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Post by Banjo on Apr 15, 2012 14:34:37 GMT 7
Agreed, I think that the best fares with the budget airlines have to be booked well ahead anyway. If I decide to go to Asia this month I'll want to leave within days of booking.
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Post by Banker on Apr 15, 2012 15:23:34 GMT 7
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Post by anthonydsp on Nov 25, 2012 17:05:14 GMT 7
Hi guys does anybody know if u can book a flight to the philippines on skyscanner I've looked on the website and they show cheap fares but I'm not sure how to book thru skyscanner any advice will be good
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Post by Banjo on Nov 25, 2012 19:56:26 GMT 7
I'd never heard of it mate but it looks like the standard online flight booking agency to me. Just click the boxes and follow the bouncing ball.
I just checked Brisbane/Manila using Virgin/Tiger return next month for $1600... doesn't seem too exciting to me.
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Post by zorro1 on Nov 26, 2012 15:26:48 GMT 7
I'd never heard of it mate but it looks like the standard online flight booking agency to me. Just click the boxes and follow the bouncing ball. I just checked Brisbane/Manila using Virgin/Tiger return next month for $1600... doesn't seem too exciting to me. agree with you there. Im always hearing got a $200 fair to oz and this is a fair call but I never see the full return fare. Im of to oz in a few weeks and have trawled for weeks and weeks searching the illusive sub $500 air fare I ended up booking thai air return for $750 like I always end up doing. this 6 week rubbish is going to be a killer! there is absolutely no way to get constant cheap airfares so Im thinking going the loyalty route and gold card/free fights/ air new zealand lounge, OMG! the NZ wines /beers/ showers/beds/interent its almost worth going to oz just for that
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Post by zorro1 on Nov 26, 2012 15:37:46 GMT 7
I'd never heard of it mate but it looks like the standard online flight booking agency to me. Just click the boxes and follow the bouncing ball. I just checked Brisbane/Manila using Virgin/Tiger return next month for $1600... doesn't seem too exciting to me. agree with you there. Im always hearing got a $200 fair to oz and this is a fair call but I never see the full return fare. Im of to oz in a few weeks and have trawled for weeks and weeks searching the illusive sub $500 air fare I ended up booking thai air return for $750 like I always end up doing. this 6 week rubbish is going to be a killer! there is absolutely no way to get constant cheap airfares so Im thinking going the loyalty route and gold card/free fights/ air new zealand lounge, OMG! the NZ wines /beers/ showers/beds/interent its almost worth going to oz just for that edit ,I wonder how long one could sleep in the lounge? I might ask next time as that would make it a 6 star hotel..
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Post by Banjo on Nov 26, 2012 15:53:51 GMT 7
Air New Zealand lounge? Might get trampled by a mob of escaping sheep while asleep on the carpet.
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Post by zorro1 on Nov 26, 2012 18:27:18 GMT 7
drink a bottle or 2 of there magnificent wines and the sheep may start to look like a fluffed up Marilyn monroe
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2012 18:49:05 GMT 7
I'd never heard of it mate but it looks like the standard online flight booking agency to me. Just click the boxes and follow the bouncing ball. I just checked Brisbane/Manila using Virgin/Tiger return next month for $1600... doesn't seem too exciting to me. What about the Singapore Airlines Scoot to Singapore with a connecting Flight Or Combination Airlines Flights Miight be interesting to see if they have cheap fares. Just my input
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Post by zorro1 on Nov 26, 2012 19:01:44 GMT 7
it probably wouldn't hurt to have a dedicated airline thread that we can all add to. Makes a lot of sense
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Post by rhonda on Nov 27, 2012 4:10:51 GMT 7
I think that Kayak could be one of the better airfare booking sites: www.kayak.com/agree with you there. Im always hearing got a $200 fair to oz and this is a fair call but I never see the full return fare. Im of to oz in a few weeks and have trawled for weeks and weeks searching the illusive sub $500 air fare I ended up booking thai air return for $750 like I always end up doing. this 6 week rubbish is going to be a killer! there is absolutely no way to get constant cheap airfares so Im thinking going the loyalty route and gold card/free fights/ air new zealand lounge, OMG! the NZ wines /beers/ showers/beds/interent its almost worth going to oz just for that I just checked an example on Air Asia, $287 AUD return from Bali to Perth on 25/26 February, after 5 minutes of searching. A five hour flight between Perth and Bali. Bali and the surrounding islands, Java, Lombok, Nusa Tengara islands, would be cheaper than Thailand. You could live on $10 AUD per day. It's just a matter of budgeting, living in the cheaper rural areas away from the tourist areas, and living cheaply like the locals...... Better for your soul as well. Just ask Banjo. The six week limit is a blessing from God. ( more on that later) There is no reason why a DSPer cannot have a budget of $10 or $20 a day for living expenses, and then budget for all the flights she needs, 6 weeks X 5 or 6 trips a year = 30 to 36 weeks a year, which would probably not endanger residency status as long as there were other ties. Aussie25 said he is going to push for 40 to 42 weeks per year, and good luck to him. But Zorro, I have read your lengthy DSP application process on this site. As you said, you were once "the sharpest tool in the shed" but now it is obvious from your typing, and many things you have said, that you are struggling with great pain and/or painkillers. I think you would be one of the DSPers most likely to be approved for Unlimited Portability, why don't you apply. There is zero chance of you being tossed off the DSP, and this 2 hours nonsense is yet to be tested in the courts.
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Post by baranghope on Nov 27, 2012 4:32:48 GMT 7
Pushing the residency envelope: you mustn't forget that your Australian "residence" is their most important consideration in attacking you as a non-resident.
You are right about Bali and surrounds being the only affordable multiple trip shuffle. But if you keep a lease, and pay rent in the most expensive country on earth, you cannot afford 6 week holidays. You have to do a sly sublet . . . which you cannot do. As in you cannot rent out any place for 6 weeks. They know all this.
What this means is that only DSPers who have an Australian residence which they do not pay for while away can afford any holiday. Otherwise, is it worth the head f---- and rigmarole? I would say only DSPers living with their parents or in a partner's unrented house or in their paid off house can now afford this.
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Post by Banker on Nov 27, 2012 6:52:28 GMT 7
drink a bottle or 2 of there magnificent wines and the sheep may start to look like a fluffed up Marilyn monroe Zorro, Only to you and Banjo. I can see your sword getting you into trouble again. ;D Zorro's sword strikes again.
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Post by zorro1 on Nov 27, 2012 8:28:28 GMT 7
But Zorro, I have read your lengthy DSP application process on this site. As you said, you were once "the sharpest tool in the shed" but now it is obvious from your typing, and many things you have said, that you are struggling with great pain and/or painkillers. I think you would be one of the DSPers most likely to be approved for Unlimited Portability, why don't you apply. There is zero chance of you being tossed off the DSP, and this 2 hours nonsense is yet to be tested in the courts. Rhonda you can tell Im in pain just by analyzing my typing ? and that I should apply for portability on this basis as well. what the...? And you think I have problems lol. Perhaps you can join me , with your mental issues and my typing we are bound to get through
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Post by zorro1 on Nov 27, 2012 8:57:27 GMT 7
drink a bottle or 2 of there magnificent wines and the sheep may start to look like a fluffed up Marilyn monroe Zorro, Only to you and Banjo. I can see your sword getting you into trouble again. ;D Zorro's sword strikes again. I sold my sword and now just carry a plunger ;-(
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