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Melbourne to Phuket $149, Sydney to Bali $159 One Way Airfare @ Jetstar

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Destinations include:

  • Bali
  • Phuket
  • Singapore
  • Auckland
  • Queenstown
  • Nadi
  • Honolulu
  • Ho Chi Minh City
  • Osaka
  • Tokyo

Club Jetstar Early Access ends 11.59pm AEDT Monday 25 October 2021 and Public Access Sale ends 11.59pm AEDT Saturday 30 October, unless sold out prior.

Don’t forget your International Vaccine Certificate https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/COVID-19/COVID-19-vaccinati…

Please note some travel requirements may incur additional charges, which will be a condition of entry, both ways. This may include PCR testing, vaccinations, quarantine, face masks, health declarations and/or entry permits. All passengers 12+ on Jetstar flights to and from Australia will need to provide proof of vaccination to travel.

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      • Might I just add, having assessed claims for more than a dozen travel insurance products; as far as I know, if a destination is listed as 'do not travel' by smart traveller, it will be excluded from coverage on most all policies.

        However, this experience comes pre-covid so there is a chance it might have changed but doubtful.

  • Judging by the way Jetstar advertising one way flight I assume that flights returning to AU are expensive. No bargain unless you are intending to stay in overseas

    • Have you looked? I’ve seen in dps and hon that the return leg is a lot cheaper

    • One-way trip perhaps?

  • +5

    I'm kind of still reluctant to pay for any travel in advance right now. The stories of people trying to get refund through the pandemic were pretty bad. Even now, most of the companies that promise refunds have a disclaimer saying fees and charges are excluded.

  • +3

    no way would I be booking anything before late next year. We are booked for Bali mid Oct next year with Garuda credit (will book the flights next year some time, once I know it will be ok) as we had a booked and paid for trip (flights and resort) May last year that has been continually postponed. Even mid Oct I am not 100% if things will be as back to normal as it can be. Finger's crossed. We were lucky that Melia allowed us to keep pushing the date forward and that we have the flight credits (although who knows how much the flights will be by the time we can book direct flights)

    • If you’re staying at the Melia in Nusa Dua, you’ll have a great time. Was there in November 2019 for 2 weeks and it was excellent. Especially the food!

      • yes, this will be our 4th time there I think. I'm a Melia rewards member and stay in The Level for that extra bit of luxury….last time we were there we only just got out when the volcano was going off….left at 3am…Jetstar….was so lucky the pilots decided to go, as all the other Australian airlines cancelled all the flights, even though the ash was very minimal and only lasted for a few hours. We were the last ones out of the airport before they shut down.

  • +1

    yeah i think I'll pass

  • +8

    So permanent residents and citizens can go on holiday to Bali but I, as someone who has lived here for years and is still waiting for PR to come through, can't travel to visit a dying family member.

    Nice Scomo, you just keep playing politics…. kn*bhead

    • +3

      Unless you are a citizen or permanent citizen, unfortunately to Australia, you are a $ sign and not a person. Attitude is, if you don't like it tough luck…and if you are in need..then even worse… definitely don't want you here. It's part of the "we are all in it together' and "do the right thing" mantra..because of course the rules are fair and apply to everyone equally. Welcome to Australia!!

  • -1

    I don't think oversea travel is ready by Mar 2022, all those extra cost is ridiculous atm and no travel insurance for COVID-19 is really a big risk oversea.

  • +2

    I'm itching to go on holiday but the risk of the costs of the testing in Asia / no travel insurance coverage / not being able to fly home + heading into a local area where the virus is running rampant is simply too great.

    It's time to wait and see for me, I think.

  • +1

    Indonesia PCR test is 495k IDR (46AUD approx)

    Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-08/22/c_13…

    • not bad, philippines was 100usd so approximately $133.61aud

  • +1

    I am going to book Bali for May 2022. Concerned the prices will significantly increase once there is a sense of normality and higher vax rates.

    Nonetheless, nothing trumps health concerns so will be adding the FareCredit option.

  • +2

    Omg… with the costs of PCR… what's the point… Far out :(

    Was so eggcited to book my first NON-CANCELLED holiday in a while…

    • +1

      will depend on whether there is still a requirement for when you intend to book.

    • +1

      The costs for PCR tests could be outweighed by much cheaper hotels. Heaps of big brand 5 star hotels in Bangkok for under $100, team that with fewer tourists and it could be a golden time for travel, if the odds are in your favour.

      • Are you kidding? Thailand has almost 10k cases a DAY.

  • +2

    Got Melb to Hawaii. Return with bags for $320

    Got a Southwest Airlines flight in between HNL-LAX for $100 each way. 2 free bags. Will go play up north coast for a few days.

    So two of us return for about $1k to Hawaii and USA east coast. Bargain.

    Checkout southwest for internal Hawaii flights also, pretty good value.

    • Nice deal

  • +4

    All these people complaining about PCR tests. If you're booking for March 2022 onwards, there's a good chance PCR tests will be scrapped or radically reduced by then.

    Just look at how quickly the UK has gone from a traffic light system to basically open-ended travel. Or how Australia has gone from hermit kingdom to quarantine free travel.

    World is rapidly normalising. Yes, things could get worse with a new variant, but that could happen at any point in time — if you wait until the world is free from infectious virus, you'll never travel again.

    • UK just scraped PCR for antigen the other day.

  • +1

    Don't forget Japan has extreme quarantine measures of I believe 10 days home isolation

    • +2

      Election in a couple of days in Japan, so conditions are still a bit tight as the politicians are focused on the campaign.

      I'm expecting conditions will soften (although I do expect you'll have to be vaccinated and do a pre flight test), within the next month or so. They have already changed it recently before the election from extremely tough criteria to this 10 day thing, and since the the loosing, the number of cases has dropped to a few hundred a day for the whole country.

      The airlines are also offering more flexible tickets, so if it doesn't pan out you can hopefully not lose out too much.

  • Vietnam isn't letting foreigners enter the country still, so HCMC is out the question at the moment.

  • +3

    Do not forget to include the cost of quarantine.

    For example, the Shangrila Hotel in Jakarta charges Rp 11.5 m ($A1,083.21) per person for 5 nights quarantine. The price includes airport pickup, room, meals delivered to your room and PCR tests.

    So far, no regular international flights have landed in Bali.

    Qantas is trying to get quarantine abolished or reduced for Indonesia. So far, Indonesia has not changed the quarantine requirements.

    • +2

      Do you know if we could pick our own hotel for quarantine? Additional 14 days stay at one of hotels in Mangga Besar is going to be much cheaper than Shangrila. The rest of the funds can be used for "fun room service" from the nearby joints.

    • Although a gamble, the key assumption here is that the associated quarantine/PCR requirements would fall away in due course for these "holiday destinations".

  • +1

    This seems like a perfect time for Flight Centre and other travel agencies to open, they would probably be able to tell us the travel requirements of the country you want to visit instead of having to do it ourselves!

  • +1

    Gambling, don’t know if quarantine will be scrapped by then

  • +1

    Damn I’m tempted. Come on guys, talk me out of it!

    • +1

      Main things to consider are the price for insurance that covers covid 19 and the price for PCR tests. Factors to consider are family size and the duration of stay.

      • +1

        Looked up insurance and surprisingly got a quote for ~$110 for a single for 10 days in Bali including covid coverage in July 2022. Single person - no kids. Whether or not we’re still doing PCR tests by then instead of rapid antigen tests remains to be seen but I guess there are still a few unknowns. Ahh!

  • +1

    In the past, this idea of being vaxxed, for the foreign government
    was that your chance of being sick in their country, would mean
    lesser burden on their health-system, insurance blow-outs, foreign relations management, etc.

    Now, we know that vaxxed, are also a vessel for carrying, sending & receiving the virus anyway.
    They can end up carrying a higher viral load, than others (this is a debatable tangent).

    So, both vaxxed & unvaxxed passengers still need to prove to airlines and destination countries,
    they are not carrying the virus, by using a test (sometimes in every country, involved in the journey).

    Apparently, this test is not a diagnostic tool, to conclusively say this or that is a virus,
    but it is what it is, and it's been used already, …but probably is changing soon. This is again, another tangent to the story.

    Now, many things could point to a false-positive at the beginning, or even a false-negative on departure,
    but the opposite result at the arrival, and vice versa.

    Each of these outcomes have very different consequences,
    eg. ready to leave but unable to board a flight, hotel quarantine in foreign country, home quarantine in home country, etc.etc…
    OR the worst outcome: actually being seriously sick again, with the virus.

    Either way, the outcome of the tests will really affect people's Annual Leave from work, and other commitments, eg. attending events/festivals, wedding plans, conferences, etc.

    Besides, these "tests" are being charged a lot of money too, that it can be prohibitive
    for the peace of mind of bureaucrats, lawyers and insurance companies as well.
    ( Families have to pay over AU$ 1000 on top of flights & accommodation,
    and even after paying, they can still have bad outcome from the test results )

    It looks like, carrying the virus or being exposed to the virus would be inevitable, whenever people will be around each other, sitting next to each other, breathing the same air-conditioned air in airports/buses/trains/hotels, etc.

    No vaxx prevents catching the virus, so the risk of catching a virus 100%, ie. it can always happen.

    Even if the symptoms don't present to the passenger, catching the virus is already the 'death-blow',
    because it will show up in the test, which will cause problems for getting on / off the flight.

    So, I hope, next year, there will be wider acceptance of the idea that the virus, or its 'variants', will be around,
    and we'll find out soon enough from the first batch of travellers, their experience and accepting a certain threshold,
    because infectiousness may not mean lethality.

    • +2

      Tell me you are an antivaxer without telling me you are a antivaxer.

      • -1

        Hahaha….

        I was talking about the most important requirement now, before getting on/off flights.

        It's not a conversation about passports or visas.
        We are talking about infections here.

        I used to travel internationally 3-4 times a year.
        So, I was talking about this new process.

        No matter how attractive the flight deals are….even if they give away free plane tickets,
        to us all vaxxed people, this is new compulsory requirement, \
        which still has not proven itself to work yet…so, nobody knows how this will work.

        That's why I brought it up.
        So vaxxed AND non-vaxxed people need to look at it,
        through the context of infections, and how this will present on a PCR test,…
        …not only a PCR test in Australia, but a PCR test in every country they might be in.

        A PCR test can show someone vaxxed, carrying the virus,
        which could be the basis for canceling the flight, quarantine, etc.

        Imagine, 2 out of 4 family members have good PCR results,
        while the other 2, have bad results.
        And they're all overseas, waiting to return back to Australia.
        Does that family split up ?

        Carrying the virus itself is NOT a bad thing, in everyday life, especially when we're all vaxxed,
        if we are all fit, healthy and it will mostly be asymptomatic anyway.

        Having any evidence of this virus in the body becomes a bad thing, when getting on/off flights,
        and using PCR tests becomes a real sticking point, in the context of travels
        (this PCR test, the FDA and CDC have said, is not "conclusive" to even determine the virus in the 1st place)

        That was my point.
        A bit long-worded….but still.
        It's not about being vaxxed or not, haha….

        …it is the many ways, a vaxxed person can get caught up, with a bad PCR test result, eg. a faulty PCR kit (at US$ 100 each?)

        Say, even at an airport on your departure date, passing by an infected traveler who just arrived,
        and getting infected unknowingly.

        Then, jumping on the flight, with the infection, only to find out, on arrival in destination country,
        the PCR test is bad….

  • +1

    How many disrespectful Bogans will we encounter on the journey in Phuket and Bali?

  • Booked Phuket for 7 nights. They no longer require Australians that are double vaxxed to quarantine and hopefully by Feb the tests wont be required once you land.

    • +2

      What if you get covid overseas? Are you not worried you may need to reschedule flights (which prices might soar by that time or be unavailable), and book extra nights of accommodation until you get a negative test which could be an extra 10 days or so? It's what's holding me back atm..

      • +1

        Don’t forget you could fail to test negative up to 3 months after first testing positive even with no symptoms. You need to them organize medical certificate to say you don’t have covid etc. how much and how long that takes to arrange in a foreign third world country f-nose?!

    • I booked Phuket also for 6 weeks - likely travelling elsewhere too… Changes are afoot - COE is out and new Thailland Pass is in from the start of Nov to hopefully simplify things… Still 3.5 million baht covid insurance required ($180 or so) 1 test before leaving with medical cert and 1 on arrival (not sure of cost), and a stay in a quarantine hotel (cost per hotel) for 1 night while waiting on results… otherwise should be fine…..yes there is a risk of becoming covid positive on/before return which could complicate things - I didn't research return to Aus yet for entry requirements but homing test/home quarantine for results….. Not sure yet I'm doing the right thing but need travel back in my life…

      • Enjoy the adventure. Hope you have a great time and not a nightmare

  • +1

    Tip on travel insurance - check what DFAT say. If it is still a do not travel to a particular country & you do, your insurance is void.

    • Surely buying insurance from the destination country directly would be fine? Checking Thailand it appears to be cheaper regardless, and it would depend greatly on what is written into the insurance contract…

  • +1

    Sounds like a massive head case to travel anywhere in the next 6 months. Insurance or lack of no one wants cover covid. Having to test and prove u don’t have covid to fly out and back and then there the likelyhood you catch covid abroad even asystematic means u still need to isolate for 14 days and then could still test positive for 3 months after first testing positive so then needing to arrange a medical cert. just to fly home. No wonder the tickets are dirt cheap. Just make sure you know what your up for before deciding to purchase.

    • +1

      My money is on popcorn stocks. Buy, wait, observe. Reinvest.

  • +1

    Why can’t we get the normal drive through Covid test 72hrs before instead of this PCR test? What’s the difference.

    • +1

      Same test except you get a certificate valid for travel. Hardly worth the money IMO but no other option.

  • +1

    Anyone considering the E=Visa cost for Bali? $400+ There's no free visa on arrival it's suspended..
    Gets expensive with PCR tests, hotel quarantine + E-Visa, the flights are a fraction of these cost.

    Will there be enough approved hotels in Bali for quarantine.

    The airlines should package PCR tests to stop price price gouging.

  • +1

    I think there will be a big demand for agencies like flight centre.. At least they will be able to advise exactly whats required & how to do it. Probably a good thing for that industry as it's been one of the hardest hit with the covid shutdowns.

    • +1

      Agree.

      Also Bali Quarantine Hotels are packing PCR test & insurace.
      Courtyard by Marriott Bali Nusa Dua
      Package: 4 nights / 5 days

      Location: Nusa Dua
      Prices start from – 7,800,000 IDR single occupancy (Approx $553 USD) and 12,150,000 IDR double occupancy (Approx $861 USD)
      Includes: 4 nights stay, 3 x meals per day, 5 x pieces of laundry per person a day, one-way airport transfer, 2 x PCR swab tests, 30 day Indonesia COVID-19 insurance..
      

      https://thebalisun.com/bali-association-presumes-mafia-invol…

    • Buy FLT

  • Took a punt on Bali in August next year. Not worth getting too invested in the practicalities of it either way at this stage - they gave me a credit voucher instead of a refund last time so this cost me nothing, and if the world falls apart next year I assume we'll do that merry dance again instead of me ever seeing that money.

  • FYI there's $80 Honolulu to Melbourne flights… still haven't got the guts to pull the trigger with PCR tests, etc.

  • +1

    The price of a PCR test in Indonesia has been reduced to Rp 275,000 (approx $A27).

    Also the Smartraveller website has changed the classification of Indonesia from "Do not travel" to "Exercise extreme caution".

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