quoll

LOL just one of the joys of being Australian! One of the things that you have to give up in order to be part of the scenery here unless you are prepared to go to huge lengths to scrounge the last dollar off a fare.

Hope you can find something which doesnt melt the credit card - and isnt Garuda!!!

drb

I wasnt saying thats what i was going to do, i was just wondering if going down that route was a possible option as booking through any australia flight websites seemed to be so much more expensive.
Regarding expedia etc, if they were always more expensive than going direct to the flight companies websites then my would anyone book through them, in my experience these companies seem to offer better deals than going directly to the flight companies - not sure how they manage to get better offers but they do

thanks to the other replies, i will have a good search around and hopefully save myself some $$$$ in the process!!

Centurion

Its sort of hit and miss with airlines. What happens is that x amount of seats are up for sale at x price, then so many at a more expensive and so on. So the fare is pretty much down to timing and special offers.

For example I recently had to book a flight to LA with Air NZ. Air NZ directly by telephone wanted $2000 more than the fare which you could book directly on their own website (it was a business fare). The nice lady on the phone helped me through it just to make sure and said it was laughable really but all airlines do it.

She advised that she didn't have the fare available which was net only despite the fact that I was calling air NZ direct. Expedia wanted $1000 more than the online price.

However, only 15 seats on that plane were available at that fare basis.

So sometimes booking direct is cheaper than online travel agents and agents personally. Simply depends on pot luck sadly.

Good luck with your hunting around! The only advice I would give is that never just search online. Give people like flight centre a call and give them a go once you have an online price.

Also Brunai are coming in less than $2k economy to LHR at the moment from BNE. They have a sale, but of course who knows for how long.

rabsody

Once you're here, they want to stop you getting out. Hence the insular "best place in the world" mentality. No one can afford to go anywhere else.

shiels

The transit hotel at KL is great too quite easily spend a day and or night there without the need of going through immigration and going into KL itself.
C x

biggy

simple....stay here

drb

you know how it is, must pop back to see mine and girlfriends families for a few weeks, plus our mates are getting married at that time. Also be good to remind myself how shite england is!!

jad n rich

See one of the weekend papers had the usual staggering prices for a flipping holiday and have now started credit plans where you can pay off a holiday over 4 years

Deutschmaster

I bought my return ticket from Melbourne to London using Opodo.co.uk in the UK - I still have my UK bank account. It was an e ticket so they didn't have to send me anything.

I tried using the British Airways website but they were annoying as they kept autodetecting my country of residence as Australia, but Opodo were OK.

Centurion

LOL - That is truly frightening....go on holiday and only pay 25% interest. I can see it now. Ferals from Inala are heading to Europe as we speak. The cost of the flight was the only thing keeping them from escaping.

SpookyET

From USA to Europe are not that much cheaper if you use expedia and the like. They are $1500USD or more. However, if you network, you'll find a lonely housewife who happens to be a reseller of tickets. She gets a commission. I hear of $1000 or less tickets to Europe in the summer. As in now. I'm sure they do exist in Australia.

biggy

I still wouldnt pay a fortune for flights Im afraid.................I can think of better stuff spend money on