Oz Stag
Aug 2, 2013, 10:05 am
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Oz Stag
I'm going to a stag party in November this year in Brisbane. I'm looking to pay cash for a CW return. Although I'm not at all familiar with pricing on this route, having never been to Australia before.
Should I expect to pay around £4,200? And do you also still earn TP's with Quantas on the HKG to Brisbane leg?
Thanks for any advice.
Should I expect to pay around £4,200? And do you also still earn TP's with Quantas on the HKG to Brisbane leg?
Thanks for any advice.
Aug 2, 2013, 10:21 am
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Sale fares on CX can be c£2.5k if you get lucky (BNE may be higher than SYD or MEL, but you could do a cheap QF tag-on).
I found CX loaded cheap sale I fares on Expedia.
Sale fares on CX can be c£2.5k if you get lucky (BNE may be higher than SYD or MEL, but you could do a cheap QF tag-on).
I found CX loaded cheap sale I fares on Expedia.
Last edited by Kgmm77; Aug 2, 2013 at 10:22 am
Aug 2, 2013, 10:35 am
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I fly out to Australia a few times a year and I generally pay around 4k for CW but I tend to mainly fly to Sydney. I have flown to Brisbane but found it cheaper to fly to Sydney and then get a separate return flight from Sydney to Brisbane. Having taken a quick look at November pricing, it seems that you might need to pay a little more than what you have quoted. You could look at prices ex-Europe to get a cheaper flight if you want to fly BA. If you need the TPs and Avios, you could look at other Oneworld options. The cheapest would probably be using Finnair to get to HKG and then connecting onto Qantas. You should be able to get that for around 3-3.5k and get a healthy number of TPs. On Expedia there are similar fares with Cathay and Malaysia as well
Aug 2, 2013, 10:57 am
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Aug 3, 2013, 6:56 am
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Yes, you can miss the last leg, provided you don't make a habit of it. But if you had a stag do in Australia every month, this would nevertheless be the least of your worries.