Club Jetstar Certainly Seems to Pay for Itself.

[henrus]

Then remembering it just costs an extra $50 banknote to upgrade to Qantas economy.

For less than $50 you can get an extra legroom seat, good drink and snack that blows Qantas out of the water.

 

[AIRwin]

Hope this won't happen:

Ryanair closes frequent flyers club after members take advantage of discounts

Airline says 55,000 people signed up to Prime, making €4.4m, but passengers benefited by more than €6m

www.theguardian.com

 

[Mattg]

Club Jetstar joining fee is currently $50 (for the first year) until 22 January 2026, discounted from $65.

https://www.jetstar.com/au/en/club-jetstar

 

[transpactraveller]

Last time I looked it was about $10-$15 discount per flight for a Club member, so would need to take around 5 Jetstar flights a year to come out ahead?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Last time I looked it was about $10-$15 discount per flight for a Club member, so would need to take around 5 Jetstar flights a year to come out ahead?

Yes, although some comments above indicated that when there’s a sale, having advance access on really popular routes can make the difference between getting the sale, or not at all.

So it could be as little as one flight that makes the difference, depending on your travel patterns.

If you were just doing SYD-MEL/BNE, where there are dozens of flights, the advance access to sales might not be worthwhile.

 

[transpactraveller]

Yeah I pretty much just fly the golden triangle domestically, often at short notice, so I used to avoid Jetstar as much as possible, but it's getting harder to find reasonable prices on QF and VA if not booking months in advance.

 

[alexczarn]

Club Jetstar joining fee is currently $50 (for the first year) until 22 January 2026, discounted from $65.

https://www.jetstar.com/au/en/club-jetstar

thanks for the headsup, renewed

 

[transpactraveller]

I used to be a member. First joined 2015 for NZ$29.99 and got an immediate NZ$30 voucher. By 2018 was NZ$49 with the NZ$30 voucher. Did not renew in May 2020 (CV19) and not rejoined since.
Over the years keep track of savings vs benefit. Depending on how many JQ flights broke even, made a profit and 1 year a small loss. Overall a profit. Normally book JQ plus fare and sometimes max (for QF SC). Far less often a starter fare.
At times the lower seat selection fee (ex NZ flights) did not stick. Nil response from JQ to fix that.

Club Jetstar NZ is the same numerical number to join as AU, but costs less due to exchange rate (~1.09)
Had no issues using $NZ vouchers on ex AU flights.
NZ---> https://www.jetstar.com/nz/en/club-jetstar?pid=menu:club-jetstar
AU---> https://www.jetstar.com/au/en/club-jetstar?pid=mainnav:club-jetstar

Were you able to use the NZ membership on AU domestic flights and sales, or just trans-tasman and NZ flights?

The AU membership is back at $65 but the NZ one is still $50.

I have a NZ passport but I live in Australia.