A question about : Ј300-Ј400 return flights to Australia, New Zealand, Bali, Singapore
15 June 2009
What's the deal?
Singapore Airlines is running a seat sale from London, with return flights to Melbourne for Ј389 and Sydney and Brisbane Ј399, including most taxes & charges (the next cheapest is c. Ј600). There're also flights to New Zealand for an astonishing Ј359, as well as Singapore Ј295 and Bali Ј319 ALL-IN! This is cheapest in MoneySaving Towers' memory!
The deal's on flights departing from London Heathrow between 1 September to 09 December 09 and 16 January to 31 March 2010 - which is SUMMER time down under. There is still good availability at the moment, but the sale ends 30 June, so you'll have to be quick.
How to find 'em
The flights are available direct through Singapore Airlines, but for a more advanced search you can use screenscraper Kayak*. Enter your trip details and it'll zip them to scores of normal airlines, including Qantas, to find the cheapest.
If you don't mind when you fly, there's a quick way to get an idea which dates are available. On the Kayak homepage, enter London to Sydney (or the whichever destination you're looking for).
A box of 'best fares' should then appear on the right hand side. If you flick through the months, it should be clear which dates have Ј399 flights. Just search for a flight leaving on that date, and hopefully the cheap fare will still be available.
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11am Wed. Quick update from Martin
As always when we do flight sale posts, a few people don't find a flight and write in the discussion below it's a con. Well its not a con, if it was we wouldn't list it.
There are many flights available at these prices ALL-IN. We don't just rely on sale literature we diligently check the prices through and find examples of our own before we'd ever give a deal this much prominence. In fact one antipodean member of the MSE Team has booked a flight home for all his family at this price - and you'll see many people who've successfully bagged a bargain below.
So if you can't find one, or the price inc taxes & charges is much higher, don't assume its a con, just the sales flights have gone from that date. In which case try another date rate (always remembering the sale is only on from 1/9 to 9/12 this year and 16/1 to 31/3 in 2010
Don't assume it's automatically cheapest though
Always compare it to the results from the Cheap & Free Flights guide
This deal was originally spotted by MoneySaver marble, and this post was inserted to give everyone the full lowdown. Thanks for the fantastic find!
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Best answers:
- There is a sale starting with Singapore Airlines from tomorrow (the prices haven't changed yet). Some really good prices:
Singapore 295 GBP
Bali (Denpasar) 319 GBP
Manila 319 GBP
Hong Kong 425 GBP
Bangkok 329 GBP
Kuala Lumpur 329 GBP
Perth 389 GBP
Adelaide 395 GBP
Brisbane 399 GBP
Melbourne 389 GBP
Sydney 399 GBP
Auckland 369 GBP
Christchurch 359 GBP
See here for more details
Above fares valid for travel between 1 September to 9 December 2009 and 16 January to 31 March 2010.
Get in there quick as they're likely to sell out quick! - Just listening to the BBC Travel correspondent talking about this deal. Cheaper from London to Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand than a first class, open train fare from London to Manchester.
- Has anyone managed to get a sale flight yet?
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I will keep trying for flights to brisbane any date would be good - The same prices have been made available to Travel companies. If you are worried about seats going fast as they will do, pick up the phone and speak to a good travel company...
- I just booked my flights for Ј407!!
I was amazed, as everything else i have been looking at was Ј750+
London > Melbourne
Sydney > London
Though i did have to pay Ј125 for exit row seats on all the flights - omg! i really wanna go to bali or something.. too bad i don't have the money! these are super cheap though!
- Great price! And on Singapore Airlines too. Amazing!
- My partner told me about this 'deal'.
I said there's got to be some con, I've only just got home - so i'm checking it out as I type...
So far - for 2 adults and our baby : london > perth = Ј846 (cheap fares... but high tax) - are there any hiden fee's?! "checking in fee" lugage etc etc..... thats when the price starts to creap up!! - 1% quidco as well, for dates we wanted couldnt see any real cheap ones
- Hi
Just thought i would let people know Singapore airlines are doing travel to most far east places for next year 2010 for Ј339 return with taxes.
i know airlines are doing cheap deals at the moment but this is seriously cheap and they are about the best airline going.
I have just booked Phuket in Thailand for March for Ј339 cant wait - Finding a flight at those prices is another thing altogether.
- MOVING THREADS FOR BETTER RESPONSES
Hi, Martin’s asked me to post this in these circumstances: I’ve asked Board Guides to move threads if they’ll receive a better response elsewhere(please see this rule) so this post/thread has been moved to another board, where it should get more replies. If you have any questions about this policy please email abuse@moneysavingexpert.com. - Already posted - am intrigued as to why the BG has merged some threads but just moved this one?
- Firstly I moved it to the correct board as it was posted on the wrong one. Does that explain why I moved it?
Secondly it would have taken you the same amount of time to pm me that this deal has already being posted as it did to type your comment above. I'm a volunteer. I have a job, I have real life going on. I don't read every post/thread. So please excuse me for not realising this has already being posted.
Thanks
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