Qantas is looking at 'buy on board' for meals, inflight movies

They already have this...it’s called Jetstar.

I wonder if this would be lower in price than the Red e-Deal fare or maybe just replace it?

This is literally the worst idea I’ve heard come from Qantas, jetstar 2.0

Not a huge fan. I like low cost and full service carriers to be distinct. If I just want a cheap seat, then there’s nothing wrong with Jetstar or Tiger and that’s who I’ll fly.

I would expect to hear something like this (in the current climate) from, say, Etihad - but not Qantas. Aren’t they recording billion dollar annual profits?!

I wonder if Qantas has heard of Jetstar? Pretty sure they own them and this is what they do

$1.6 billion is not enough. Qantas has really lost the plot if this occurs. Put a Jetstar 787 to AKL. Qantas has a premium airline and a low cost (JQ) ANZ doesn’t.

What a stupid idea from Qantas management. They have a great fair structure currently which the market clearly like showing by the record profits. DO NOT PROCEED!!

This will burn all the loyalty I have left for Qantas.

Qantas ' fly generous

What a great idea,now you really would get what you paid for.

Nothing says “innovation” like a ‘de bundle charge for everything’ pitch from the marketing department.

Perhaps Qantas should rename themselves as Jetstar then.

When I flew BA and there was no free meal/drink onboard I felt it was very cheap for what’s meant to be a premium airline. It would be a bad move for QF to copy this.

Absolutely poor and totally goes against the grain of what Qantas is or was should I say.

I understand the possible motive and business case behind this but it would be a really bad move. Most other full service airlines that have opted into this fare option don't have the low cost subsidiary like qantas have with Jetstar

I think this would be counterproductive for them, as they would have to seriously slash their prices down in order for people to continue to consider them, or else most would swap to AirNZ which has a FAR better soft product. Or choose AirChina/LAN from BNE/SYD with super cheap fares, full service and brand new A350/787 vs the cramped old 738 Qantas offers

I get the business case, but this is really a poor move. Jetstar is the low cost option, and it should remain that way. It starts with the trans Tasman business, then before we know it, it will be across the entire network. QF should wait and see what happens with the break up of the Virgin / Air NZ alliance first. I suspect this could hurt Air NZ more then it thinks....

If I want a no frill airline I would fly a no frill airline. If Qantas is going to join the no frill airline then I shall have to fly with Singapore airline everytime I go overseas. Qantas still uses the old aircraft to Singapore and I would still fly them even you are still dearer than SQ but to charge for everything then the loyalty will be to tell us to book any airline that have the cheapest fair

I hope Qantas are reading the comments on this article. It's a ridiculous idea, if people wanted this type of service they would fly Jetstar. After all, isn't that why they created Jetstar? Qantas need to leave a distinct difference between Qantas and Jetstar or else it will end up like Virgin Australia - an airline that's stuck in the middle between budget and premium, not really knowing what it wants to be.

It would also be interesting to know Jetstar's thoughts on this!

This is a tragic for Qantas. SQ did that last year with the announcement of charging passengers with seat selection, etc. Within 24 hours, the announcement was corrected by SQ PR and such move was no longer valid. This is a sad case for any premium airlines to adopt a budget airline model. Emirates are doing so......... Who's next?

they're making it easier for me & our business to consider the jump to Virgin

Oh ... we will all complain about this ... but we will still fly them ...Monopoly x 2 I wonder what the ACCC will have to say? not much Id say.

What rubbish, I fly Qantas so i don't have to get this crap on Jetstar

QF currently charge International seat fees for sale fares but waive for Silver or above. Interesting proposition if they go down this path. One would hope the lead in would match the Air NZ seat product. Interestingly VA still allow Silver and above to get a bag even on a bag less ticket as a perk. Air NZ give increased hand luggage allowance as a FF perk for certain tiers. I am surprised they are looking at this though.

Even though Qantas is not usually the cheapest fare in our company's travel booking system - a lot of business travelers I know prefer to pay a bit extra to get the additional services that they provide as part of their standard offering. This is how Qantas differentiated their product and brand from Virgin on domestic routes. By removing these extras from the standard fare - the difference between the two airlines becomes minimal. So for the business traveler the choice then boils down solely to price and schedule (unless they have a strong allegiance to a particular frequent flyer program). Will be interesting to see how this turns out if Qantas goes ahead with it.

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

The real potential downside of all this is that this ultra-cheap proposition will become the standard for reward redemptions meaning you will be charged extras on redemption bookings. Already some international travel using points is pointless (excuse the pun) due to the fees and "taxes" Qantas tag on. This has the potential to make it even worse.

This starts a very slippery slope. First Transtasman then other routes.

this is a great initiative, I never eat on a plane and rarely check in bagggage, so it would suit me. Plus I’m platinum so I’m alllowed baggage anyway. This is the same as AA, baggage not included unless your gold/platinum.

This QF initiated Survey on evaluating bundle fares on trans-tasman routes has been conducted over the past 3 years. Hopefully, as long as the majority of respondents rate the idea as poor, QF will put this Idea of out to pasture for the time being at least. It has to be said the idea of bundle fares on QF would potentially commence a slippery slope for Economy fare's on Domestic and short haul international sectors.

The simple choice of chicken, beef or quinoa is time-efficient. When cabin crew have to swipe a card and deal with pax making a paid-for choice it slows service to a crawl. Earlier this week on VA the women beside me ordered some wine and there was a noticeable delay - all those rows behind were left waiting longer. They should look at Virgin America's seat-back order portal - just pick what you want and the crew run it out to you. Also the F&B on VX was great. Not sure what Alaska are running out now.

I’m sure it will happen one day, bye bye Qantas hello Jetstar with all those fantasic Jetstar passengers

So if Qantas were to do this then where's the incentive to fly with them instead of another low cost airline? You don't get any additional seat room compared to most Jetstar flights and Qantas food and drink is one of the few distinguishing features. These guys seem to have a LCC state of thinking, led from the top. Full service is well on its way to low service and further cannibalising Qantas market share and margins.

This is a dreadful idea. they may as well just paint a big star over the roo. Qantas prides itself (or at least it used to) on providing a full service. I can't imagine they are going to introduce a fare cheaper than the red e deal so really it looks like just another way to extort more money out of their faithful frequent flyers.

I think they can get away with doing uncomplimentary checked baggage, it will take down the price by a lot (for people not using checked baggage) while not sacrificing the onboard product, which seems to be what most people care about.

In a statement to 9NEWS, a Qantas spokesperson said: "

"Specifically on this question, we have no intention on unbundling our fares. Given we're in the middle of rolling out free Wi-Fi, we are clearly committed to being a full service airline."

If this proposal is correct, Qantas management clearly have no idea why people choose Qantas. If they want that reduced model, a passenger will choose Jetstar. I for one, should like to complete the survey , it would get the thumbs down in a big way.

On this great race to the bottom Qantas will soon be there with the other bottom feeders such as BA. My loyalty is waning by the day. That Joyce is a right treacherous individual!

Greedy red and white rat.

what a joke.I have been flying them domestically since it was known as TAA and later Australian.in those days they were on all sectors regardless of distance the only ones on all flights to offer inflight audio,the food was pretty decent and the service way better than what we got after the merger almost 25 years ago.what I see here being proposed will not work on anything other than a Trans Tasman,Noumea,Domestic or maybe Bali flights.