate or free.

Regarding being upgraded (either free or at a discount), my travel agent friend tells me that they generally do it in the order of how much you paid for your ticket.

If you booked your ticket ages ago and paid a high / full price then you will be one of the first to asked or offered.

If, on the other hand you bought it last minute / during a sale / 'buy 1 get 1 free' etc then you really have no chance of getting anything.

The check in people can see what you paid for your flight, and what price bracket you fall under. Economy has several price brackets alone, which is why you may have people sitting next to you that could have paid 20% more or 30% less than you did.

And that is the general rule. Which is why I will probably never get an upgrade..

[richo77]

Originally Posted by zilo

Upgrading to Jetstar business class is like polishing a Terd, still remains a terd...

What if they sprinkled some glitter on it for you?

[TheSneakiness]

Originally Posted by richo77

What if they sprinkled some glitter on it for you?

Glittery terd.

[JoshXR]

Well rang up today and was quoted $4000 for all 4 of us 1 way... This is more than double the gap on what we paid for our tickets and the current business class sale price.. Oh well might try for s**ts and giggles at check in

[danzvtil]

when traveling alone I always checkin an hour early, have a yak and flirt with the checkin chick, and mostly get offered an exit aisle. Wont work if you are travelling with kids or are 10 mins before close.

[steve.zissou]

business is a rip (jet star in particular for what you get) just spring for the exit row upgrade - but man i hate jetstar (and they hate me after my last hawaii trip - went something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-VLtpSZh7o

now they play a warning about not drinking duty free booze on board (what did you think we were doing odering 60 cans of coke with ice).

[richo77]

Originally Posted by danzvtil

when traveling alone I always checkin an hour early, have a yak and flirt with the checkin chick, and mostly get offered an exit aisle. Wont work if you are travelling with kids or are 10 mins before close.

Check in online with an exit row and save yourself the hassle?

[mcnews]

Jetstar is the worst travel experience one could subject a human to. I would rather not go

[GT450]

Bumped my departure time from Sydney after Bathurst this year by an hour but at least they didn't shorten it. Should have never gone back after they also left four of us stranded in Adelaide with no accomodation some years back as they had cancelled my late flight home ( so they said ) .
I told them that's it, Virgin from now on and have already organised Virgin for the next Clipsal.
GT450

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by richo77

Check in online with an exit row and save yourself the hassle?

Some carriers will not allow you to book that seat - and if they do, there is a surcharge. My FIL just went through this last week actually.

When I was traveling alone I did exactly what danzvtil suggested.

You also need to agree to assist passengers if the plane crashes - I have scored the seat while on the plane after the people sitting there refused to agree to help passengers

[NTF6]

Originally Posted by steve.zissou

business is a rip (jet star in particular for what you get)

It can be on some planes but not when my wife and I got a free upgrade to business class on an Emirates flight from Dubai to Melbourne in 2009 (thank you very much $8500 seats) and the difference was huge, they wouldn't even let some of the others we were travelling with come up to our section but we could go down to cattle class, oops I mean economy.

I agree though Jetstar sucks big time, I got asked at the check-in counter when we were flying from Sydney to Patong on Jetstar if I wanted to upgrade to business and I said how much and they said some ridiculous number, I said no thanks.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

You also need to agree to assist passengers if the plane crashes - I have scored the seat while on the plane after the people sitting there refused to agree to help passengers

I'll help ferry them across the river Styx?

[Charliewool]

If you wanted to fly business or first, wouldn't one book and pay for it when arranging the trip?
Understand trying to score emerg exit seats for the extra legroom.

[danzvtil]

Exit rows generally don't show up on the online seat selection. The staff need to make the assessment for suitability face to face.

[dragons90]

I don't know about Jetstar but Qantas and Virgin upgrade there gold and higher frequent flyer first.

[richo77]

Originally Posted by danzvtil

Exit rows generally don't show up on the online seat selection. The staff need to make the assessment for suitability face to face.

Nah. I've been on gold and platinum for a handful of years now and on any domestic flight I can pretty much sit anywhere I like in cattle class.