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Post by Banjo on Mar 4, 2015 10:10:24 GMT 7
What are the cheapest days to fly on an international flight? Some swear by Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but there are no universal rules that are going to get you a cheap seat all the time. As well as the day of your flight, destination, time you fly and when you book are all factors that feed into the price you pay, and there's no getting away from the economic lynchpins of supply, demand and the level of competition between carriers on your chosen route. There are a couple of flight search engines that do a good job of helping you track down the cheapest day on which to fly, and the standout is Matrix Airfare Search (matrix.itasoftware.com). This is the cheap flights site you've probably never heard of. Matrix Airfare Search has all the aesthetic appeal of a parking lot but it cuts to the nitty-gritty like a scalpel. Type in your route, the extreme ends of the dates for your outward and return flights, check the "See calendar of lowest fares" box under "Dates" and back comes a graphic with the cheapest fares available on every day within your time frame. Click on your chosen day and as well as the airline with the cheapest fare you get multiple options for travel on that date with other airlines, since the cheapest fare might involve multiple stops, or possibly long layovers. Along with almost every other flight search engine however, budget airlines with services to and from Australia such as Scoot and Air Asia X don't get a look in. www.traveller.com.au/what-are-the-cheapest-days-to-fly-on-an-international-flight-13fxj8
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Post by notifications off on Mar 4, 2015 11:00:28 GMT 7
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Post by Banjo on Mar 4, 2015 11:46:34 GMT 7
Something I like is that many hotels now allow booking without a deposit. I also do a search for for the hotel's own website after finding it on something like wotif.com and compare prices.
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Post by nomadic on Sept 6, 2015 19:02:49 GMT 7
anyone interested i just got a flight for A$240.00 one way K.L. to MEL next March with Air Asia. Amazingly cheap and to good to knock back for yearly trip even this far away. Hope all goes to plan though with no refunds.
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Post by Banjo on Sept 6, 2015 19:21:37 GMT 7
Good price when you consider how crap the AUD is.
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Post by notifications off on Sept 6, 2015 20:32:58 GMT 7
anyone interested i just got a flight for A$240.00 one way K.L. to MEL next March with Air Asia. Amazingly cheap and to good to knock back for yearly trip even this far away. Hope all goes to plan though with no refunds.
well today we got Coolangatta to Medan (via KL) and return to Coolangatta for A$370 in the Air Asia priority access sale .. general sale starts tomorrow.
That’s our next winter’s holiday settled.
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Post by Banjo on Sept 7, 2015 6:54:48 GMT 7
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Post by notifications off on Sept 7, 2015 10:21:46 GMT 7
Can’t see how AAX Indo ever had anything like ten planes.
When there’s a choice I aim for AK rather than QZ flights .. suspect that QZ get the older planes from AK as AK take the new productions from Airbus.
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