Dirt cheap flight tickets to Australia can only be found if you are
flying from New Zealand or other countries that are close to Australia.
If you fly from the Northern Hemisphere, it is obviously a fair
distance so no matter how much you bargain it will still be a major
cost for you. But that only means it's well worth to bargain - you can
save thousands of dollars if you spend some time looking!
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When to Look and When to Fly
If you are from Europe you are likely used to the thought that the last minute tickets
are the
cheapest. This does NOT work when flying to Australia!
The first thing to remember is - start
looking in a very good time if you want the very cheap
plane
tickets! The
earlier, the better.
The second thing is - it matters what time of the year you choose to
go. Flights to Australia
are much
cheaper when it is summer in the
Northern Hemisphere (and winter here in Australia), than
when it
is
winter in the Northern Hemisphere (and summer here). Christmas and New
Year is simply the most expensive time to fly to Australia.
That means, if the price of the flight is really important to you, you
may want to time your trip so that you fly in May, June, July or August -
usually the cheapest months (obviously the months when the
Northern
Hemispherers don't want to leave their own most beautiful time of the
year).
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The good news is - Australia is not nearly as cold and our winters are
often warmer (definitely not much colder) than the summers of
(at least northern) Europe. Our winter months are in fact the best time
to travel
in northern Australia (read more about Australian
climate), which is when, on the other hand, northern
Australia's domestic flights, accommodation etc have high season rates.
Where to Find Very
Cheap Plane Tickets to
Australia?
Should
you go to a travel agent or buy your ticket online? Personally I
definitely buy it online. It is much cheaper, I get to take time to
make my own choices instead of listening to somebody telling me..
Unless you know too little about Australia and need help with planning
your trip (and even then you can avoid it by doing some reading), it is
definitely MUCH better to go online if you want the very cheap plane
tickets!
How to Look for Very Cheap Plane Tickets to
Australia?
It used to be a time
consuming process
with many, many Google searches!
Not anymore :-)
We now have the
excellent price
comparison websites that are
independent and unbiased about companies, giving you price comparisons
between different flight companies:
Flight
Search
Still Want Even Cheaper Plane Tickets to
Australia?
If you want it super cheap, and are prepared to put in the time, you
can use the above search
box
and tailor your own trip, bit by bit (I explain below how). As opposed
to trying to find a direct flight, tailoring your trip can make it A
LOT cheaper.
And guess
what, the cheap price
is only one good thing about it! If you
are already a
budget traveller, you are likely an independent traveller, and will
only make the most of each stopover! You can stay in each as long as
you want and get in another destination for no extra cost to your
flight tickets.
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I love spending a week or two enjoying Singapore, Hong
Kong, Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur on the way to Europe.. it's a bonus
destination on your trip!
And you can evenget in Bali and other smaller destinations
:-)
How to Look for Very Cheap Plane Tickets to
Australia?
Starting from Europe,
you can
look for everything online in following bits.
1) Europe to Asia
(Singapore
and Kuala Lumpur tend to be cheap)
2) Asia to Australia
(Jetstar
and Air Asia tend to be cheap)
Similarly, you can break up your flight from North America, and
stop over in
Hawaii, New Zealand or on some Pacific Islands as a bonus
destination :-)
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If you are planning your first trip to Australia and haven't made your
mind up about where exactly to fly first, it may be good to know that
the cheapest international flights go to Sydney and Melbourne.
And both
are excellent
places as your first base in Australia. The smaller the place, the more
expensive and less flexible is the flying.
A flight to Australia is a very
long flight
but you can use the time well if you like reading! On your
right
hand side, in the third column on this page, are some classic
Australian books - some
are funny, others are sad, even scary, but none is fiction and any one
makes a great read about
some aspect
of the country you are flying to. The funny one, and my
personal
favourite, is Bill Bryson's Down Under, aka In a
Sunburned Country.
It gives you a
really good idea
about Australia through the eyes of an
international traveller, and it is HILARIOUS!!! Every
serious
subject
and place is covered with a very clever humorous twist that can only be
created by the top writer that Bill Bryson
is (he is one of the world's top travel writers and also a journalist,
so expect some accuracy and detail in facts, with a great sense of
humour).
"Vastly
entertaining... If there is one book with which to get oriented before
departure or en route to Australia, this is it." - New York Times
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find words like "traveller", "harbour" and "realise", and they are all
correct in the language used in Australia.
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