One Way Flight from Europe to Melbourne

Bitplay33 on 31/12/2024 - 17:04
Last edited 31/12/2024 - 17:40 by 1 other user

I'm fortunate to have a cruise booked ex Melbourne in March 2025.

The ship disembarks at Barcelona in May, and I'll spend a couple or three weeks having a goosey gander. At this point I don't have a return airport selected.

What I do know is that Webjet etc charge a thousand dollars and more for each one-way ticket from (for example) Paris to Melbourne. For credit card travel insurance I must have a return ticket. Otherwise travel insurance cost is $4k or more.

Can you please recommend a place where I can buy a reasonably priced air ticket or a hack. I'm interested in what you might suggest for an itinerary for my land trip.

Cheers.

Travel Barcelona Cruise Europe Spain

Comments

  • jv on 31/12/2024 - 17:41
    +5

    ex Melbourne in March 2025

    Don't forget to check if you need a VISA.
    The requirements are changing in 2025.

    • timthetoolman on 31/12/2024 - 18:30
      +17

      No bold and a helpful comment!?

      You're a few hours early for your new years resolution

    • Bitplay33 on 01/01/2025 - 12:38

      All ports are Visa free

  • MS Paint on 31/12/2024 - 17:42
    +10

    I'm fortunate to have a cruise booked ex Melbourne in March 2025.

    That's nothing. I'm fortunate enough to have enough money to see me out for the rest of the year without working.

    • jv on 31/12/2024 - 18:36
      +2

      Is that you Tim Pallas ?

      • soan papdi on 31/12/2024 - 22:29
        +1

        Dan and Jacinta are happy you have someone new to pick on

      • shaibankek2 on 01/01/2025 - 21:25
        +1

        You're so weird

  • ryefig on 31/12/2024 - 17:52
    +3

    For credit card travel insurance I must have a return ticket.

    Can you check with your credit card insurance if the cruise counts as an outbound segment? If so, the flight would be considered the return and you should be covered.

    • 6079 Smith on 01/01/2025 - 08:23

      I agree, I’ve always interpreted the rules as you need to have a ticket to return to Australia for the insurance to be valid

      • GOCAT9 on 01/01/2025 - 12:23

        In all cases that I am aware of this is true!

        I wonder what the cheapest return ticket to Australia from anywhere would be. Maybe an LCC from Bali to Darwin? Anybody beat that?

        • foxmulder on 01/01/2025 - 12:27

          How much is the ticket? I saw $450 Sydney to Bali return.

  • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 31/12/2024 - 18:14
    -2

    Just open up a credit card and book it using points for free.

  • foxmulder on 31/12/2024 - 18:46

    Try Google flights? I tried Paris to Melbourne on 15 May, the cheapest flights will be $829 but 40+ hours of flights with 3 transits and most likely extra again on checked baggage. Singapore Airlines at $1200+ is not bad for 21+ hours of flight, transit in Singapore most likely and includes checked baggage.

    • spackbace on 31/12/2024 - 19:05

      I tried Paris to Melbourne on 15 May

      Same date, Rome to Bangkok is ~$710 on ITA Airways. 11hr direct flight
      Bangkok to Melbourne next day for under $300 if you're prepared to fly Scoot

      = ~$1010 at the cheapest

      • HeWhoKnows on 01/01/2025 - 08:57
        -4

        Whats wrong with that?

        Sounds cheap to me

    • Bitplay33 on 01/01/2025 - 12:40

      Return flight Melb to Paris is around $1400

  • freefall101 on 31/12/2024 - 19:03
    +2

    I can see some $600 on Scoot in May out of Athens. Flight from Paris to Athens is about $120.

    Try poke around on google flights for a while.

    • MacBH on 31/12/2024 - 19:23
      +3

      Once you add the bags Scoot won't be much cheaper (if at all). And you'll have to pay extra for the food and their seats at the back are horrible for such a long journey. And you risk missing the connection in Athens. Definitely wouldn't consider the 3-transit option (via Tajikistan?).

      If you are really keen to go with the cheapest option, you could fly out of Paris on 20 March or 31 March for $856 on Xiamen Air with a 16 hour layover in Xiamen…

      My personal preference would be Singapore Airlines. $1200 is really not a bad price. Other good options might be Etihad and Thai.

      China Eastern and Air India might be slightly cheaper but they're generally considered much less pleasant to fly with.

    • Benoffie on 31/12/2024 - 19:46

      I was going to recommend Athens. It's one of the cheapest EU exit points especially coming back to Melbourne.

      Having a quick look. Out of Athens

      June 4th - Scoot obviously cheapest at $868 with a long layover in SIN.

      However, if you book the legs separately (Athens to Singapore then to Melbourne and transfer yourself (ie, stay a day or 2), that cost can drop to $660.

      Around the same time, for the $1000 mark, you can exit Rome etc on Chinese airlines.

      At anytime, you can exit most ports with top tier airlines for $1200+

      There are some exceptions -

      June 4th

      Ex Barcelona

      Ethihad via Abu Dhabi to Melbourne for $1099

      Travel around, go back to Barcelona and get that flight home. Better than Scoot

  • Protractor on 31/12/2024 - 19:12
    -1

    Avoid routes anywhere near where Trumps bestie Putin is claiming he's not shooting down planes.

    • MacBH on 31/12/2024 - 19:26

      According to that logic, I'd pick Etihad (or Qatar or Emirates).

      • Protractor on 31/12/2024 - 20:56

        Not like there's no previous form.

        The response varies from, "it wasn't us" to
        " we do apologise, but we had nothing to do with it. Honest

  • Stewardo on 31/12/2024 - 22:29

    Search for a Multi city flight using google flights

  • SydneySwan on 01/01/2025 - 08:13
    +2

    The best part of Spain to visit is Andalucía in the south - Granada, Cordoba, Seville, Ronda, Malaga, etc. Don't leave Barcelona without visiting the Sagrada Familia, a project that has blown out like a Victorian infrastructure project - 142 years and counting.

  • 6079 Smith on 01/01/2025 - 08:26
    +1

    Milan is a good exit point, lots of sub $1k options with Singapore (cheaper if you do a day stopover in SIN)

    • Bitplay33 on 01/01/2025 - 12:45

      I'll have a look.

  • BreezyPalms on 01/01/2025 - 08:36

    Have you tried getting other travel insurance quotes? $4k seems high. You can get annual policies with Travel Insurance Direct (TID) which are quite reasonable.

    • Bitplay33 on 01/01/2025 - 12:45

      Mastercard insurance gives the same policy benefits as the private insurers.
      Westpac card services use Allianz, the trip must be paid by Mastercard and be at least $500 in value.
      Private travel insurance was at least $4k, some quotes up to $6k.

      • YesPleaseThankYou on 01/01/2025 - 13:05
        +1

        Mastercard insurance gives the same policy benefits as the private insurers.

        Mastercard is also private.

        Mastercard does not offer cardholders any insurance.

        Private travel insurance was at least $4k, some quotes up to $6k.

        All insurance is private.

  • cashless on 01/01/2025 - 08:43
    +1

    Got a family member flying one way London to Sydney in a few weeks. 58500 KrisFlyer points + $300 fees

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