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Cheap air fares within Aus
Anyone visiting Aus during May and June should checkout the Virgin Blue and
Qantas airfares - $23 between most major centres. Total of 300,000 tickets are on sale, first in first served. -- www.bribieisland4x4hire.com VW Kombi Camper Buy Backs Landcruiser Troopy - Toyota Hilux Crew Cab Mitsubishi Pajero - Landrover V8 Swag Camper |
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"Roger Martin" wrote in message ... Anyone visiting Aus during May and June should checkout the Virgin Blue and Qantas airfares - $23 between most major centres. Total of 300,000 tickets are on sale, first in first served. -- www.bribieisland4x4hire.com VW Kombi Camper Buy Backs Landcruiser Troopy - Toyota Hilux Crew Cab Mitsubishi Pajero - Landrover V8 Swag Camper Many thanks: Just to be pedantic - fares are $29, and they're selling like hot cakes. The fares are available on www.jetstar.com.au for the Qantas subsidiary and www.virginblue.com.au for Virgin Blue. Note that the seat pitch arrangements for Jetstar are extremely crappy, they tried this dodge of cramming in seats in Europe and were howled down with complaints from pasengers. Virgin Blue offers 3" greater seat pitch. Also Jetstar are using Avalon as their Melbourne airport, which is probably fine if you live between Werribee and Geelong, if you want to travel into Melbourne you'll probably have to pay a fortune for shuttle transport. THey intend to use Richmond for Sydney, again fine if you live in the western suburbs but very inconveniently located if you want to go to central Sydney. Using Jetstar the trip between central Melbourne and central Sydney would become a nightmare, at least 2 1/2 hours road travel, and crammed into substandard seating. Think I'll stick with Virgin Blue Regards David Bennetts |
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"David Bennetts" wrote in message
... Also Jetstar are using Avalon as their Melbourne airport, which is probably fine if you live between Werribee and Geelong, if you want to travel into Melbourne you'll probably have to pay a fortune for shuttle transport. But that's not for ALL flights. -- Tony Bailey Mercury Travel Books |
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And Jetstar, being a Qantas subsidiary, add a charge for using a credit card
to make a booking, without giving any alternative for the special fares. Virgin Blue don't impose this rip-off. Regards David Bennetts |
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"Tony Bailey" wrote in message u... "David Bennetts" wrote in message ... Also Jetstar are using Avalon as their Melbourne airport, which is probably fine if you live between Werribee and Geelong, if you want to travel into Melbourne you'll probably have to pay a fortune for shuttle transport. But that's not for ALL flights. -- Tony Bailey Mercury Travel Books Yes, but it's the only option given if you're flying to or from Sydney. Check out their website. Regards David Bennetts |
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"David Bennetts" wrote in message ... Just to be pedantic - fares are $29, and they're selling like hot cakes. The fares are available on www.jetstar.com.au for the Qantas subsidiary and www.virginblue.com.au for Virgin Blue. Note that the seat pitch arrangements for Jetstar are extremely crappy, they tried this dodge of cramming in seats in Europe and were howled down with complaints from pasengers. Virgin Blue offers 3" greater seat pitch. Also Jetstar are using Avalon as their Melbourne airport, which is probably fine if you live between Werribee and Geelong, if you want to travel into Melbourne you'll probably have to pay a fortune for shuttle transport. THey intend to use Richmond for Sydney, again fine if you live in the western suburbs but very inconveniently located if you want to go to central Sydney. Using Jetstar the trip between central Melbourne and central Sydney would become a nightmare, at least 2 1/2 hours road travel, and crammed into substandard seating. Think I'll stick with Virgin Blue Regards David Bennetts As I've booked tickets both ways between Sydney and the Sunshine Coast for $29 just for a long weekend in May I'm willing to accept the Jetstar terms - I note though their page says Sydney at T2, no mention of Richmond and that the check in closes half an hour before takeoff with, apparently, no exceptions for late arrivals. If we go out for an evening it generally costs us more than that so to be able to dodge in on friends is a bonus. Annie |
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Sheesh!! $29+ still not cheap enough!!
Price competition has proved fatal to smaller operators in Australia before. Virgin Blue is now a separate corporate entity; listed on the Austr Stock exchange. Qantas has the deeper pockets of the two! "David Bennetts" wrote in message ... And Jetstar, being a Qantas subsidiary, add a charge for using a credit card to make a booking, without giving any alternative for the special fares. Virgin Blue don't impose this rip-off. Regards David Bennetts |
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"David Bennetts" wrote in message
... Yes, but it's the only option given if you're flying to or from Sydney. Check out their website. But this is the first time that Sydney has been mentioned - your original comment was- "Also Jetstar are using Avalon as their Melbourne airport, which is probably fine if you live between Werribee and Geelong, if you want to travel into Melbourne you'll probably have to pay a fortune for shuttle transport." -- Tony Bailey Mercury Travel Books |
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David Bennetts wrote:
And Jetstar, being a Qantas subsidiary, add a charge for using a credit card to make a booking, without giving any alternative for the special fares. They _do_ give an alternative - you can pay using direct deposit with internet banking and there is no additional charge. Scott. |
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"Tony Bailey" wrote in message
u... But this is the first time that Sydney has been mentioned - your original comment was- "Also Jetstar are using Avalon as their Melbourne airport, which is probably fine if you live between Werribee and Geelong, if you want to travel into Melbourne you'll probably have to pay a fortune for shuttle transport." Skybus will run - $13 one way between Spencer Street Station and Avalon. $8 Geelong to Avalon. Only a handful of buses each day, but they should hook up to the limited flights initially using the airport. Also apparently a shuttle bus will run from Lara Station to Avalon, though details sketchy so far. V/Line fare from Melbourne to Lara will probably be similar to the Skybus fare. Daniel -- Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia Email: dbowen at custard dot net dot au http://www.danielbowen.com/ |
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