Jetstar Points and appalling customer service

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That's not quite true.

I can remember when you got points on the flights all the flights that is, AND even when they were award flights booked with points. It has been decreasing over time

You've never gotten points on award flights. That was only introduced on ASA awards a couple of years ago.

IIRC you also only ever got points on full Y tickets on JQ. Never on the cheap fares.
 
Charge-back. Seriously. Your full contract has not been fulfilled and so long as you keep a diary of contact with the company and can reasonably demonstrate that you are being stonewalled with incompetent staff or unwilling company then you will be fine. Note that charge-backs will backfire on you very often if your claim is frivolous or not well supported by your own diary of the chain of events and proof (email, faxes, letters or whatever). Note dates, times and CSR's company number or name when speaking verbally on the phone, makes an enormous difference and I do this out of habit now with all call centre comms to all businesses (not just airlines).

Once the charge-back succeeds the company can contact you, if they are not too incompetent, to work out reasonable payment terms for the services that were actually provided.

None of this has to be nasty or angry, in fact, it will all work better for you if its completed in a businesslike and fairly dispassionate way.

As the quality of service from the big call centre's drops further and further, due to lack of staff, training, policy or whatever its in the businesses interest, short term financially at least, to have you give up and go away. Ultimately its a bad move for them of course because an upset customer probably won't return, but they don't see this in the immediate term.

Rescinding payment against an unfulfilled contract often gets their full attention, which is really all you want.

Wow, thats a really clever approach. Thankyou, i must keep that in mind for other things too. FYI - the original problem was resolved. Thanks again for your replay though.
 
You've never gotten points on award flights. That was only introduced on ASA awards a couple of years ago.

IIRC you also only ever got points on full Y tickets on JQ. Never on the cheap fares.


Mate, i dont wish to disrespect you. so i will simply say that in terms of ME - I can assure you that i did get points both cases. AND it was not on "Any seat award bookings" either, i never use that point hungy system.

Please understand that - i always got points on any flight i took with these carriers and it didnt matter if it was booked on a cheap class or booked using points - they gave me points.
 
Mate, i dont wish to disrespect you. so i will simply say that in terms of ME - I can assure you that i did get points both cases. AND it was not on "Any seat award bookings" either, i never use that point hungy system.

Please understand that - i always got points on any flight i took with these carriers and it didnt matter if it was booked on a cheap class or booked using points - they gave me points.

Then you must be the only person to get points on a classic award. I'm just stating what is fact, points aren't earnt on them. So I find it hard to believe you have earned points on fares that no one else has done (aside from the occasional bug).
 
I would be keen to know how classic award earns points and SC's as well


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I would be keen to know how classic award earns points and SC's as well


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Here is my correspondence to Qantas when they first changed it. I can assure you I have always used points to buy my ticket to this destination. However it was this time that they advised they would not allow points for the points purchased seat. I cannot access my travel history prior to this but can assure that it was a crushing moment when they responded with "As you have used points to purchase the ticket, no points will be awarded"

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(xx_XX xx_xx_xx_X) - 10/07/2009 03.35 PM
Dear Qantas, Each time i fly from Mel to Bkk on starclass i earn points eg:

xx xx_ 09 JQ 029 JETSTAR xx xx_ 09 MELBOURNE/BANGKOK Points 10,290 status credits 120...the same has occured for the past 2.5 years.

As my renewal of platinum membership is coming up i wanted to advise that there seems to be an oversight that the points for my recent travel have not been credited to my account as yet, and this would put my platinum membership at risk, re my current travel:

xx xx_ 09 JQ 029 JETSTAR xx xx_ 09 MELBOURNE/BANGKOK No Points credited as yet.

Can something please be done to ensure the status credits are updated prior to the renewal period expiry.

Thankyou.

xx_X

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Lets let this one go now guys, its clear that you guys have not had the same experience that i have and i recognise its not current practice.
 
How on earth are you earning points on a Classic reward?! Never happens?

Classic Jetstar Business are booked into U class, and have never earned FF points/SC's, and never have either.
 
IIRC you also only ever got points on full Y tickets on JQ. Never on the cheap fares.

Before the new JQ fare types, the only earning fare classes were Y, and V (but only after about 4 years after JQ was introduced) (also J and D).

I remember JQ and QFF having a promo for earning FF points on domestic NZ flights on any fare type for NZ based customers.
 
Here is my correspondence to Qantas when they first changed it. I can assure you I have always used points to buy my ticket to this destination. However it was this time that they advised they would not allow points for the points purchased seat. I cannot access my travel history prior to this but can assure that it was a crushing moment when they responded with "As you have used points to purchase the ticket, no points will be awarded"

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(xx_XX xx_xx_xx_X) - 10/07/2009 03.35 PM
Dear Qantas, Each time i fly from Mel to Bkk on starclass i earn points eg:

xx xx_ 09 JQ 029 JETSTAR xx xx_ 09 MELBOURNE/BANGKOK Points 10,290 status credits 120...the same has occured for the past 2.5 years.

As my renewal of platinum membership is coming up i wanted to advise that there seems to be an oversight that the points for my recent travel have not been credited to my account as yet, and this would put my platinum membership at risk, re my current travel:

xx xx_ 09 JQ 029 JETSTAR xx xx_ 09 MELBOURNE/BANGKOK No Points credited as yet.

Can something please be done to ensure the status credits are updated prior to the renewal period expiry.

Thankyou.

xx_X

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Lets let this one go now guys, its clear that you guys have not had the same experience that i have and i recognise its not current practice.

yeah , fair enough. my query was genuine though, I was thinking maybe once one became able to breath the rarefied air of platinum plus or similar then the rules changed.
never mind, wilol continue to buy any seat
 
You might get a rude shock if Jetstar realise that points & Status Credits were awarded in error and claw them all back. Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
 
You might get a rude shock if Jetstar realise that points & Status Credits were awarded in error and claw them all back. Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Yes thats why all personal information in the email was changed - AND i am grateful for their errors which i planned my life and ongoing loyalty to them around. Also i have continued to purchase full domestic fares from both carriers because they were so kind toi me in the past ;)
 
So my saga continues...After submitting online missing points claim in Dec and following up with a call to QFF last week for Starclass flights SYD-MEL-BKK-MEL-SYD back in Oct 2011 (Booked in Starclass before the change of fare rulles for "business"class). Today the 4 legs showed up in my QFF account with...wait for it....ZERO miles and ZERO SCs. Apparently I actually flew to Bangkok on a Jetsaver fare, and the seats at the front of the plane, food, grog, lounge access, professional service and priority bags were all a figment of my imagination. Come to think of it, I did imagine the bit about decent service and bag tags...:evil:

I called QFF, spoke to a bored sounding agent who now wants me to send them a copy of the original itinerary and receipt from time of booking. (snail mail, fax or email). Hopefully I have that attached to an old email somewhere and can dig it out, but **SURELY** the Qantas group, with the wonders of 21st century technology at their disposal can look up a booking on their systems and verify that I paid about 3 times the cost of the cheapest whY fares for these flights for supposed benefits of what used to be called starclass. But no. What they now want is tantamount to me sending a bit of paper by carrier pigeon to them to save someone the trouble of looking something up on a computer.

Jetstar and Qantas FF customer service: epic fail.
 
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I called QFF, spoke to a bored sounding agent who now wants me to send them a copy of the original itinerary and receipt from time of booking. (snail mail, fax or email). Hopefully I have that attached to an old email somewhere and can dig it out, but **SURELY** the Qantas group, with the wonders of 21st century technology at their disposal can look up a booking on their systems and verify that I paid about 3 times the cost of the cheapest whY fares for these flights for supposed benefits of what used to be called starclass. But no. What they now want is tantamount to me sending a bit of paper by carrier pigeon to them to save someone the trouble of looking something up on a computer.

No, Qantas cannot look at Jetstar bookings, they have different systems in place.
 
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No, Qantas cannot look at Jetstar bookings, they have different systems in place.

OK, fair enough. But to the outside punter who sees them as more or less a single company (more so thanks to Joyce banging on about how if it wasn't for JQ the group would be screwed), it just all seem overly bureaucratic and inefficient...and that's coming from someone who works in the semi-public sector!!
 
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