Qantas Airways - Sydney/Canberra to Canberra/Sydney from $197 Return, Bags and Food Included - Jan to April @ Beat That Flight

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  beigehornet on 11/01/2019 - 11:58

  +5

  Cheaper to drive.

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    stewy on 11/01/2019 - 12:18

    +5

    Quicker for most people too.

    Just looked and these dates are in the middle of non-sitting days.

    Obviously the flights are a bit empty without all the public servants and pollies having their snouts in the trough….

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    tranter on 11/01/2019 - 12:27

    +2

    Cheaper and quicker on the bus as well.

    Drops you off at the centre of Canberra and Sydney which is usually more convenient than the airport.

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      RockyRaccoon on 11/01/2019 - 12:37

      especially true when you add the airport access fee if you catch public transport

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      Wilburre on 11/01/2019 - 13:50

      +1 for Murray's - great service for the $$$ - most accommodation near the Sydney CBD doesn't have parking for a car and traffic is absolutely cooked. Paying less than the fuel to get there for someone else to drive you is the way to go. Only crappy thing is getting transport from your home to Murray's each way if nobody is free to drop you off. I always spring the extra few $ (like 5-7) for flexible ticket - there's been times I've come home from overseas or interstate and flown to Canberra directly due to weather or flights being cancelled on Tiger (never again) and being able to open date the ticket 12 months is great. I just change the date to 12 months away and when I need to use that leg change it to the date and time I need. Also good if your plans change and you want to move to an earlier/later service on the same day - free changes 30m in advance.

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  tranter on 11/01/2019 - 12:25

  +4

  Came here after reading Cormann spent $37,000 on domestic flights in just one day.

  Cheap one-way flights out of Canberra will come in handy for many in the government in a few weeks' time.

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    [Deactivated] on 12/01/2019 - 00:17

    -2

    Not defending him, but the $37,000 "cost" comes out of the existing operations budget. The Challengers are used for dignitary / VIP transport, which I would say a cabinet minister is, RAAF get public money to operate them. There were no commercial flights available and this was arguably cheaper than privately chartering an aircraft for a 1 way flight to CBR. The figure is based on the hourly operating cost and likely included the return from CBR to RAAF Edinburgh. It's really a huge beat up over the fact it cost "20x the price of a commercial flight".

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      jackspratt on 12/01/2019 - 02:58

      Reads like a pretty solid attempt at a defence ie justification/rationalisation to me.

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        [Deactivated] on 12/01/2019 - 19:29

        -1

        Read it with your hand down your pants for all I care pal, it's an explanation of how charter operations are costed (and misreported in the media).

        Also, "defence" are the people who flew the Senator back to Canberra. A "defense" is a strategy or position employed to prevent opponents succeeding.

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          jackspratt on 12/01/2019 - 22:48

          +1

          @[Deactivated]: Hmmm …………… take care in that glass house, pal.

          https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/features/word/search/…

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  Steptoe on 11/01/2019 - 12:25

  They serve food on the flight?

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    Busabot on 11/01/2019 - 12:36

    +1

    There is usually enough time to serve cheese and crackers

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    Transparent on 11/01/2019 - 12:37

    how much can you eat in 35 minutes?

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      ebenezer7 on 11/01/2019 - 14:30

      I think the flying time is only 24 minutes. :)

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  RockyRaccoon on 11/01/2019 - 12:31

  -3

  But Most of those in Canberra get these for free from their employer (us)

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    tihir on 13/01/2019 - 07:33

    Canberra now has more private sector workers than it does public sector.

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      RockyRaccoon on 13/01/2019 - 08:35

      Yes and most of those wouldn’t fly, they would catch bus etc as these are cheaper, only those with employer funded travel, and no worries about how long it takes (being paid for that time) would fly. Driving or being driven would be faster and cheaper, unless you have a comcar to pick you up at each destination. Of course there are minority exceptions.

      As for true private sector, if you eliminate the ‘contract’ workers (who have access to the expense chargebacks), also ‘influence’ workers you might find a different ratio. 😀

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        tihir on 13/01/2019 - 15:12

        Wow - you really hate the public service!

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          RockyRaccoon on 13/01/2019 - 20:03

          @tihir: Huh?

          I see someone cycling down the footpath, so I call it, and you call me a bicycle hater?

          Its in context of this being a deal. A personal buyer as others here indicated arent going to find flying this route much of a deal, time or money wise.

          Still we are both having fun with it all. 😀 Nothing to it.

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            tihir on 13/01/2019 - 21:48

            @RockyRaccoon: When you wind down the window and mindlessly yell at him … yeah I do call you a hater.

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              RockyRaccoon on 14/01/2019 - 01:08

              @tihir: WOW

              Btw in my mind my bike example was from the viewpoint as a regular cyclist telling a friend that it is illegal to do and he wouldn’t want to be fined. You see that example as yelling from a car hating cyclists.

              Guess we are miles apart in interpretations here.

              Enjoy your night