Simply Colossal Australian Fare War
By Don Nadeau, on April 20, 2009, in Airfares, Travel
With travelers having a choice of four nonstop airlines from LAX to Australia by July, instead of two, look for 2009 to be an extraordinarily good time to travel to Australia. Delta and V Australia (part of the Virgin family) join Qantas and United.
Australia could be the budget travel destination of the year.
Already, fares are astonishingly low. If you are can grab one of these, you’d have to be almost crazy to waste frequent flyer miles for this trip.
Values continue once you land, with an excellent U.S. dollar exchange rate.
Traveling cheaply in this vast country? No worries. Budget airlines like Virgin Blue have surprisingly cheap rates. There’s Greyhound too, not to be confused with the American one.
Go for it!
benek April 26, 2009 at 1:18 pm
And it’s not just Australia. LAX to Auckland New Zealand is also very cheap at the moment. I just got round trip tickets for half the price I paid last year. Both major carriers Air New Zealand and Qantas were having great deals to compete with the new competition.
The US/NZ exchange rate is also continuing to hover below .6 which is great for those spending US$ in NZ.
Don Nadeau April 28, 2009 at 9:41 am
Thanks Benek! Hope your message encourages others to take advantage of an awesome opportunity.
I’ll soon have a blog post on how to combine Australia and New Zealand on a budget fare.