I am trying to put a 3-week trip together to Cairns for the end of December into January. The lowest regular airline flights are about $2,200 roundtrip NYC-Cairns. Are there less expensive flights, or is this about the best I'll be able to do?

i am finding about the same price and that is for travel from san francisco to cairns departing in september. so thats probably about the best your gonna find

Yes there are much cheaper flights and I have set one out for people with either my name above or under LizF so do a search and you will see how much cheaper you can get a flight.

The following is part of one of my posts to do with getting a cheaper fare, the website for Jetstar is www.jetstar.com and I am sure you will see some great prices there, then just marry them up with a cheap Priceline flight HNL to LAX

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JUST SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THOSE THINKING ABOUT COMING TO AUSTRALIA

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Author: lizF
Date: 02/22/2007, 04:28 am
I have just returned home after a trip via USA to South America and a cruise of 3 weeks to Antarctica. As this is not the forum for Antarctica I will not go into that side of things suffice it to say that that place is the ultimate destination and is mind blowing in its diversity and beauty. I spoke to a lot of people on the cruise who had been to Australia and gained a lot of ideas from them which I think would help people if I passed them on.
Firstly I left Australia on one of Jetstar's first flights to Honolulu and because it is a budget airline I was somewhat apprehensive about what to expect in terms of quality in comparison to normal aircraft services. May I congratulate Jetstar on the wonderful service, great food and friendly staff on that trip. Anyone contemplating what could be a great variation and easy trip to Australia have no fear that this is the way to go and come from the USA. If you are after a cheap flight then getting on Priceline or Expedia in the US for a return airfare from Hawaii to your home base in the USA then getting a return flight from Honolulu - Australia can make the price very attractive particularly if Jetstar are having a sale. Also the flight times make it an easier journey for those with the time and the wish for a stopover

We just go round trip tickets from San Francisco to Sydney for $1814. We used American Airlines as we are saving up frequent flyer miles with them. After a long day of searching we were satisfied. our travel dates are Oct 25, returning Dec. 7, 2007. Next we are working on travel within OZ.