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JohnHowardsEyebrows on 25/03/2017 - 08:06 skybus.com.au (2323 clicks)
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For those visiting or residing in Melbourne, the Skybus from Melbourne Airport is an overpriced reality when wanting to get into or out of town quickly.

Tickets online are going for $18 one way, or $35 return. Use this deal to purchase multiple one way tickets for a bargain $13. Can also be used with Avalon bus tickets, as well as Skybus St Kilda. Unfortunately doesn't seem to be available on the more tailored Skybus FAPAS (Frankston and Peninsula Airport Shuttle…clearly the pointy heads who coined this acronym aren't familiar with internet slang…).

Of course, this isn't as cheap as the $4.10 Myki fare that will get you to the airport via Broadmeadows/Airport West…but it is a decent discount for those who have to use it/want the convenience of going straight into the city.

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  • Hirolol on 25/03/2017 - 08:49
    +1

    The price is a joke isn't it.
    And the Broadmeadows option is not really viable when you're travelling to the city weekly, it can take upto 2 hours if traveling from the east/south eastern suburbs

    • 8200 on 25/03/2017 - 09:03
      +1

      And the suitcases….

      • muncan on 25/03/2017 - 10:19
        +2

        It costs you around $25 each way

        • JohnHowardsEyebrows on 25/03/2017 - 10:26
          +1

          Yeah, their model may need some subsidy from the government (even if it brings it back to $20), but having the option of a risk free ride to the airport, even in heavy traffic, would be well worth it.

      • octagonalman on 25/03/2017 - 10:24

        Some of these newer vehicles don't offer much in ride quality. For example, light rail on the 109 line seems to shake quite considerably when exceeding 50km/h.

      • Hirolol on 26/03/2017 - 13:56

        interesting!!!

    • Diji1 on 25/03/2017 - 11:50

      The price is a joke isn't it.

      The politicians that allowed legislation that allowed the sitution is a joke. Remember this when you vote and do note vote Liberal or Labour.

      • arcticmonkey on 25/03/2017 - 12:52
        -1

        I don't think Pauline Hanson will develop or implement this project.

        • altomic on 25/03/2017 - 13:39
          +1

          we need someone who can grab it by the airport transportation system

    • WreckTangle on 25/03/2017 - 20:05

      Only about 10 minutes from the airport to broadmeadows tho, which is handy if you need somewhere on the craigieburn or seymour train lines.

    • gorge on 25/03/2017 - 23:27

      every capital in australia is like this though. brisbane airport from central station cost $25 too.

      • R4 on 26/03/2017 - 13:44
        +2

        When Perth airport link opens, it will have local commuter fares - under $4 for me

  • SonGHosT on 25/03/2017 - 09:12
    +1

    Good timing!! Will be using this in a week! Thanks OP.

  • [Deactivated] on 25/03/2017 - 11:10
    +1

    The Broadmeadows option is fine. Used it dozens of times.

    The economy seat option, on the other hand, is not an option. First class for me 😉

    • Oz-Bogan on 25/03/2017 - 11:50
      +1

      Agree with tightwad. At the end of the day TIME is MONEY. You want to get there fast (Skybus-$18, Airshuttle-$20-25, taxi-$50+) you pay. Got more time? Catch public transport (train to Broady then the 901 bus to the airport-$3-4). Choice is all yours……. Nearly every city in the world with a convenient airport link costs extra.

      • muncan on 25/03/2017 - 11:55
        +2

        Real OzBargainers walk for free

        • Oz-Bogan on 25/03/2017 - 12:22
          +1

          You gonna get yourself killed walking across the runway like that.
          I, personally, would have turned left at Albuquerque……..

      • cheesecactus on 25/03/2017 - 12:14
        +2

        Perth doesn't have a 'skybus' or anything. We just have a public transport bus that goes from the airport to the city. Same fare as any other public transport bus.

        Also we're about to start building a public transport rail link to the airport as well. Again, no extra stupid fees just because it's the airport

        • Oz-Bogan on 25/03/2017 - 12:26
          +1

          At $1.86 billion I reckon there will be extra stupid fees.

        • [Deactivated] on 25/03/2017 - 13:27

          There has to be something good in perth 😉

        • itsMartin on 25/03/2017 - 14:24

          But it also takes double the time because it stops at every bus stop down Great Eastern Highway, and it isn't a dedicated airport shuttle with additional space for people's luggage just to get from the airport to the city.

          Not saying its a terrible option, but there are certainly reasons the Skybus service is more expensive than regular public transport.

        • callum9999 on 25/03/2017 - 16:19

          Having used public transport to both Melbourne and Perth airports many times, I much prefer Melbourne's… It has the normal public transport bus, with the benefit of the bus also stopping at a train station on an extensive network only a few minutes away.

          Granted Perth is comparatively tiny so what they have is perfectly adequate, but it's hardly groundbreaking!

        • donotuse on 25/03/2017 - 18:15

          Tried doing that in a public holiday and the PT option in Perth is absent in the morning.

          PT option exists in Sydney but it's $14 additional each way. Is it expensive? Not really, especially when you're capable of spending discretionary travel.

        • cheesecactus on 25/03/2017 - 18:28

          @itsMartin:

          Perth airport to city via bus is about 35mins for like $3 or so (bus 40, i think 380 is a couple mins longer).

          An uberX would take 20mins but cost $29 to $39 and a taxi even more.

          So if you can stomach the 15mins extra…

        • R4 on 26/03/2017 - 13:45

          @Local: Why? When they build a new rail line in Sydney and Melbourne, do they put the fares up to cover the construction costs?

        • Boshait on 26/03/2017 - 16:24

          @callum9999:I much prefer Melbourne's… It has the normal public transport bus

          True. Pity it does a meandering tour of the city's least desirable suburbs instead of going to the city.

        • callum9999 on 26/03/2017 - 17:01

          @Boshait: I used that once from Frankston as it was direct and the trains were suspended - quite a horrific journey!

          Normally I'd just catch a train from wherever I am in the city and connect by bus for the last few minutes though.

        • lainey13 on 26/03/2017 - 18:06

          @R4: Because they're not built by the government, the link is built in partnership with a private enterprise, who in return for doing the construction are promised decades of gouging by the government of the time.

        • R4 on 26/03/2017 - 21:10

          @lainey13: Perth airport rail link is being built with taxpayers money - one of the reason's WA's debt is so high

        • JohnHowardsEyebrows on 26/03/2017 - 21:50

          @R4: How much is the debt at present, and how much has the rail link cost to date?

        • R4 on 26/03/2017 - 21:55

          @JohnHowardsEyebrows:
          Total debt is project to balloon to about $40b in the next few years

          Rail project is in early engineering stage with only some physical work done. Project is budgeted at just under about $2.2b

        • JohnHowardsEyebrows on 26/03/2017 - 22:02

          @R4: So not really a major factor to this point or on current projections.

          Out of interest, what are the big ticket items that've got you in debt? Appreciate you got stiffed on GST share, but hard to imagine how the state didn't feast on the stamp duty and royalty bonanza during the mining boom.

        • R4 on 26/03/2017 - 22:08

          @JohnHowardsEyebrows:
          Many reasons but here are a few:
          Government incompetence, largess and complacency
          No planning for the - inevitable - end of a major mining construction phase
          Low GST share
          Too much regulation and red-tape
          Far to many civil servants on the government payroll
          Reduction in royalties from falling commodity prices
          Unions

      • R4 on 26/03/2017 - 13:50
        +1

        In london it's not
        In Singapore it's not
        In Hong Kong it's not
        etc

        Perth airport link will operate on commuter fares

  • b0b0 on 25/03/2017 - 11:51
    +1

    I tried a few times to purchase ticket but once I put in the promo code MASTERPASS then I am not able to click continue to the next step.
    It works for normal transaction without a promo code. Does anyone experience the same thing?

  • Hotpotcorn on 25/03/2017 - 12:00
    -1

    our public transport system is so behind compared to other cities/countries….. sydney and brisbane has a train line that goes straight to the airport. ive been to japan/shanghai/beijing and they ALL have trains that goes to the airport. melbourne is so inconvenient when you want to go there via public transport. WE NEED THE AIRPORT RAILWAY LINK NOT SOME SHITTY METRO TUNNEL

    • arcticmonkey on 25/03/2017 - 12:57
      +1

      You sound like an immature child. The Metro tunnel is the first major public transport improvement in decades.

      When you grow up, you may come to appreciate it, child.

      • Hotpotcorn on 25/03/2017 - 13:05
        -1

        the airport railway link is far more important than the metro tunnel

        • stirlo on 25/03/2017 - 13:08
          +1

          Would you even take it? Especially if it cost ~$25 each way?

        • jjjaar on 25/03/2017 - 13:21
          +3

          There's no capacity in north Melbourne to deal with any feasible airport heavy rail option. The metro tunnel provides this capacity. The most likely heavy rail option will utilise the metro tunnel allowing connection from the airport to Dandenong corridor, frequent trains and 7 carriages, providing an additional 30% capacity over the current 6 carriage trains. We need metro tunnel before airport rail if we actually want airport rail to be part of the existing network.

    • stirlo on 25/03/2017 - 13:07
      +5

      An airport railway link that costs even more than skybus is almost as useless. Especially if the frequency drops from skybus's current 10 minutes. Put a dedicated bus lane on the freeway for next to no cost to stop the peak hour delays and save the billion dollars or so.

      • jjjaar on 25/03/2017 - 13:23
        +2

        Exactly. Skybus frequency is actually more like 4-6 mins in peak, and is 24 hours 7 days a week. A train won't be 24/7.

        Not sure if it has changed now but I used Brisbane airtrain in about 2010 and it was $17 return and stopped at 7pm. Super helpful for a 11pm flight home.

    • [Deactivated] on 25/03/2017 - 13:31
      +2

      Melbourne has amazing public transport compared with other English speaking countries. And it's relatively cheap. The skybus works fine. Why does it have to be a train. The airport's not exactly far from the CBD.

      • NickosFoivos on 26/03/2017 - 14:30

        Melbourne has an amazing public transport system? Joke of the day! Thanks :)

        • [Deactivated] on 26/03/2017 - 23:22

          You've probably never left the country before and imagine the world is perfect outside Melbourne

        • NickosFoivos on 27/03/2017 - 12:32

          @tightwad:

          I have lived in Europe.

        • [Deactivated] on 27/03/2017 - 18:13
          +1

          @NickosFoivos:

          Congratulations 😤

    • gilbarc on 25/03/2017 - 13:50
      +1

      Mate, your public transport system is far, far better than ours in Brisbane. A train line to the airport is just about the only thing we have on you, and even then it costs about as much as the Skybus anyway.

      I know everyone, wherever they are in the world, likes to gripe about their city's public transport system, and of course there's always room for improvement. But seriously, Melbourne's is the best in Australia by far.

      • Oz-Bogan on 25/03/2017 - 14:16

        Skybus is great! Where else can you sit on a big red double-decker bus with a whole lot of people in business attire and wifi that doesn't work?

      • [Deactivated] on 27/03/2017 - 18:16

        Well said. At least somebody can see what's actually true instead of just knee jerk reaction complaints

        TBH If you can't be happy in Melbourne you might as well end it here and now.

    • tonsta on 25/03/2017 - 14:10

      Sydney has a train no one wants to use and only 1 public bus that services the line, Burwood to Bondi via airport.

      Mac Bank has everyone including the pollies over the barrel when it comes to airports.

      • carkell on 25/03/2017 - 14:24

        Macquaire doesnt have a stake in the airport itself or the Airport Link

  • djkelly69 on 25/03/2017 - 14:06
    +1

    Anyone else having an issue signing up for a Masterpass account? Just returns a blank screen after putting in email and clicking sign up?

  • Choc0 on 25/03/2017 - 15:15
    +2

    Uber from the airport - just use the Mickelham road maccas as your location and the driver will call you (then come and pick you up from arrivals). Still cheaper when it's more than 1 person

  • R4 on 26/03/2017 - 00:49

    Even little old Perth is building an airport rail link (with local commuter fares (under $4 for me) unlike Sydney)

    Wake up Melbourne

  • neemet on 26/03/2017 - 13:21

    I'm having login issues. Won't accept my password

    • neemet on 27/03/2017 - 20:16

      UPDATE: Had to go to the Masterpass website to complete my account registration. Then on the Skybus website, logged in to my now existing account and waited for the SMS code to come through.

  • NickosFoivos on 26/03/2017 - 14:28
    -2

    Only cheapskates get Mel public transport to go to the airport… jeez. I only get a taxi or rarely a sky bus.

    • JohnHowardsEyebrows on 26/03/2017 - 14:47
      -1

      Are you new around here?

      • NickosFoivos on 26/03/2017 - 16:36
        -1

        Yes lol

        I like well priced items but I put value on what I choose, too.

  • inamberclad on 28/03/2017 - 16:05
    +1

    thanks op!

  • robb2002 on 04/04/2017 - 20:41

    Hello,'

    Silly question but does this work for travelling from Melbourne CBD to Melbourne Airport? It just says "Melbourne City Express."

    Thanks in advance.

  • monkeydo on 13/04/2017 - 12:44

    Per transaction, meaning I'm better off buying one adult at a time?

    • inamberclad on 13/04/2017 - 13:14

      Yes

    • Sezza on 15/04/2017 - 08:03

      That's what i did, and it worked great ! :)

  • fortunecookie on 17/04/2017 - 12:11
    +1

    Thanks OP. Works perfectly :)

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