Cheap flights within Australia for March - book now or wait?
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Cheap flights within Australia for March - book now or wait?
We have several air movements in March, 2007 as follows - and I've included the current cheapest flight I can find right now
Melbourne - Adelaide - Qantas $89/each
Melbourne - Hobart - Virgin $99/each
Hobart - Sydney - Virgin $79/each
Sydney - Cairns - Virgin $125/each
Cairns - Sydney - Virgin $159/each
Those fares are quite good (I think?) although any changes are quite expensive (about $70 and the flight might be more expensive)....my questions are:
1) are those good fares?
2) might they get better closer to the time?
3) might they get worse closer to the time?
My preference is to keep things a little loose at this point as we've got quite a bit of travel planned before we arrive in Australia in March, but if those are good fares and we might have trouble getting something closer to the time I will lock them in now.
Any comments are much appreciated.
Melbourne - Adelaide - Qantas $89/each
Melbourne - Hobart - Virgin $99/each
Hobart - Sydney - Virgin $79/each
Sydney - Cairns - Virgin $125/each
Cairns - Sydney - Virgin $159/each
Those fares are quite good (I think?) although any changes are quite expensive (about $70 and the flight might be more expensive)....my questions are:
1) are those good fares?
2) might they get better closer to the time?
3) might they get worse closer to the time?
My preference is to keep things a little loose at this point as we've got quite a bit of travel planned before we arrive in Australia in March, but if those are good fares and we might have trouble getting something closer to the time I will lock them in now.
Any comments are much appreciated.
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Elizabeth,
I would not wait to book these fares. Last Decmber 31 I booked all my intracountry fares as the sales expired at midnight on Virgin - and this was for July. I can tell you they went up dramatically after that. I think I spent $69 Hobart-Sydney, and we took the earlier flight which does not require the stop in Melbourne.
I would not wait to book these fares. Last Decmber 31 I booked all my intracountry fares as the sales expired at midnight on Virgin - and this was for July. I can tell you they went up dramatically after that. I think I spent $69 Hobart-Sydney, and we took the earlier flight which does not require the stop in Melbourne.
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Just booked the following
Melbourne to Adelaide Qantas $89
Melbourne to Hobart Virgin $99
Hobart to Sydney Virgin $79
All funds are AUD.
Waiting to book Sydney to Cairns and return - have a few questions outstanding for the Spirit of Freedom liveaboard people.
oliverandharry - thanks for mentioning the Virgin timing - the fares expire on January 4th this year so I went ahead and did it today!
This is one of the few times things have cost less during my trip planning - my OZ airfare budget was twice what it's turned out to cost........if only that offset the things that are more expensive!
Thanks to all for your comments.
Melbourne to Adelaide Qantas $89
Melbourne to Hobart Virgin $99
Hobart to Sydney Virgin $79
All funds are AUD.
Waiting to book Sydney to Cairns and return - have a few questions outstanding for the Spirit of Freedom liveaboard people.
oliverandharry - thanks for mentioning the Virgin timing - the fares expire on January 4th this year so I went ahead and did it today!
This is one of the few times things have cost less during my trip planning - my OZ airfare budget was twice what it's turned out to cost........if only that offset the things that are more expensive!
Thanks to all for your comments.
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Don't wait to hear from the people in Cairns - there is always something else you can do anyway which would be just as good - those fares are great seeing that that Sydney to Cairns is a 3 hour + flight.
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