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Flights to Australia

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Can anyone advise on best companies for good deals to OZ. I'm going to try Dial a Flight and Travelbag. Any others out there? We want to fly from Manchester. Cairns is our first stop and we'd like to stop over in either Dubai or KL. We want to fly back from Sydney and aren't particularly bothered about stopping over unless it works in really well. I was looking on the Emirates site, and thought Man/ Dubai/Brisbane going out would be fine but I'm not sure if you can come back from Sydney.
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  • sak46
    sak46 Posts: 123 Forumite
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    Hello

    We have booked to go to Australia with ebookers, we are flying with singapore airlines.

    We got a very good price and nectar points and I see from looking at ebookers web site that they are giving double nectar points until 31 dec 05.

    We found booking with them rather than direct with singapore airlines was cheaper.

    We cant wait to go hope you enjoy your time there.

    sak46 :xmastree:
  • albalad
    albalad Posts: 1,194 Forumite
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    again we booked through ebookers with emirates to melbourne via dubai and singapore , which broke up the journey nicely into 7- 8 hour segments
    "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."
    happy travels !!
    "No matter where you go, there you are."
    albalad
  • nearlyrich
    nearlyrich Posts: 13,698 Forumite
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    Travelbag and ebookers are the same company now I believe we went to Oz with them 2 years ago. We flew Quantas/Ba Manchester to LHR then to Singapore then to Sydney. We went to Hamilton island then Cairns and flew back to Singapore from there.

    We have just booked to Auckland NZ from Manchester via Dubai with Emirates, if you pick them join their Skywards frequent flyer program before you go as you get loads of intro miles.;)

    We went to Malaysia last year with Malaysian Airlines, they would be in my list of airlines to use again too. Hope this helps and have a good time.:xmassmile
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  • Party_Animal
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    Many thanks, I'll check out E Bookers
  • swizzlebabe
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    I`m after a flight to Akl from manchester, just put my dates and its says that they do not offer flights to this destination!

    Seems strange, when did you book?
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  • swizzlebabe
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    Just put in an ealier date, and it has come up with 1 airline, Malayasia.

    Would you recomend ebookers?, never booked long haul flights on the web.
    JAN Grocery Challange £200
    Spent £154.88

    FEB Grocery Challange £175 21-1 to 20-2
    Spent to date £49.13
  • albalad
    albalad Posts: 1,194 Forumite
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    emirates , malaysia airlines and qantas are probably your best options for this route.
    "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."
    happy travels !!
    "No matter where you go, there you are."
    albalad
  • geo555
    geo555 Posts: 787 Forumite
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    Try Austravel

    http://www.austravel.com

    They are Australia specialist and will be able to offer flights to suit you.
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  • Party_Animal
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    Just got a price of £720 off Ebookers for Man- Brisbane via Dubai and back from Sydney via Dubai with Emirates. Can't actually book for 2 weeks so I'll check around.
  • stephenadarglas
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    Try trailfinders and https://www.tripadvisor.com
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