Sydney to Cairns - fly or drive?
Nov 3, 2008, 4:57 pm
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Nov 5, 2008, 5:03 pm
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You should be able to get a Jetstar Fare, return SYD-CNS for about $99 each way on sale. Virgin had Happy hour specials yesterday for SYD-CNS for $81 each way for travel in May. So mabye keep a eye out here.
Nov 5, 2008, 10:47 pm
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I have been checking the Virgin & Jetstar websites and have been finding the regular fares to be around A$169 o/w. Now I know what types of fares I should be looking for. I guess I should sign up for whatever type of email sale alerts they have.
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Onedog
Nov 8, 2008, 2:07 am
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They have a NEW sale on right now actually(jetstar,virgin,qantas,tiger), and there was $81 fares to Cairns on Virgin's happy hour today(1pm-2pmAEST). Jetstar are usually cheaper in sales though. Checking the DJ/JQ webistes every couple of days is sometimes better than emails(sometimes it takes a while for them to get through...), as seats sell very fast!
Nov 8, 2008, 3:45 pm
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Note that with many of these fares, checked baggage is additional $$$.
(E.g. "Jetsaver Light" allow 10kg pp of carry on - no checked luggage facilited in base fare).
(E.g. "Jetsaver Light" allow 10kg pp of carry on - no checked luggage facilited in base fare).
