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Best Time to Buy Australia Flight 2010

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  • rachelandgromit
    rachelandgromit Posts: 826 Forumite
    Thanks, after sleeping on it, it seems like too good to be true especially as the cheap flights are always from London :mad:. Even Emirates and Singapore from looking for our flights this year, never went as low as this so I'm really tempted.
  • than4
    than4 Posts: 222 Forumite
    for under £600pp to Australia, from your prefered airport, I would take it.
  • rachelandgromit
    rachelandgromit Posts: 826 Forumite
    than4 wrote: »
    for under £600pp to Australia, from your prefered airport, I would take it.

    That's exactly what I've done. Booked flights departing end March and returning May for £582.71 (after Topcashback from Manchester). I think this is a good deal, well pleased.
  • richardw
    richardw Posts: 19,459 Forumite
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    rachelandgromit wrote: »
    Booked flights departing end March and returning May for £582.71 (after Topcashback from Manchester). I think this is a good deal, well pleased.

    Gosh that is a good deal, considering how far you are going there and back.
    Posts are not advice and must not be relied upon.
  • rachelandgromit
    rachelandgromit Posts: 826 Forumite
    Just a 'bump' really as in the last 24 hours, alot of the prices around the dates I've booked have gone up on Qatar website. Most are now around £629 mark, so if you are still looking for Manchester to Melbourne sub £600 be quick!!!!
  • kriss_boy
    kriss_boy Posts: 2,131 Forumite
    We want to go either in November/December of this year or January/Feb next year.

    Any ideas when is cheaper? November seems to come in at around £680 per person.

    Do even economy flights have good inboard entertainment?
  • than4
    than4 Posts: 222 Forumite
    kriss_boy wrote: »
    We want to go either in November/December of this year or January/Feb next year.

    Any ideas when is cheaper? November seems to come in at around £680 per person.

    Do even economy flights have good inboard entertainment?

    As Dec/Jan is Christmas and holiday time in Australia, prices will be higher to reflect this. If you can hang on late Feb/March (I think) would be a better time to go.

    That said, £680 for November is pretty good, bearing in mind that I paid just over £900pp for November tickets last year.

    I have flown to Aus with Cathay Pacific, Qantas and Emirates. THey all have seat-back entertainment which you can control to choose what you want to watch/do. I find the service with Qantas the best, but that is just a personal preference. I would choose primarily based on price and flight times/duration.
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