Originally Posted by
busman7
Lots of criticism from down-under & from my experiences there it's evident that you people live in your own little world there & do things differently. So be it!
However in the real world some travelers don't plan their trips to the minute a year in advance, therefore the open ticket. I had no idea when I would leave OZ until until a week prior so what would be the point in checking.
Yet you purchased a ticket which books into a class with very restricted availability on a route with only three flights per week, and were advised as to the risks before you did so.
Caveat emptor is appropriate here, methinks.
Also during my 30 years in a public service business it was always the rule that when you sold s service it would be delivered in a reasonable amount of time, if not you were branded a shyster & didn't last long.
Nobody FORCED you to buy a ticket that books into L class. You
could have purchased another higher fare that books into a different class. You were warned that your plans were risky, yet you proceeded despite the warnings. Your loss.
In my opinion 30+ days is not a reasonable amount of time & I am willing to bet there were empty seats on some flights to HNL during that month.
What Qantas did was nothing less than acting like a common thief!
Absolute rubbish, what you are doing is acting like a spoilt little brat who took a gamble and lost.
If people complacently put up with such actions they will just escalate & I for one will not remain silent at a blatant RIPOFF!
Your opinion will be duly noted and ignored.
I shall also recommend to anyone who will listen to avoid Australia in general & Qantas like the plague.
This is where your credibility is totally lost, NOBODY judges a country based upon a single occurrence, otherwise NOBODY would go to the United States (in order to avoid the TSA and CBP). Heck, TSA and CBP would be enough to deter anyone from going to the US, but we go there anyway because it is a great country. Using your yardstick, nobody in their right mind would go there.
Dave
(Who is beginning to think the OP is nothing but a troll)