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Now in Hobart.
JetStar bag drop in Sydney was way less efficient than Qantas in Brisbane. 17 minutes after I had printed my bag tags, just to be able to hand the bag over. A friend snarks that the purpose of JetStar is to make you wish you had paid Qantas. Wait, that might actually be literal:
"It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas, created in response to the threat posed by low-cost airline Virgin Blue. Jetstar is part of Qantas' two brand strategy[6] of having Qantas Airways for the premium full-service market and Jetstar for the low-cost market."
Once again, no one asked for any ID -- not at bag check, not at security, not at boarding.
Flight was okay. Announcements were loud. I was glad I paid AUD$18 for exit row legroom. Nothing is free, even a small bottle of water would be $4.
Hobart airport low but sprawling, and far from the city. More to the point, no public transit to the airport; ended up taking a SkyBus shuttle. Got yet another transit card, and headed to my place.
And yet another Australian bus system doesn't announce stops. They did have numbers on bus stop signs, but I missed #6 and got my #7 only because of GPS. The stop there didn't even have the number. So much for that coping mechanism.
Tasmania gets rain! It's grey and green! With pine trees, not palm trees! So different.
JetStar bag drop in Sydney was way less efficient than Qantas in Brisbane. 17 minutes after I had printed my bag tags, just to be able to hand the bag over. A friend snarks that the purpose of JetStar is to make you wish you had paid Qantas. Wait, that might actually be literal:
"It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas, created in response to the threat posed by low-cost airline Virgin Blue. Jetstar is part of Qantas' two brand strategy[6] of having Qantas Airways for the premium full-service market and Jetstar for the low-cost market."
Once again, no one asked for any ID -- not at bag check, not at security, not at boarding.
Flight was okay. Announcements were loud. I was glad I paid AUD$18 for exit row legroom. Nothing is free, even a small bottle of water would be $4.
Hobart airport low but sprawling, and far from the city. More to the point, no public transit to the airport; ended up taking a SkyBus shuttle. Got yet another transit card, and headed to my place.
And yet another Australian bus system doesn't announce stops. They did have numbers on bus stop signs, but I missed #6 and got my #7 only because of GPS. The stop there didn't even have the number. So much for that coping mechanism.
Tasmania gets rain! It's grey and green! With pine trees, not palm trees! So different.