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'Big Sale', tiny fares to Asia and beyond.

If you’re Asia-bound between 6 February – 20 June next year, then you can’t afford to miss Air Asia’s ‘Big Sale’. With tickets to Kuala Lumpur starting from $150 ex Perth and $200 for Gold Coast/Melbourne it really does pay to plan your travel ahead of time.

For those going further afield, there are fares from Perth to London for less than $400 one way (inc. tax) and Australia’s east coast to the same for $100 more. I’ll post further updates this evening, but until then, it’s time for you to get your bargain on! Take a look at AirAsia’s ‘Big Sale’ promo page for fares and conditions.

Note: AirAsia have a ‘waiting room’ system in place to deal with demand – you will be put in a queue for a minimum of 15 seconds before the site will search for fares.

Fly low to Tokyo! Photo Credit: Ali Nishan (Flickr)

Planning an international break next year? Or a ski trip to Japan’s legendary powder in February? Jetstar have released some amazing fares across their entire network, including international destinations! My favourites are as follows:

• Sydney – Tokyo for $590 return
• Gold Coast – Tokyo for $472 return
• Sydney – Bangkok (via Melbourne) for $575 return
• Well, any of the Japan fares ex. Australia… They’re all fabulous!

All fares listed  above are for Jetstar Light fares and are inclusive of tax. Travel periods are 10 November – 14 December 2009, 28 January – 23 March, 2010 and 20 April – 20 June, 2010. That said, check from February onwards for the cheapest and most plentiful fares and our friends at Adioso.com to find that bargain!

Oodles of routes are on sale, for both domestic and international travel, so check Jetstar’s sale page for the latest. Banzai!

Kuala Lumpur at a nice price with AirAsia. Photo Credit: onggon (Flickr)

AirAsia X has released a rather unusual batch of sale fares for travel in 2010, with fares departing Gold Coast, Melbourne and Perth for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia starting from a laughable $52 a pop one way, prior to tax. Post fees and taxes, the return fare comes to $238 departing Gold Coast and Perth and $298 from Melbourne.

This may not be AirAsia’s cheapest sale, but we live in what is truly a buyer’s market – getting to Malaysia for less than $300 is not a price to shirk from. Strangely enough, this fare has not been announced by AirAsia (who currently have a sale advertised, but not at these low prices).

Travel period for these solid fares is from 20 January to late July, 2010.

Check Adioso for the cheapest fares from Gold Coast, Melbourne and Perth to Kuala Lumpur – http://adioso.com/au/australia-to-international.html

Happy Mooncake Festival, everyone!

Fly low to Tokyo! Photo Credit: Ali Nishan

Jetstar’s 2-for-1 sale has come around yet again, with some excellent buddy-fares to Tokyo and Osaka, departing the Gold Coast, Cairns, Sydney and Melbourne. Here’s a summary of what to expect:

• Gold Coast – Osaka: $379 one way ($189.50 per person)
• Gold Coast – Tokyo: $379 one way ($189.50 per person)
• Cairns – Tokyo: $329 one way ($164.50 per person)
• Sydney – Osaka (via Gold Coast, on flight JQ19/20 only): $429 one way ($214.50 per person)
• PLUS: Individual Melbourne – Tokyo fares for an amazing $553 return, including tax! See Adioso for details

All fares are inclusive of taxes. As per the previous Jetstar Japan sale, Sydney have missed out. Read my previous post on how Sydneysiders can get a jump on these fab fares. Sale is on now until 30 September, for travel between 5 October – 7 December, 2009. Check Jetstar’s sale page for details.

Take your mum, it’s a great time to fly!

Fly low to Tokyo! Photo Credit: Ali Nishan

Jetstar have dropped the Godzilla on their fares to Japan, offering direct flights between the Gold Coast and Tokyo for an amazing $393 return, including tax! [...]

I’ve come home from a New Zealand vacation amidst an all-our airfare war. Jetstar are firing the most explosive salvos, halving their regular Australia – Japan fares, with Sydney – Tokyo flights at $477 return and Sydney – Gold Coast at a sweet $362 including tax!

Alongside these standout Japan specials are cheap flights to Bali and Bangkok, so feed that travel bug, flights are a waitin’.

Sale is on now until midnight Monday, 10 August. View Jetstar’s sale page for details and Adioso for the cheapest fares. Don’t forget to check again at 4pm for Jetstar’s fare frenzy – Double sale happiness!

As proposed earlier in the week, AirAsia has announced that they have upped the frequency of flights from the Gold Coast to Kuala Lumpur to 6x weekly. View the new flight schedule.

As per AirAsia’s ongoing international sale, fares are still available for $149 one way, $303 return including tax. Sale is now until 9 August or until sold out, for travel between 20 October and 10 January, 2010. Not bad, Christmas holiday fares! Looks like Santa came early this year.

Check AirAsia’s sale page for details. To select the choice sale fares and to book, visit Adioso. What an amazing week for cheap travel!

A short and sweet one from Tiger Airways today – fares between the Gold Coast and Melbourne and the Gold Coast and Adelaide are only $58 including tax. So far I can see Gold Coast – Melbourne fares in October on Adioso, but check back later – there may be more to come. Sale is on until Wednesday, 23 July, or until sold out.

View Tiger’s sale page for details and Adioso to find choice fares. C’mon, get yourself out of the cold!

Don’t forget: ‘Airways’ Episode 2 screens tonight (Tuesday) at 7:30pm, Channel 7. More placid babies and wailing parents? That’s entertainment!

AirAsia X has extended their ‘Big Sale‘, offering even more cheap fares between Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth and Kuala Lumpur, plus countless Asian routes. Available fares include:

• Melbourne, Gold Coast to KL – $260 return
• Perth to KL – $250 return

All fares include tax, for travel between 1 Aug – 30 November. Check out Adioso for availability and AirAsia’s Big Sale page for further details!

VirginBlue have just announced a rather compact sale, where instead of discounting oodles of routes, they’re offering sale fares on… Three. These are:

• Brisbane to Newcastle for $49*
• Newcastle to Gold Coast for $59*
• Adelaide to Perth for $89*

Check out VirginBlue’s sale details for more and to book. Don’t forget Jetstar Friday Fare Frenzy is coming up at 4pm, so if these fares don’t float your boat, come back this afternoon for more!