Jetstar International flights -- fares are loaded at www.jetstar.com

[lovetravellingoz]

Yes I think that this is at the nub of it AND that:

1/ the pax likely to fly in STAR will be regular flyers who will be aware of various FF schemes and for whom it is decison factor PARTICULARLY for those who may have employers picking up the tab.

Indeed the cheapish SC they are offering may be a cunning ploy to attract SC collecting commercial (or others in need ofa Status boost)flyers to them.

and 2/ those on the very cheap fares will either not be in FF schemes or are content to just grab the cheapest fares avaailable and scarice FF points unless they can getan arfare elsewhere for the same cost with FF points. For these groupsSC will not meamuch as they travel infrequently and so would not gain bebnefits from collecting them.

Then again, JQ (Qantas) do have for more competition in Frequent Flyer Rewards schemes internationally than domestically.

 

[NM]

Note you get those Full Y SC's for the JetFlex fares.

Qantas experienced considerable backlash from many of it's upper level frequent flyers over no points & SC's for the original Domestic JQ flights and had to rethink; eventually giving full Y level for JetFlex.

Maybe they have learned from this and are making sure it doesn't happen this time with the new international structure.

Then again, JQ (Qantas) do have for more competition in Frequent Flyer Rewards schemes internationally than domestically.

And it would be nice to see them offer full economy SCs for QF international flights in B, H and possibly K.