Travel hack!
From 1 December 2021, Jetstar will use Boeing 787s on two daily Melbourne-Sydney flights in each direction. These will be JQ512 & JQ520 from Melbourne to Sydney, and JQ517 & JQ537 from Sydney to Melbourne.
From 17-31 December 2021, Jetstar will temporarily remove its Dreamliners from the Melbourne-Sydney route and use them on flights from Melbourne to Gold Coast and Cairns instead.
But if you’re planning to travel over the summer holidays, there are a bunch of Jetstar routes where the Boeing 787s will make an appearance! From 1 January until 26 March 2022, Jetstar 787s will appear on selected flights on the following routes:
Melbourne-Sydney
Melbourne-Cairns
Melbourne-Gold Coast
Sydney-Cairns
Sydney-Gold Coast
When booking on the Jetstar website, you can check the aircraft type by clicking on “Details” on the flight search results page.
On domestic flights operated by the Boeing 787, Jetstar is opening up the Business Class seats in rows 1-3 for selection as “extra legroom” seats. There is an additional fee for selecting these seats, but it’s only slightly more expensive than the cost of an Economy exit row seat.
On a Sydney-Melbourne flight, for example, it costs just $32 extra to choose one of the Business Class seats. That’s an absolute bargain!
On longer routes like Melbourne-Cairns, the seat selection fee is a slightly higher – but still very reasonable – $45 per passenger.
As seen on https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/cheap-jetstar-bus…
Good find but it strictly isn’t business class is it? You don’t get all the add ons just a bigger seat. Not saying it isn’t good value but worth noting it won’t be the full business experience.