....have the prices for flights from uk to oz gone up(a hell of a lot)?

jan xx

Yeh they seem to be pricey at the moment but if you fly in Oct the price is a bit lower. Don't know why

ta for that

Supply and demand - this time of year more people want to travel to Aus, long school holidays in the UK etc. Come OCtober, kids are back at school etc,. Prices peak again for Christmas in about mid-December

I think they have doubled in price nearly. We paid 470 each when we flew to OZ first time. My sister got quotes around 1000, so she didn't come.

thanks

i have been looking so my folks can come and see us in january and its almost 3 times what we paid when we came over
im worried they wont come

cant believe it

jan xx

It sure is expensive.We're planning on doing a reccie and its just sooooooo expensive but i need this reccie to convince oh to emigrate to Oz!

My OH gets emails from trailfinders with constant quotes from £600!! I didnt think this was so bad. We paid £800 each last August I think...

Ohhh ta for that hun

We paid £750 each when the hubbie and I went to Brisbane in September 07. He has now booked to go to Auckland in June for his mums 60th birthday and the cheapest he could get is £916 with Singapore Air. Big jump in price, I agree.
My hubbie was going to go in July but prices were £1100/£1200 then, he was told by all the travel agents he spoke to that the airlines put up their prices from July 1st for the school summer holidays, even though most schools don't start their summer holidays until the end of July.
So as other posters have said, the trick definitely seems to be to avoid all school holidays.

I paid fo rmy wife to go a couple of years ago and decide a couple of days before she left to with her, £550. for the beloved £297 for me. same flight.

We went again eight months later and both paid about £450, emirates

Both times we booked through travel bag and left it late to book, you takes you chances, so to speak. but they do seem expensive at the moment, we just waited until we could find good deals, then booked and went.

thanks for all the replies

i will try and keep searching

jan xx