Flying Australian Domestic Airlines home
1. crowds at airport. get there early. though this could be because Darwin airport is smaller and they had less staff available?
2. be sure you weight your luggage correctly going, and estimate coming back (when on holiday on tends to buy things) as you pay a higher fee for excess luggage at the counter versus the internet
Other than that once on board its no different from say Jetstar. Tiger is owned by Singapore Air so I had no fear of safety on board, and they have to meet Aussie standards.
I've never flown Jetstar domestic (only international) as I fly Qantas or Virgin Blue domestic. So perhaps someone else can chime in about Jetstar.
And if anyone has experience with Tiger Air. I'd love to hear it and see if they have changed. I last flew Tiger over a year ago.
Were the crowds specific to Tiger? I've not been to Darwin airport so not sure what the set up is.
I guess I'm wondering if there were queues and delays for all airlines or if it was just a Tiger thing. They claim on their website that they're on time 90% of the time.
I've not flown Jetstar yet either but I've seen some of those poor sods stuck out at Avalon when things have gone pear shaped and I'm not sure I would want to play that game.
It's really hard to know. I mean I suppose as a consumer with most things I'm brand loyal but we're not really encouraged to be that way anymore I don't think AND I think I'm just a little bit nervous about branching out and trying new things when it comes to airlines. It's a little more serious than discovering that Mighty Mite doesn't even come close to Vegemite, if you know what I mean.
The only VirginBlue I've had was Melb to Syd so not really long enough to pose to many serious issues anyway and it was a great flight. I was most impressed.
My last interstater was Bris to Melb with QANTAS and to say I as underwhelmed would be an understatement. I actually informed them then that I would be seriously reconsidering my airline choices in the future based on their efforts that day. I've always been a huge Qantas fan both Domestic and International but I'm starting to feel like they're running it into the ground so it can be sold off. That said, the airbus trip from Melb to LA last year was AWESOME!
Other than those two, most of my other domestic flights have been with TAA or Ansett! So I'm a little behind with my domestic airlines.
Were the crowds specific to Tiger? I've not been to Darwin airport so not sure what the set up is.
I guess I'm wondering if there were queues and delays for all airlines or if it was just a Tiger thing. They claim on their website that they're on time 90% of the time.
I've not flown Jetstar yet either but I've seen some of those poor sods stuck out at Avalon when things have gone pear shaped and I'm not UGG Boots Clearance sure I would want to play that game.
It's really hard to know. I mean I suppose as a consumer with most things I'm brand loyal but we're not really encouraged to be that way anymore I don't think AND I think I'm just a little bit nervous about branching out and trying new things when it comes to airlines. It's a little more serious than discovering that Mighty Mite doesn't even come close to Vegemite, if you know UGG Boots Clearance Sale what I mean.
The only VirginBlue I've had was Melb to Syd so not really long enough to pose to many serious issues anyway and it was a great flight. I was most impressed.
My last interstater was Bris to Melb with QANTAS and to say I as underwhelmed would be an understatement. I actually informed them then that I would be seriously reconsidering my airline choices in the future based on their efforts that day. I've always been a huge Qantas fan both Domestic and International but I'm starting to feel like they're running it into the ground so it can be sold off. That said, the airbus trip from Melb to LA last year was AWESOME!
Other than those two, most of my other domestic flights have been with TAA or Ansett! So I'm a little behind with my domestic airlines.
I've only flown Jetstar once, it was fine. My dad's flown with them often. Half the time it's fine, the other half, not so fine. Delayed flights with no indication/warning. Useless websites that aren't updated, same with the recorded phone messages. A pain for people getting to the airport on time to pick you up only to find you're not due for hours.
I still tend to lean towards Qantas for most of my flights, especially internally. Whenever I've flown within Australia lately, the fare difference wasn't that much between Qantas and Jetstar, and I always have this "you get what you pay for" thing that scares me off of real super cheap deals. When we lived in Vancouver we flew to San Diego on a new discount airline. We got to SD fine, but the airline went out of business 3 hours before our flight home (we had two very young kids at the time). It's made me paranoid since.