Renato1
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I got an email from Jetstar today stating,
"You’re one of a lucky few eligible to upgrade to Business Class for one of
your upcoming flights on your trip to Bangkok."
The offer was an upgrade to Business for $210 each. I'm not sure what made us eligible - possibly that I'd already paid for extra leg room seats, or possibly being a Club Jetstar member.
When I got to the site, I found the next option beyond the basic, namely $260 each which includes 7800 Qantas points and lounge pass. Which certainly is a good deal for the additional $50 each. So I booked the latter deal (though that took some effort, as I had to clear the cache, close the browser and reopen it before the booking would be processed).
Only problem was that while we now had 30 kg bag limits on the way to Bangkok, we still only had 20kg limits for the Economy return trip. So I decided to spend another $47.50 for my suitcase to go to 30kg on the return trip, to carry home my wife's souvenirs. (Actually, I was wondering why I hadn't bought the higher weight limit for me on the return trip last time we flew Jetstar last year).
The only possible downside was that if I hadn't been quick, I may have wound up with my two Business seats, but not have been able to sit next to my wife (one of the five remaining seats was taken as I was selecting). This would have been problematic.
Anyhow, after the successful booking it all seemed like a very good offer to me, given the $789 per person, had I been booking Business without the offer today.
Can I take it these select Upgrade offers are fairly common? (Even though I hadn't heard about them before).
Any definitive ideas on how they choose who to make the upgrade offer to?
Cheers,
Renato
"You’re one of a lucky few eligible to upgrade to Business Class for one of
your upcoming flights on your trip to Bangkok."
The offer was an upgrade to Business for $210 each. I'm not sure what made us eligible - possibly that I'd already paid for extra leg room seats, or possibly being a Club Jetstar member.
When I got to the site, I found the next option beyond the basic, namely $260 each which includes 7800 Qantas points and lounge pass. Which certainly is a good deal for the additional $50 each. So I booked the latter deal (though that took some effort, as I had to clear the cache, close the browser and reopen it before the booking would be processed).
Only problem was that while we now had 30 kg bag limits on the way to Bangkok, we still only had 20kg limits for the Economy return trip. So I decided to spend another $47.50 for my suitcase to go to 30kg on the return trip, to carry home my wife's souvenirs. (Actually, I was wondering why I hadn't bought the higher weight limit for me on the return trip last time we flew Jetstar last year).
The only possible downside was that if I hadn't been quick, I may have wound up with my two Business seats, but not have been able to sit next to my wife (one of the five remaining seats was taken as I was selecting). This would have been problematic.
Anyhow, after the successful booking it all seemed like a very good offer to me, given the $789 per person, had I been booking Business without the offer today.
Can I take it these select Upgrade offers are fairly common? (Even though I hadn't heard about them before).
Any definitive ideas on how they choose who to make the upgrade offer to?
Cheers,
Renato
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