Whilst I don't disagree QF are the current market leader... are they really that far ahead of UA? Maybe when JFK/SFO come back yes..
MEL/SYD/BNE to LAX
MEL/SYD to DFW
UA offer
MEL/SYD/BNE to SFO
SYD-LAX
Seasonal SYD-IAH
More fool you to pay twice the price! How much were you out of pocket with your JQ experience? Sounds like you are more than paying for it after the event!
Why is it an issues specific to Jetstar? The medical could of happened on any airline, they diverted to ASP as it was the closest and would of planned to take off straight away and continue on. What happened was the a/c subsequently went tech and the facilities couldn't handle it. Could of...
Given Jetstar have a daytime DPS-ADL flight I would take that (4 hours) over going via somewhere else in Asia and pushing it out to a 12-14hour overnight trip.
Th
e $10 offset fee is a standard charge by Adelaide bank on their current offerings. As for the 20K... just stick it in the offset so its not an additional payment.
I doubt the 737 Max would be able to carry much freight if any given the distance. Does this flight connect well to ANAs EU and US flights? If so it could be a way for CNS-USA and CNS - EU transfer traffic.