Multi-city air passes in Australia?
I had previously heard it was possible to get some type of a multi-city air ticket, as a US-> Australia package (Quantas, maybe?) . However, I can't seem to find anything about that on any airline websites. Have those deals/types of passes gone away? If not, how do I find them?
Or, is there a better way to purchase various domestic flights? Seems so complicated !Any tips? Thanks, dandc |
It's called the Qantas Aussie Airpass. You can find it on their website under "Specials".
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Virgin Blue has a "happy hour" noon - 1pm Australian Eastern Standard Time each day where you can often pick up a bargain. Suggest you join their email newsletters (free) for regular updates on specials. www.virginblue.com.au
Here's the Qantas link. Note: It's QANTAS (no "U") They also have an email newsletter giving regular specials. www.qantas.com.au |
We discovered that you can do it a lot cheaper by simply booking your round trip or open jaw main ticket then going to
http://travel.webjet.com.au which compares all the carriers within Australia, NZ and Tasmania. We got some flights as low as $59.00 |
I also used webjet and got great deals, much cheaper than the quantas pass and you fly on quantas. And I had a very involved itinerary
mel-adelaide-hobart-cairns-sydney |
phishers, do you mean book the roundtrip from US (ie, SFO -> SYD) and then book all the internal aussie trips from webjet? just checking...
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"Note: It's QANTAS (no "U")
Quite. To explain the apparent anomaly of a word starting with "Q" not followed by a "u", it's an acronym, standing for Qantas And Northern Territory Aerial Services. Qantas began in outback Queensland in 1920 and is now arguably the oldest continuous-service international airline in the world. I say "arguably" because KLM, which held the distinction for a long time, has I recall merged with another, younger, carrier and may thus have technically disqualified itself. What puzzles me is not that many people assume the "Quantas" spelling but that quite a few who've flown on the airline and thus have had numerous opportunities to see it written on their tickets, around the check-in desks and gate lounges, in-flight materials and on the aircraft themselves still come away mis-spelling it. That would seem to take some doing. Maybe they assume that Autralians can't spell? |
"Maybe they assume that Autralians can't spell?"
Hmm - maybe they're right. In my defence, my keyboard is acting up.... While I'm at it, though, It's Sydney, not Sidney It's Auckland, not Aukland It's Cairns, not Carins |
We used frequent flyer miles for the US flights then webjet for all Australia flights.
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