Jetstar Frequent Flyer
Jetstar is part of the Qantas Group, and as such, flights with JetStar can be counted towards frequent flyer points with Qantas Frequent Flyers. Jetstar offers budget flights, which means that members of Qantas Frequent Flyers can have the benefits of a frequent flyer reward scheme and still save money by taking cheap flights. There are also a variety of special offers that come with Qantas Frequent Flyer membership, so there are more opportunities to save. This is the ideal frequent flyer option for people with a smaller budget but aspirations for big rewards.
Airline
Jetstar is the low-cost airline subsidiary of Australian airline Qantas. Jetstar provides budget domestic flights in Australia. There are also sister companies Jetstar Asia, Valueair in Singapore and Jetstar Pacific in Vietnam. Altogether, the Jetstar group runs 1,900 weekly flights to 15 countries across the Asia and Asia Pacific region.
As a low-cost airline, Jetstar has one a whole host of awards in its relatively short lifespan. Jetstar has won; Top 5 Carriers for Passenger Growth 2009 (Changi Airline Awards); Best Low Cost Airline - Australia and New Zealand 2009 (SkyTrax); Low Cost Carrier of the Year 2007 & 2008 (CAPA); Best Low Cost Airline Asia Pacific (Budgie$) 2008; Best Low Cost Airline - Worldwide 2007 (SkyTrax); Best Low Cost Airline - Australia/Pacific 2007 (SkyTrax); Best Cabin Crew - Australia and New Zealand 2007 (SkyTrax); and Operational Excellence 2007 - (Airline Business).
Flights on Jetstar
Jetstar’s hub is Melbourne Airport, so customers regularly flying within Australia from Melbourne can benefit most from membership of its frequent flyer programme. Jetstar flies to all major Australian cities, plus Auckland, Christchurch, Queenstown and Wellington in New Zealand and Nadi in Fiji. Jetstar International (the group) flies to many more cities across Asia too. Jetstar has a fleet of 48 aircraft, with 55 more on order, so this is a small but quickly growing airline.
Entitlements, Benefits and Perks
As Jetstar is a subsidiary of Qantas, customers flying with Jetstar can accrue Qantas Frequent Flyer points. So, they may be entitled to all of the benefits of Qantas Frequent Flyer membership. These include: Qantas Club business counters, priority waitlisting and airport stand-by, extra luggage allowance, advance seat selection, priority telephone reservation service. The top tiers of Qantas membership provide more bonuses, such as additional baggage allowance and priority baggage handling.
Membership of Qantas Frequent Flyer also entitles customers to exclusive special offers from the company’s partners, so members often have access to deals from travel companies, hotels, restaurants and many other vendors.
Earn Jetstar Points (Dollars)
Customers on Jetstar flights can accrue Qantas points on selected fares. These are JetFlex or StarClass, so this is really only the best option if customers normally use these more expensive Jetstar fares. By spending money on Jetstar frequent flyer credit cards you can earn points. Customers can also redeem Qantas frequent flyer points with Jetstar flights. Customers can also earn Qantas frequent flyer points by purchasing with their Jetstar Dollars credit cards with a variety of participating vendors, including hotels, grocery and liquor stores, car manufacturers, travel service providers, restaurants, and finance, business and real estate service providers. So, even if customers choose to use a budget airline, there are several other ways in which to accrue points on reaching their destination, or just in every day life at home.
Eligibility
Membership of Qantas Frequent Flyer, through Jetstar, is subject to the same terms and conditions it normally is. This means that membership is only open to individuals, and not to families, groups, companies, trusts, partnerships, government departments, agencies or animals. There is also a joining fee and, depending on membership status, annual fees may apply.
