Sydney to Berlin, Germany from $667.30 Return (Apr-May) @ FlyScoot

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    [Deactivated] on 10/03/2020 - 22:35

    +1

    As many as you can stuff into your 10Kg baggage allowance

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    [Deactivated] on 11/03/2020 - 01:25

    +1

    3 whole rolls

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    Geoff-bargain on 12/03/2020 - 10:33

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  Winston100s on 10/03/2020 - 22:23

  I'd hold for a while before booking with these guys as it is very possible other carriers will further reduce their ticket pricing. If you want to add entertainment, food and check-in luggage to your flight, the price with Scoot fly signifantly increases and i'd chose to pay an extra $200-300 and fly with a proper airline company.

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  [Deactivated] on 10/03/2020 - 22:37

  Meanwhile there were 20-55K estimated deaths from this year's flu in USA alone.

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    Winston100s on 10/03/2020 - 22:41

    worldwide ~500k deaths from the flu (influenza)

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      SteatoLegato on 11/03/2020 - 08:12

      Stupid say stupid do

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    Associatedbeatthatflight @ Beat That Flight on 11/03/2020 - 08:48

    +2

    I had this argument until yesterday. Found out that flu kills 1 in 1000. Covid-19 is estimated at 34 in 1000. That's… not ideal.

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      [Deactivated] on 11/03/2020 - 09:28

      +1

      34 in 1000 tested, aka those with symptoms who came to hospital. How many don't?

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        brih on 11/03/2020 - 12:46

        +1

        Wouldn't that argument also apply to the flu, though?

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          [Deactivated] on 11/03/2020 - 18:00

          @brih: CDC estimates 34,000,000 – 49,000,000 flu illnesses, 350,000 – 620,000 flu hospitalizations and 20,000 – 52,000 flu deaths in this flu season, so do determine mortality rate for flu you divide number of illnesses by number of deaths.

          For COVID-19 number of illnesses is not known and mortality determined by dividing number of hospitalizations (tests) by number of deaths and therefore resulting number works out much higher.

          I'm not saying that COVID-19 deaths won't get into tens of thousands though. All I'm saying is that not many care much about fact that more than 20K people die from flu every year.

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      Wally on 11/03/2020 - 13:07

      The mortality rate in South Korea, where more than 1,100 tests have been administered per million residents, comes out to just 0.6%,
      In the U.S., where only seven tests have been administered per million residents, the mortality rate is above 5% …hmm

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  AlmightyBeing on 11/03/2020 - 00:34

  +5

  Why would you leave your doomsday bunker for cheap flights? My partner wanted to get more toilet paper so I killed him before he could open the door and infect the whole family with corona disease. I put him in the freezer just in case we run out of food in the years to come once the world has fallen

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  dufflover on 11/03/2020 - 06:24

  Even if you don't get sick, a holiday in a locked down city is gonna be pretty shit.

  Going international these days is just not worth it regardless of the cost. A couple of months ago this was still barely news. Look at it now. That's how quickly things can change.

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    Hoju on 11/03/2020 - 07:02

    Totally worth it from my point of view.
    Cheapest chance to go skiing in Europe I’ve ever had!

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      [Deactivated] on 11/03/2020 - 08:05

      Just like the doctor who came back from America and got the coronavirus ? It's only worth it to you because you probably won't die from it even if it spreads around the country so you don't care.

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        netjock on 11/03/2020 - 10:00

        The one who saw 70 patients. Then got slammed by the health minister for Victoria. His colleagues put up a petition for an apology, then went all quiet when his wife tested positive.

        He is Missy Higgins dad apparently.

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          [Deactivated] on 11/03/2020 - 11:31

          @netjock: yeah exactly, I don't see how someone can see it as 'worth it' despite how cheap it is

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  Leuke on 11/03/2020 - 09:02

  +1

  Fly to Berlin on this deal last year. I enjoyed the 22hr stop overs in Singapore, gave me a good amount of time to get out to the city and add another place to my holiday for nothing. Planes were fine, pretty similar to a Jetstar flight IMO. I just slept so didn't need to purchase any food, bit what they had on offer didn't look great.

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  [Deactivated] on 11/03/2020 - 09:30

  Literally all the flights I was looking at in May and June are still $1,200 only now that Singapore being the cheapest it's Qantas.

  No discounting yet to Spain, Greece, even Italy.

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  peterpeterpumpkin on 11/03/2020 - 10:17

  +1

  tldr; the upvoters are trolling

  Because I like to keep informed of trends, I was interested to know that flights were appearing with $0 base fares, despite having absolutely no intention of flying.

  But as weeks pass and carriers cancel flights and countries cancel inbound flights from additional countries, posts such as these have become nothing but so-called "shitposting" based on the number of upvotes ("shitposting" normally results in a forum not serving its intended purpose).

  The same deal in September last year only received 29 upvotes (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/482814), despite the range of flight dates being much wider and the deal having over 350 more clicks. The November deal (which I never bothered to confirm was a return deal) was maybe ~$15 more each way but only received 7 upvotes (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/494631).

  Now to keep things in perspective, I like making joke posts myself (one of which were deleted by a mod once), but over the last week I've noticed there are people on here that don't Google, read the news, or have basic English comprehension skills. But most ironic of all is this is a bargain website yet many have very poor financial intelligence. There are people that will actually see this price, look at the upvotes and decide it's the first-of-its-kind (if people were upvoting for it being the last of its kind and flying in a panic then they should claim so).

  How do you bash into people's brains that the deal is nothing special in spite of what they think of coronavirus? Many people use these cheap flights to get into "Europe", not just Germany, to see its attractions. When the Louvre in France was temporarily shut down last week they didn't make special provisions for people that don't believe coronavirus is an issue. Same goes for the colloseum in Rome. When my friend was in Europe planning to attend the world's largest travel trade fair in Berlin, and it was suddenly cancelled, they didn't create an event just for him and other "brave people".

  Now I'm normally happy to just walk around a foreign destination. I enjoy the journey more than the destination. I'm in a position where getting stranded and finding my way home would be fun - if the price was right (not that I'm suggesting this will definitely happen). But I doubt hundreds of people suddenly feel the same way. Or about cruises that mostly circle the Pacific.

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    coolsteps on 11/03/2020 - 10:27

    +1

    agreed no deal its there normal price with a long lay over in sin.

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    netjock on 11/03/2020 - 11:45

    Welcome to the internet. People miss the point all the time. I come here to spend less, a lot of people come here to spend more.

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  xiabonan on 11/03/2020 - 10:37

  +6

  As a Chinese student studying in Sydney I have a few points to make regarding the virus. My father travelled to his hometown which is just north of Wuhan during Chinese New Year and when returned home was put under compulsory quarantine, and my grandma and a bunch of other relatives who were in the town were quarantined too (they were all well so don't worry) so I guess I can share a thing or two about this virus with my fellow oz-bargainers.

  The virus is not scary, until the healthcare system is overwhelmed. In my province Henan (which borders Hubei province where Wuhan is located), there were over a thousand cases and only about two dozen died, and that's the highest mortality rate in China outside of Hubei. In many Chinese provinces there were single digit deaths out of several hundred or even over a thousand cases.

  You might question these numbers but I can personally vouch for them as I have a number of cousins working as nurses in the public health system. My mom was a nurse at a local hospital too though she migrated to Singapore now. She has friends which are in different hospitals and the numbers do match up.

  The real issue isn't the virus per se, but elderly/underlying problems and flooding of the healthcare system. About 10% to 20% of patients turn critically ill, most fall into the elderly/underlying problem group, and when they do not receive proper care and life support including the use of respirators they can quickly worsen and die within days.

  As for Germany, I think it's wise to obverse a few days first. Italy is now overloaded with patients, and numbers are still not declining. If the same thing happens in Germany, I'll say it's best not go.

  I've booked a holiday in Tokyo late May myself and even Japan isn't hardest hit at the moment I'm still prepared to cancel at short notice.

  Hope this helps.

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    netjock on 11/03/2020 - 11:57

    The virus is not scary, until the healthcare system is overwhelmed.

    Isn't that what everyone is scared of? Think of Emergency department on Friday and Saturday night. I would hate to see what it looks like with coronavirus on the loose.

    The real issue isn't the virus per se, but elderly/underlying problems and flooding of the healthcare system. About 10% to 20% of patients turn critically ill, most fall into the elderly/underlying problem group

    The virus isn't the problem just people with underlying issues LOL.

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      xiabonan on 11/03/2020 - 22:41

      +1

      I'm not trying to downplay the issue, instead I'm trying to get people to be more alert while trying not sound like scaring people.

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    anjel on 11/03/2020 - 17:28

    Same here. I survived the SARS almost 20yrs ago. I don't think China is overreacting. This virus is way beyond what we have prepared for.

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  nickj on 11/03/2020 - 10:42

  +2

  • You can't get travel insurance cover now for anything related to COVID-19 (pls correct me if that's wrong, or even better yet, post it as a new deal, because even though the price will be higher than insurance that does not cover COVID-19, it will be of interest to a lot of folks).
  • Therefore, if you really want to travel internationally, you should be doing so to the list of countries that have reciprocal health care agreements with Australia. Here's the list: https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/before-you-go/health/recipr… , but if you just want the answer, it's these 11 countries:
    
    • Belgium
    • Finland
    • Italy [obviously drop this one from the list since the whole country is in lock-down]
    • Malta
    • Netherlands
    • New Zealand
    • Norway
    • the Republic of Ireland
    • Slovenia
    • Sweden
    • United Kingdom
  • So basically Aus + NZ, and a cluster in Europe: most of Scandinavia, UK / Ireland / Belgium / Netherlands (all quite close together), and Malta & Slovenia.
  • Once you're in Europe, you can move around very easily between those countries with cheap flights, and trains and ferries for neighbouring countries. E.g. you can even go London to Brussels by Eurostar train in 2 hours 10 mins, and even though you travel through briefly through France for ~40 minutes, I still think that's okay, because it's so brief.
  • Personally, I would be very wary of going to any other countries right now, given the insurance situation. Even though it pains me to say this an Ozbargainer, that applies IRRESPECTIVE OF PRICE. Because overseas medical bills can easily bankrupt people.
  • The problem is getting from Australia to the European places. You have to go via somewhere (e.g. Singapore, HK, KL, Bangkok, Tokyo, etc). That is not desirable.
  • There is one single exception to that. The Qantas Perth to London service takes you non-stop from one covered country (Australia) to another (UK). And from the UK, you can (currently) move around very easily to those other European countries. Then take the same flight back.
  • That service service is long (17 hours) and it is more expensive. E.g. in May, Sydney to London return via Perth was $1770 return in economy. In almost every other case I'd say, go with the ~$1200 airfare from another full service airline, or if you're young and healthy go with Scoot and save the $1100 (minus baggage fees, minus food costs, minus drink costs, and so forth, so maybe $900 at the end of the day).
  • But in this case, I'm not sure it's such a good idea. This seems more like one of those situations where people drive a car without insurance to save $1000, have an accident, get a bill for $50,000, and then make a post here asking how they can get out of it, and we all say pay up and they were mad and should have had insurance. This seems like that, but much worse. This time, it's saving $900 versus potentially being bankrupted with medical bills (e.g. could you afford AUD $50,000 PER NIGHT in the US for ICU bills? Do you know how much hospital medical bills are in Singapore & Germany? Can you afford it?).
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    [Deactivated] on 11/03/2020 - 11:12

    +1

    Great post, however 75% of the countries listed are the most expensive in Europe 🤣🤣🤣
    I paid $27 for a burger in Oslo, it was ridiculous!

    Slovenia & Malta perhaps? 😬

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      payless69 on 11/03/2020 - 13:09

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      Socialism to perfection! Caravan park sleep in van $50 per night plus $50 admin once off fee.

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    Geoff-bargain on 12/03/2020 - 10:34

    I took the Perth to London flight not long ago and even without the virus its the way to go. Seats have more room and you can really relax without having to get shuffled around at the half way point. I paid around $1300 but came back on Emirates so maybe that kept the price down.

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  payless69 on 11/03/2020 - 11:25

  Flew then SIN OOL $99. Seat padding was 2.5cm can still feel it ages afterwards.

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  peterpeterpumpkin on 17/03/2020 - 12:01

  I wonder how many poor idiots booked this deal. Probably none of the trolling upvoters did.

  By the way, if we're pretending this deal is actually a deal, someone should probably change the sample dates to a valid one: https://www.flyscoot.com/en/announcements/temporary-suspensi…

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