JohnK

Is that including luggage, meal and drink(s)?

I am not going to be a VA Platinum next year so that flight would earn me ~1956 Velocity points for the return trip.

I recently saw the SYD-PER flights on QF at $199 all inclusive. Is that the lowest they are likely to be at that time of the year?

And of course just to be prejudiced in the decision making process as a QF Platinum I would earn ~8,000 QFF points, luggage, meals and drink(s) included and the points earned alone are worth ~AUD200 to me....

perthite

Hey Johnk,

In terms of the Virgin offering, I would image that come next year you will only have been dropped to Gold (a soft drop is written into the T&C), so you should have baggage included. Beer and wine is included for departures between 4 and 7 on weekdays, and the meal won't be included. IFE if you are on the A330's.

Qantas will give you luggage, beer and wine from lunch everyday, and of course the meal (choice of two). If my recent flights between MEL and PER are any guide, the meals have had a bit of a shrink lately though. But maybe, the return of the 747 on SYD-PER is an attraction as well. Some form of IFE on all flights, although mainscreen on 767 and (older) 737 services. Newer 737's of course have AVOD.

$199 is probably as cheap as it gets, but the odd sale may be $189 (the Boxing Day sale is often on the lower side.)

BOB W

AS #82 May 19-ANC-SEA
AS #474 May 19-SEA-LAX
QF #94 May 19-LAX-MEL (May 21)
QF #777 May 21-MEL-PER
QF #652 May 27-PER-BNE (May 28)
QF #15 May 28-BNE-LAX
LAX-ANC TBD AS fares no loaded yet

F os AS, C on QF. Can't get into Emerald City....yet....

StevePER

I'll be there, colour me platinum!

ozstamps

Looks like Virgin SYD-PER flexi fares are about $399 one way most of the time.

Does anyone recall if they ever do promo deals on those, or are they fixed?
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monitor

Right now we have VA and DJ LAX-MEL-PER arriving on Tuesday and will get a return when the awards open up. The eastbound connections with DL codeshares all involve a 550AM or a redeye from PER, and since I do not want to spoil a nice weekend with that sort of nonsense, it is likely that we will leave mid-day Monday and spend a day or two after the OzFest in Sydney or Melbourne.

Things could be worse.

flashware

Interesting. When I was in PER about a month ago and looked at last minute flexi fares the most they would price out at was $299....

ozstamps

Heavy rain and hail and snow and sleet is expected for late May in SYD Bob .. I just checked.
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serfty

I'm seeing AU$310 each way (with cc) fee oneway for the late may dates..

Non Upgradeable start from $200 one way.

FWIW, Qantas fares start from AU$255 one way (O class).

perthite

Sometimes.

If you are needing two tickets, maybe also look into getting one of the Virgin Money Flyer cards, with the 4 2-for-1 tickets per year that come with it. (Downside is dealing with Citibank though....)

ozstamps

KPC or Serfty mentioned those, but recall they said they needed to supply more info to Citibank than getting a job in the Secret Service needed.

I assume the 2nd person does not get SC etc, so not real use for us.
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perthite

In my experience, yes they do get SC's etc.

The fares are actually ticketed as two 50% off fares.

BOB W

Maybe BNE instead

monitor

Heck, why not go all the way and predict that sort of weather for North Queensland?

f0zzyNUE

very good pricing on a QR open jaw from europe ... 735€ roundtrip from MXP to PER and PER to FRA ... other european city combinations might also work ...

http://www.expedia.de/pub/agent.dll?...&load=1&rdct=1