zan5hin
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I guess from the lack of threads, I'm the only forum member who had the opportunity to experience Jetstar operations on Sat 22nd Feb.
Picture this: systemwide shutdown, all check-in terminals were red for hours.
Jetstar on Xitter just had a canned apology. One comment said there were 1000 people lined up trying to get out of Bali.
I was in Melbourne, and we didn't even check in until after the flight. So even after the machines went green, had to wait 20 min for them to update the flight info.
Cherry on top, 50 passengers didn't have their bags loaded, including me! There were multiple people with airtags telling them the bag was still in Melbourne. We were all crowded around the service counter.
So I'm on Sukhumvit now eating some Japanese and need to find someone still open at 2am selling I heart Bangkok t-shirts or something. Maybe I should go full "wife-beater" look?
And I wanted to be super comfortable, so my pants are the bottom of the Qantas business class pajamas
I've said before when they cancelled my flight the day before my holidays "I'm never flying with Jetstar again.". Time heals all wounds they say. So I didn't want to go via Singapore and went with Jetstar. This is the last time I take them flying International, they are dead to me.
I wish we had better competition.... I think with LCC price for checked bags now averaging $120 from what I found, across Scoot and AirAsia as well.
Looks like for vacations budgeting time and itinerary to include China on the full service airlines in both directions seems the affordable way to go. Plus the visa situation since late 2024 is all Aussies get 30 day visa on arrival. No transit without visa hoo-ha.
I'm coming back via Chengdu holiday, and last year I got to Rome via Guangzhou.
I was at the front of the lost baggage paperwork line, but they were doing it one by one... It would have taken 3 hours, on top of the 3 hours delay in landing. Lots of hungry, tired Aussies and Thais.
I have no idea what compensation I can expect (does anyone at J* even care?) for lost bags.
Picture this: systemwide shutdown, all check-in terminals were red for hours.
Jetstar on Xitter just had a canned apology. One comment said there were 1000 people lined up trying to get out of Bali.
I was in Melbourne, and we didn't even check in until after the flight. So even after the machines went green, had to wait 20 min for them to update the flight info.
Cherry on top, 50 passengers didn't have their bags loaded, including me! There were multiple people with airtags telling them the bag was still in Melbourne. We were all crowded around the service counter.
So I'm on Sukhumvit now eating some Japanese and need to find someone still open at 2am selling I heart Bangkok t-shirts or something. Maybe I should go full "wife-beater" look?
And I wanted to be super comfortable, so my pants are the bottom of the Qantas business class pajamas
I've said before when they cancelled my flight the day before my holidays "I'm never flying with Jetstar again.". Time heals all wounds they say. So I didn't want to go via Singapore and went with Jetstar. This is the last time I take them flying International, they are dead to me.
I wish we had better competition.... I think with LCC price for checked bags now averaging $120 from what I found, across Scoot and AirAsia as well.
Looks like for vacations budgeting time and itinerary to include China on the full service airlines in both directions seems the affordable way to go. Plus the visa situation since late 2024 is all Aussies get 30 day visa on arrival. No transit without visa hoo-ha.
I'm coming back via Chengdu holiday, and last year I got to Rome via Guangzhou.
I was at the front of the lost baggage paperwork line, but they were doing it one by one... It would have taken 3 hours, on top of the 3 hours delay in landing. Lots of hungry, tired Aussies and Thais.
I have no idea what compensation I can expect (does anyone at J* even care?) for lost bags.
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