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Old Nov 25, 2010 | 6:18 pm
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number_6
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Originally Posted by firecat69
Appreciate the replies so far. But I have moved forward to Jan 9 from Toronto to Sydney on Kayak and still getting ridiculous airfares of $2200 when the same dates to BKK or HKG are $1300.

Is it just that Australia the Holiday season lasts much longer or something else?
Try pricing BUF-SYD -- generally USD 500 cheaper (partly due to Canadian taxes, partly YYZ having the highest landing fees in the world). YYZ-HKG is artificially cheap due to CX having non-stop flight on that route, while there is no YYZ-SYD equivalent.

The other option is to buy one of those cheap YYZ-BKK/SIN/KUL tickets and then buy Air Asia to Oz. Even QF sometimes has cheap fares SIN-SYD, though not often.
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