baggie

i have seen numerous posts that people say they can barely aford the flight from oz to the uk once they move to oz.

can anyone give me any comparisions to the fight costs.

we are going over to perth in 4 wks for a reccie visit the flights cost us 535 for an adult return to birmingham.

karl

DianneH68

nothing to do with flights from oz to the UK, but BA have a flight sale on the Uk to Sydney and Melbourne at the mo. Allegedly it can cost you under £500 return (inc taxes) but just to test it I put in loads of dates and couldn't get any to come in under less than around £570
Still not bad though if anyone's heading over...

CreditCardKing

I fly back to Newcastle UK every year and the cheapest I have paid is A$1720.00 flying in October 2004, I am going in June 2005 and its cost A$2588.00. The taxes have increased from around A$200 a couple of years ago to A$370 now. I always fly Qantas/BA discount economy and get a free flight every 4 trips from my airmiles. If you are just flying to London then there are much better deals available from other airlines. My friends come over here regularly from Newcastle and they have paid between 600 pounds up to 1000 pounds depending on how long in advance they book their tickets and the specials available with British Airways at that time and the time of year. There are massive differences between peak and offpeak season.

mutang

Hi , do you know when are the peak / off peak seasons? I'm looking to be going out to Melbourne this summer school hols , i guess this will be peak ?
Thanks ,
Jim

worzel

Click on one of the airlines / destinations here anf you will see how prices change through the year. These are UK to Aus but you get the idea.

http://www.leestravel.com/fares.htm#oz

bondipom

School hols tend to be in the peak period. It is the date you fly out that matters.

jad n rich

From Oz, feb, oct and early nov are the cheap periods. Taxes have risen and need to be added on to the airfare.

Cheapest bris to lon we can get is around $1700 off peak then add the taxes! I cant see getting out for less than $2000 nowdays. Kids pay 67 or 75 %.

Trip for family with insurance and taxes around $11,000 then, add another $5000 for peak times, as in when you could actually go with school age kids. Average aussie wage around $50,000, after tax $37,000.

Add spending, lost wages, insurance, accom or car hire and bingo you need a second mortage