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Jetstar $1 (Tax Inclusive) Seat Sale Melb - Syd (and Other East Coast Flights)

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Jetstar $1 (Tax Inclusive) Seat Sale Melb - Syd (and Other East Coast Flights)
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No on 18/03/2010 - 10:03 jetstar.com (6293 clicks)
Last edited 18/03/2010 - 16:35

$1 sale fares are strictly limited and will sell out very fast. You will have to be quick so you don't miss out. Travel is on selected days and at selected times. See below for details.

There are also thousands of other fantastic sale fares on selected domestic and international routes!

This special sale is on today between 2pm - 8pm (AEDT) Thursday 18th March 2010, unless sold out prior. Sale may be extended. Don't forget to come back at 2pm today and click on the link below to access this exclusive sale.

Melbourne (Avalon) - Sydney $1
Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Hobart $1
Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Newcastle $1
Sydney - Gold Coast $1
Brisbane - Newcastle $1
Sydney - Melbourne (Avalon) $1
Hobart - Melbourne (Tullamarine) $1
Newcastle - Melbourne (Tullamarine) $1
Gold Coast - Sydney $1
Newcastle - Brisbane $1

All $1 sale fares are for travel on Tuesdays and Wednesdays on mainly early and late flights only between 10 November and 8 December 2010. All other sale fares are for travel between 12 October - 8 December 2010.

Sale fares are one way and are available on selected days and flights only, subject to availability. Limited availability over public holiday weekends and school holiday periods. Sale fares are JetSaver Light^ fares for when you travel with carry on baggage only. You can choose a JetSaver fare for just $10 more on domestic flights and $20 more on international flights, and you'll get 20kg checked baggage allowance. All sale fares are non-refundable. Limited changes are permitted, charges apply.

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  • leeroys_dad on 18/03/2010 - 10:04

    what are the travel dates?

    • No on 18/03/2010 - 10:06

      All $1 sale fares are for travel on Tuesdays and Wednesdays on mainly early and late flights only between 10 November and 8 December 2010. All other sale fares are for travel between 12 October - 8 December 2010.

      Will add this above.

      • CyberMurning on 18/03/2010 - 10:23
        +3

        so far away.. now is only march…

        • YesPleaseThankYou on 18/03/2010 - 11:31

          Yep, that's ridiculous.

        • noyesmaybeok on 18/03/2010 - 11:40

          Pretty annoying (who knows what I'll be doing at the end of this year) but for the price depending on tax, baggage etc, it's worth it.

  • lollyinthesky on 18/03/2010 - 11:11

    Does anyone know how much the taxes normally are (Bris-Newcastle)? I have no idea.

  • yingtzee on 18/03/2010 - 11:21

    How much are the taxes? Anyone's got details of the taxes for each route??

    • zhenjie on 18/03/2010 - 11:26

      All airfares in Australia are legally obliged to be tax inclusive. It'll be $1 with tax.

      • noyesmaybeok on 18/03/2010 - 11:34

        I'm 99% sure I've seen "plus taxes" written all the time on sale fares.

        • zhenjie on 18/03/2010 - 11:55

          Not for routes within Australia. Tiger Airways did and got slapped on the wrist for it. You'll notice Tiger's Australian emails are now all tax inclusive, but their Singaporeon/worlwide emails are still plus taxes.

      • YesPleaseThankYou on 18/03/2010 - 11:36

        If this fare, as you correctly state should include all taxes, then JetStar would be making a loss.

        My guess is that as MANY people won't actually fly (seeing the fly period is so far away), then JetStar gets to keep all of those many $1 amounts and credit card surcharges to make up for that loss.

        • zhenjie on 18/03/2010 - 11:54

          Yeap, no doubt. But loss leaders aren't uncommon for big companies.

        • bargainbro on 18/03/2010 - 12:00
          +1

          The don't make money from the $1 amounts they collect from people flying. They make money because people will normally get a $1 fare and then need to buy a normal priced fare to get back. Since the $1 fares are only for travel on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, unless people are staying for a whole week, it is unlikely they will get a $1 in both directions.

          Having said that, I've managed to do a $10 return Sydney to Gold Coast in the past… $1 fare on the way up, $9 on the way back.

  • CyberMurning on 18/03/2010 - 11:25

    i dont see why people worry about tax.. the tix only $1, this for sure a bargain. tax, you HAVE TO pay it anyway

    • YesPleaseThankYou on 18/03/2010 - 11:33

      No.

      You only HAVE to pay the tax if you take the $1 fare.

      Otherwise you don't pay it.

      One needs to consider the TOTAL cost of any purchase, not just the headline rate.

  • zenzen on 18/03/2010 - 11:34
    +2

    hope it's not only for JetStar Mastercard customer.

  • adriancfc on 18/03/2010 - 12:02

    This is good for someone who wants to go shopping @ Melb (from Syd) … go early come home late … if flight not cancelled / delayed which is the case with Jetstar for the last few days :(

    • ohsnap on 18/03/2010 - 12:48

      I would do it vice versa, but too bad the flight is from Avalon. Not worth the hassle of driving to Avalon to board the flight for me.

  • Mixhael on 18/03/2010 - 12:13

    Damn, I wish they would fly to and from Perth.

  • quackster on 18/03/2010 - 12:13

    These types of sales end up crushing their servers so many/most people wont get their hands onto any tickets.

    • noyesmaybeok on 18/03/2010 - 12:32

      Probably half the reason they end it at 8pm, so they don't sell them all :)

  • CryssieJade on 18/03/2010 - 13:01

    Okay, I just clicked on the link, and it says:

    "Thanks for applying for the new Jetstar MasterCard! To show our appreciation we have thousands of $1 sale fares to selected Australian Jetstar destinations! "

    So hmmmmm :/

    I hope that's somehow not true, and that it's available to everyone. I voted before I read that…

    • zhenjie on 18/03/2010 - 13:03

      Yeah, it could be linked to the Mastercard application promo, which means alot of us aren't eligible.

  • deyani82 on 18/03/2010 - 13:21

    This is what I found at the bottom of the sale page:

    "Important Flight Information

    For all payments by credit or charge card, an additional $3.50 per passenger, per domestic flight will apply, and an additional $5 per passenger per international flight will apply, unless you pay with a Jetstar MasterCard or Jetstar Platinum MasterCard. Telephone bookings (13 15 38) attract an additional $15 per passenger, per domestic flight booked, and $25 per passenger, per international flight booked. Fares are non-refundable. Limited changes are permitted, charges apply. Fares are one way and are subject to availability (not available on all flights or days). "

    So I guess we are all eligible but there will be extra charges if we don't pay using Jetstar mastercard.

    • Pharming on 18/03/2010 - 14:27

      Paying with Visa attracts a $14 surcharge. No option to change to MasterCard (which i have)

      It says that your order cannot be processed at this time or something when I try.

  • kevinpentium on 18/03/2010 - 13:55

    from 2pm

  • zhenjie on 18/03/2010 - 14:02

    crashing already….

  • cardiology on 18/03/2010 - 14:02

    Website down again as predicted!!

    • Pharming on 18/03/2010 - 14:15

      Website is still up for me. But laggy as all hell!

      For $1 tickets….I wait :D

      Just don't make the mistake of clicking on anything that you dont actually need to. I clicked "Hotels" out of curiosity. Big mistake :(

  • applebyte on 18/03/2010 - 14:04
    +1

    epic fail

    • YesPleaseThankYou on 18/03/2010 - 14:16

      Yep, JetStar does this time and time again.

      What a bunch of technically inept morons.

  • Pharming on 18/03/2010 - 14:14

    As to the tax issue:

    Adult $0.91
    GST $0.09
    Airfare per paying Adult $1.00

    Hope that helps clear it up :D

  • Pharming on 18/03/2010 - 14:28

    [NullReferenceException] An error has occurred. Please try again. If the error persists, please contact the airline. [ArgumentOutOfRangeException] Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: index [ArgumentOutOfRangeException] Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: index [ArgumentOutOfRangeException] Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: index

    Damn it I give up!

  • kevinpentium on 18/03/2010 - 14:35

    Corporate Error
    An error has occurred. Please try again. If the error persists, please contact the airline.

  • shiba on 18/03/2010 - 14:36

    i typed in my name twice instead of me n my partner. line busy. SIGH.

  • CryssieJade on 18/03/2010 - 14:38

    I had my flight…and was so excited…but knew it was too good to be true.

    When I'd entered all my payment details, it said:
    'Error - could not complete because a duplicate booking exists'
    (or something like that)

    And when I tried to get back in, they were all sold! I don't understand how I lost my flight!
    Annnnnoyyyyedddd!!!!!

    • shiba on 18/03/2010 - 14:39

      i got the exactly same msg when i tried to book my return leg. n now it is sold out. ARGG!!

    • bargainhunter on 18/03/2010 - 14:42
      +2

      Yet even while angry you don't slur your vowels.
      Commendable.

      PS General question. What's the $1 + friend price thing mean? I've made it no further :(

      • CryssieJade on 18/03/2010 - 14:47

        I can't stand bad grammar :o)
        Yep, well and truly lost my flight :(

        Ah well. Maybe it's just not meant to be!

  • kevinpentium on 18/03/2010 - 14:42

    sold out fast

  • POWERevolution on 18/03/2010 - 14:45
    -1

    No SA :(

    • quackster on 18/03/2010 - 15:13
      +1

      no offense but your "No SA" posts all over the place are getting quite irritating and don't really contribute to the topic

  • Squ1shy on 18/03/2010 - 14:49

    Don't worry… it will be fast once all the tickets are gone =(
    I made it all the way to the payment page but now it's not going through… been at that page for 20 minutes.

  • agentsmithy on 18/03/2010 - 14:50

    If you wish to finalize this purchase, please type in the security code in the supplied field, then click 'Submit Payment'

    BUT THERE IS NO SECURITY CODE PROVIDED OR SUBMIT PAYMENT BUTTON!! what do i do???

  • rack on 18/03/2010 - 14:56

    done. sydney - goldcoast 6 adult 1 infant return total $12.00.

    Used direct deposit as payment method and save about $40 on fees. Gives me 2 days time to think about it.

  • quackster on 18/03/2010 - 15:11

    Just a hint everyone. I once found it easier to pay by direct deposit. No need to rush to type in the credit card details and you even have a couple of days to consider whether you really want the ticket.

    • applebyte on 18/03/2010 - 15:12
      +1

      it isn't going through for me…

      I use direct payment, then click continue, but it returns to the payment page…

      • quackster on 18/03/2010 - 15:17

        I guess they could've done it that way because its meant to be for the new jetstar mastercard holders

    • Foma2 on 18/03/2010 - 17:58

      can you please explain how you can have two days with a direct payment ?
      can you cancel witin two days ? if so, what is the proper way to do it ?
      thanx.

      • csg001 on 19/03/2010 - 14:49

        if you choose direct deposit, and don't make the deposit within 2 days, the booking gets cancelled. so if you change your mind after clicking the book button, just don't transfer the money. ;)

  • georgedn on 18/03/2010 - 15:23

    i managed to get $2 tickets (+$7 credit card fee) for 2 adults from melbourne avalon to sydney. took about 10 minutes for all the pages to load but got it in the end.

  • quackster on 18/03/2010 - 15:24

    I wouldve been pretty annoyed if I had applied for a credit card just for this sale lol

  • retiredfeline on 18/03/2010 - 15:26

    Out of curiosity I checked if I could get from Syd-Mel one day in Nov and back the next. The only $1 tickets that were available were either at the crack of dawn or just before midnight. I think I'll pass.

  • qianchuanzi on 18/03/2010 - 15:33

    I got my tickets for 2 adults. and i paid $14 for using Visa.

    but one question, i remember when i was selecting flight, that $1 option shows something like "take a friend for free"..but i didnt get free tickets for my friends in the end??

  • mel82 on 18/03/2010 - 15:34

    tried about 3o times, error error error!!!! tried calling they cut out after holding for 5mins or so. not happy jan!!!!!

  • coladdison on 18/03/2010 - 15:34

    I managed to get two tickets Syd to Mel for Wed 24th November. Also managed to get tickets to the Gold Coast last time Jet Star had their $1 deals. On both occasions, I experienced some website congestion but managed to book the tickets after about half an hour.

    The trick is to be there at exactly the time the sale opens. If you come like five minutes late you will more than likely not get through.

    I paid via visa and for two people paid $2 plus $7 visa booking fee so paid $9 all up. Not bad at all. Now got to keep an eye out for promotions for flight back, closer to the date.

    Just though I would share that tip with you all, to give back to the forum which has saved me heaps of money in the past. Keep posting up deals and promotions, it is appreciated.

  • prankster on 18/03/2010 - 15:54

    jetstar you are sly, sly me out
    $595 return (all included) and I bought $690 last week
    cost me $100 more

    damm jetstar with their sales i swear

  • quackster on 18/03/2010 - 15:56

    Not sure if everyone has checked but don't forget theres some international routes on sale. I honestly didn't check how much Jetstar's last sale came up with but Bali is $—- one way without baggage and Fiji is $—- return no baggage (both from sydney)

    EDIT: Must have been a Jetstar bug - they are now showing at proper sale prices.

  • super8 on 18/03/2010 - 16:01

    i think there all just about gone.

  • mel82 on 18/03/2010 - 16:04

    where is the $165 fiji return???

    • quackster on 18/03/2010 - 16:12

      There must have been a bug with taxes not being included properly or something. Total has gone up to $262.10 now.

  • mel82 on 18/03/2010 - 16:12

    its $57 plus $70 something taxes so $129 each way!

    • quackster on 18/03/2010 - 16:14

      I think they must have made a mistake. I checked a couple of fares and even a couple of minutes later the Hawaii fares have jumped by about $100 return (despite still being on sale). Sorry to get you excited!

  • [Deactivated] on 18/03/2010 - 16:18

    how come mine's showing up as $75?

  • kiwipride on 18/03/2010 - 16:23

    couldn't find a single $1 fare for those dates!

  • Knightelf on 18/03/2010 - 16:26

    Bought a $1 ticket from Sydney to Gold Coast :)

  • canleyheights on 18/03/2010 - 16:54

    don't know y u lads could not get thru. i've manage to get 3 trips for the wife and me for $18 return (sydney - avalon). so if we're busy on any one of the date, we'll just lose that $18.

  • zbpanda on 18/03/2010 - 17:08

    I bought Syd to Nadi just A$165 return.

  • maf101 on 18/03/2010 - 18:19

    It costs $2 to assign a seat after a booking is made. Grr it was too slow to do it whilst booking.

    I managed to book: 4 x Gold Coast to Syd return, 4 x Syd to Mel return, 4 x Syd to Gold coast one-way.

    I had problem with Firefox. It wouldn't get past the payment stage. It failed everytime. Explorer had no problems.

  • eurekabeads on 19/03/2010 - 09:45

    Great deal, but I was too late :( oh well, next time.

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