Looking to travel off peak, late 2023. Flights from Melbourne to Europe/New York are $3K+ return pp in economy. Even to New Zealand will set you back around $700pp return.
I remember flying to MEL - JFK Qantas return for $1K in May 2019. Yes, I understand inflation but it seems airlines are continuing to limit supply to keep airfares high.
I'm planning my next holiday. Got an example of a cheap international destination?
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/741560 Expired, but cheap. Bali is often cheap. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/742739 is still current.
Exactly. I flew from Melbourne to Athens with Scoot for A$319 in October. It had a long stopover in Singapore and Athens wasn't my final destination but it worked out cheaper than the alternatives even with a few nights accommodation and an intra-European flight thrown in.
Must be getting worse, Son and DIL coming from Copenhagen next week was about $2200 return each with BA, was booked about 3 months ago..
Christmas tax.
Fuel cost + Covid abandoned planes + Airlines staff shortage + Recouping the losses from no-fly covid years
You left out price gouging while they can.
Flying GC to Perth next week for work $1800 for virgin economy. RIP cheap flights.
I booked Qantas $350ret to Perth. Non red-eye.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/723347
Cheap flights are alive and well.
One off, nothing to see in Perth lol
Needs a poll.
Until the Chinese airlines start flying again into Australia to bring more competition we'll be paying higher prices.
If you travelling now, then on planet earth its called Holiday period, and hence airlines bank on it. I guess it all comes down to peak and off peak periods of travel.
Bought emirates in Jan and comes to pre covid rates.
It’s a supply and demand issue.
There is only 60% of the seats available against 2019 levels.
There is a pent-up demand for travel.
Why would they discount heavily if there is no availability and little competition.
They are always going to gouge if they can get away with it.
Oil price is coming down. Petrol prices are already dropping. Sometime later this year prices might improve.
15 seconds on Webjet shows tickets in the $1400-1600 price range Melb return to NYC.
I feel like this question is asked every week.
I feel like YES UNTIL like 2024
There were flights to Europe for under $1400 about a month ago flying Cathay Pacific
We flew Qantas BNE to JFK return in Feb 2016 for $1,400 which was a cheap fair even back then. $1,000 in May 2019 was an absolute steal.
As others have said there are plenty of deals around, direct flights/short stopovers are normally the more expensive options.
Flights next year in Nov (off season) from Melbourne to various Europe cities between 1600-1900, new york 2200.
Flexibility best way to travel for less.
Flights to & from Asia, can be cheap if booked ahead & not in holiday seasons. However, there is less competition now as AirAsia has only a handful of flights in & out of Australia. I am currently in India - fares between South Asia & South East Asia are okay, but there are less scheduled flights than previously.
Its way too early to know as we are still waiting for routes to restart and numbers to stabalize.
It also doesn't help that Covid is still around.
$3k return to Europe. What a bargain! That’s less than half of the current price. December prices for Qantas from Sydney to Europe are $6500 return for economy. I know because that’s what I had to pay. Normal price is around $2500 or less. You should be jumping for joy about $3000.
A colleague also told me it was over $6000 Sydney to LA economy when she booked a Dec flight about 6 weeks ago.
And remember that Qantas still have half of their A380’s grounded, it will take until the end of 2023 to get them back into service. Others airlines are in a similar situation.
If you are looking at late 2023, there may be some airlines without their pricing yet. Some only go out 10 months, It is getting back to normal but seats are booking out quicker than they used to as there is still a little less capacity in the air and demand is still very high post restricted travel for a couple of years.
There are plenty of cheap flights. That doesn't mean they will conveniently be where and when you want to go.