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ClassicLover wrote:Yes, you read that correctly. Just checking random prices in November, Sydney to Brisbane on Qantas flying out on a Tuesday and back on the following Tuesday is $1,605, with the prices coming up as $803 each way. This is standard pricing for Qantas domestic business class. I think it is extortionate, personally.
qf789 wrote:ClassicLover wrote:Yes, you read that correctly. Just checking random prices in November, Sydney to Brisbane on Qantas flying out on a Tuesday and back on the following Tuesday is $1,605, with the prices coming up as $803 each way. This is standard pricing for Qantas domestic business class. I think it is extortionate, personally.
Thanks for the TR. We are used to paying those sort of fares so we don't generally notice it as much. FWIW the aircraft you flew on VH-VYD had been repainted into the new Silveroo livery about a month before your flight
khunpaul3 wrote:$803 one way? wah too expensive. I rather fly long haul to Asia from USA better
qf789 wrote:Thanks for the TR. We are used to paying those sort of fares so we don't generally notice it as much. FWIW the aircraft you flew on VH-VYD had been repainted into the new Silveroo livery about a month before your flight
zkncj wrote:Its crazy when SYD-AKL at 3hours is around $600-800 in J and you get an much higher level of service.
But that goes with Australia, I'm always shocked when booking domestic flights in Australia they often can cost more than my New Zealand to Australia fare.
brucetiki wrote:Last week Qantas were offering a one way business class fare ADL-CBR-MEL for around the $2,000 mark!
Mind you, this was during AFL Grand Final week, where the going rate for ADL-MEL direct flights was about $700 for economy! ADL-MEL flight prices were crazy last week. Needless to say most of the 30,000 strong Adelaide fans that made the exodus to Melbourne drove (including 18 buses provided by Adelaide's supporter group)
KLDC10 wrote:Thanks for the report. The service looks good, but wow, that fare is astronomical. How busy was the business class cabin with fares like that?
ClassicLover wrote:The Boeing 737 used on the SYD-BNE flight features twelve seats arranged two by two in three rows. This is the same as the American Airlines configuration which is not surprising knowing the history of the Qantas 737.
kabq737 wrote:Thanks for the great report! What is the AA and QF 737 story you referenced?
XAM2175 wrote:ClassicLover wrote:The Boeing 737 used on the SYD-BNE flight features twelve seats arranged two by two in three rows. This is the same as the American Airlines configuration which is not surprising knowing the history of the Qantas 737.
I wonder if perhaps you are looking too hard for a correlation there beyond it being a reasonably common premium configuration for the 737.kabq737 wrote:Thanks for the great report! What is the AA and QF 737 story you referenced?
He refers to the fact that QF purchased a number of 738s (15, if I recall correctly) that were not taken up by AA in the downturn following September 11. AA wanted them off the books sharpish and QF were, uniquely in the world at that time, desperate for capacity following AN's collapse a few days later. Curiously, and deviating from normal practice, Boeing changed the customer codes for the aircraft from AA's 23 to QF's 38, but they still have the hateful AA crosshatch pattern wall paneling.
VH-VYD, the aircraft the OP flew, is not one of these.