Falling AUD and International Airfare Prices

slee123 on 04/09/2015 - 21:12
Last edited 04/09/2015 - 21:14

Has anyone (travel agents, airline revenue managers, financial experts, travellers, ozbargainers) noticed a correlation with a falling AUD and international airfares?

Just wondering because I'm getting married in Hawaii and the approx dates that everyone needs flights never go on sale - I've watched it for a while and the past 3 sales have had nothing (departing Sydney after Easter and before the NSW school holidays). Even with the latest Hawaii on sale post, the airfares were $830+. I'm hoping these dates will drop in price too though there must be some demand during this time.

Back when the dollar was low, I travelled and managed to get some good deals but wasn't sure if that would be the regular deals and discounts or if the airlines were hurting because there was a drop in people wanting to travel.

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Comments

  • KaTst3R on 04/09/2015 - 21:40

    The biggest movement to flight prices is supply and demand. Usually just before or after a public holiday people will tend to take annual leave to celebrate or take advantage of any long weekends. So it looks like there could be some demand for the dates you want.

  • xabiso on 04/09/2015 - 22:44

    it would be more correlated to (falling/fallen) oil prices no?

    • Forenti on 04/09/2015 - 23:51
      +1

      You'd think so but actually not so much. Most major airlines these days participate in fuel hedging, which means they have their fuel price set in stone for long periods of time in order to avoid most of the fluctuation in oil price

  • RockyRaccoon on 05/09/2015 - 08:54

    a correlation with a falling AUD and international airfares?

    Actually if the airline depends on local travellers then the price could fall with the dollar as demand drops from locals. Friends wanting to come to Australia from the US are paying $1800 US for a trip here vs our trips back at $A1000 for the same time frame,

    As katst3r says if you want to travel at the time you say then this would be peak time for many as the school holidays start just after Easter finishes so it's less likely that the few days in between will be in low demand.

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