Air New Zealand has extended their USA sale until Nov 30 and dropped prices even further. United Airlines is also on sale, so for Melbourne and Sydney you can fly direct to LA for just $866. Note all fares quoted here are inclusive of credit card fees. Also, flight out of Hobart & Canberra are operated by Delta/Virgin. For travel in Jan through to March. Stay safe :)
do they stop in auckland? im giessing the delta ones dont?
Air New Zealand does for the dates I picked from Brisbane. I think 24th January to 9th of February and that's where I got the duration differences from.
Love a deal, and got no problem with long distance flying… but $100 to save 9 hrs of my annual holiday, and less stuffing-around… I think I'd just pay it.
…not to mention having a toddler in tow.
Damn that's cheap. Would prefer Qantas direct from Syd to avoid flying via Auckland. Although would prefer airNz and Auckland to United direct!!
Amazing prices. Thanks.
Ridiculous amount of cheap flights to LAX and SF… just had to book to Melbourne to San Francisco with Qantas for $931 yesterday. May 13-July 6. Always use Skyscanner to find best price then price match with STA Travel or someone similar.
& I believe Air NZ are doing a deal with paying just $1 more for an extra 23kg of luggage as well
Can you break the journey and stay over in Auckland for a bit?
Is that allowed?
You can using the Multistop booking tool, but it will cost a bit more as there's different logistics involved for the airline. Just head to https://flightbookings.airnewzealand.com.au/vbook/actions/in… and punch in your dates.
Auckland is a much nicer stopover than Sydney for what it's worth - transit in the same terminal rather than having to change terminals (virgin flights you'll have a normal domestic flight to BNE or SYD and have to change terminals) - though united out of melbourne generally is just an extension of the leg to sydney.
i flew MEL-AKL-LAX with Air NZ a few months back, stopping in AKL was 10x better than doing the sydney thing. only thing that kinda sucked was the later departure time (great for a sleep-in) meant arriving at LAX at ~2pm rather than ~9am which meant it was a little busier.
$815 mel-lax is an excellent price though… get on it!
Pretty great prices.
As an alternative Qantas and Virgin are approx $100 more (from Brisbane) for 9 hours 35 mins less airport/flying time for those who prefer direct.
$50 to save over 4.5 hours travel time each way is a tough one.