Forwarded by a contact, there are still seats on the Sunday Feb 10 flight over Antarctica (yes that's this Sunday).
• Superior Economy (Window or seat next too) – Was $2,999pp – Now $1,500pp
• Centre Economy (no window) – Was $1,199pp – Now $600pp Sold Out
Calls need to go straight through to the Antarctica Flights res team on 1800 633 449 – until sold out.
(no affiliation, just heard about it and would love to do it myself, but not this time)
That's like sellng ice to the eskimos.
Yeah, well cannabis doesn't grow well in that kind of climate so if you're gonna buy stuff in, may as well buy the good stuff.
Does it qualify for Frequent Flyer points and more importantly Status credits?
From the link -
"FREQUENT FLYER POINTS
Charter flights like ours do not accumulate frequent flyer points as they are not scheduled Qantas flights."
Zero miles if your port of departure and arrival is the same
Not unless you're part of the Seal Club.
Most importantly TRS!
No checked baggage allowed. LOL.
Think how much QF is making from air freight then.
Not going to make much delivering freight where it came from.
from the website:
WHAT'S INCLUDED in this flight:
*Meet Antarctic explorers onboard and experience live crosses to research stations
*Full bar service – toast your discovery with champagne, wine, beer, spirits and soft drinks
*The ultimate birdseye over the continent with up to 4 hours of viewing that you will never forget
*Two full service Qantas meals plus in-flight snacks to keep you fuelled for the long day
*Take home your Explorer Kit with all the maps and stats you need to become an Antarctic expert
*Watch Happy Feet or Antarctic documentaries on the state of the art entertainment system
https://www.antarcticaflights.com.au/home#seating
These are the four seats on each side of the aircraft in the Economy Class section over or near the wing area and will be rotated at the halfway point of the journey. Each passenger will have a window seat or the seat next to a window seat for half of the flight and an aisle seat for the other half of the flight. Looks like $600 ticket is exception.
*Watch Happy Feet or Antarctic documentaries
Do they have "9 Songs"? Some great Antarctic footage there.
$1,500 for 2.5 hour flying over the Antarctic + swapping seats in half-time.
Actual enjoyment = 75 mins only! What!?
I guess it's cheaper to buy a 4K Samsung TV and National Geographic subscription, and the screen is much bigger than the plane window.
will Blu-ray player included?
edited, National Geographic subscription is better lol
And you don't have to return the TV after 2.5 hours!
But… you get to watch happy feet on their state of the art entertainment system!
/sarcasm
Don't know why the hate. This experience in the safety of a 747 allows you to quickly and easily view hundreds of km of Antarctic wilderness, many explorers have died trying to see for themselves. This has gone on my bucket list.
Some people on this site are too concerned with not spending money to understand that actual experiences are often better than seeing something on YouTube with a slab of beer in the fridge
This experience in the safety of a 747
Safer than a DC10?
^^this guy thinks!!
It's cheaper to spend an hour on Google Maps street view than go to London - not quite the same is it…
I know most of these are jokes, but it's a shame so many of you seem to have no passion for seeing the world. It's an amazing place and the only one you're ever going to experience!
That's why I have a ticket with Virgin Galactic.
It's going to let me see so much of the world at one time and also travel as far away from Earth as I ever can.
can you buy duty free booze and smokes?
No, you do not "leave" the country.
Don't forget your snow gear.
Ice Class - $7,999
All seats in the exclusive front cabin are full length sleeper seats. Ice Class passengers will either have a window or / aisle seat next to the window seat. The window and the adjacent aisle seats will be rotated at the halfway point of the journey. Ice Class passengers will also enjoy extra benefits including the finest Champagne and a complimentary gift pack.
where do they seat? next to pilot?
No comped shard and bulb?
this is basically the same price it cost me to go to antarctica myself lol
I've just called to book but Centre Economy is sold out. About 4 left for superior economy.
If you have questions about the flight, the FAQ section is very useful
If anyone is ever heading to Johannesburg in South Africa, QF63 Sydney - Johannesburg will often fly over Antartica, and its a daytime flight so you get pretty good views of the ice. I believe its the most southerly flying commercial flight, although you do have to get lucky as it isnt guaranteed to fly that far south every flight.
Dont even need daytime flight at this time of the year.
I'd be getting a centre seat and watching the inflight map waiting for the singularity.
Go in winter
Does watching something through the window glass count as as-real as watching at 4K Tele at home ?
They have been doing these flights for years. One of the worse aviation accident in the history was a sightseeing to Antarctica.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_New_Zealand_Flight_901
But that wasn't a Qantas Boeing 747, that was an Air NZ N2-Erebus.
Such a sad coverup of a case.
200+ people died because of the captains laziness.
And they tried to blame the crew for that. It took years for the truth to come up.
It took a while, but all came out in the official report.
Crew still took a portion of the blame for not checking the route beforehand.
Air New Zealand is to blame ; not the captain. The royal commission, released on 27 April 1981, cleared the crew of blame for the disaster. The single, dominant and effective cause of the crash was Air New Zealand's alteration of the flight plan waypoint coordinates in the ground navigation computer without advising the crew.
Crash was in 1979. I’m sure modern aircrafts are more reliable!
Nothing to do with reliability, it was flight planning error with Air NZ 901. The DC-10, apart from its early design flaw with the cargo door, was an ultra-reliable beast. To this day, some are still being used as cargo carriers, and Orbis utilise one as a "Flying Eye Hospital". Also, it was one of the most awesome-sounding planes both in and out, thanks to the "buzzsaw" GE engines.
There better not be one Greenie or agw advocate on these tours.
I am curious to know what the boarding pass says. Melbourne to Melbourne? No Instagram opportunity. No deal! :P
Good Valentines day present for the Mrs and invitation to the mile high club. Should be fun gettin chocabloc up her over the ice.
Exploring the South pole.
No. they don't fly over the south pole.
As long as we steer clear of Mt Erebus… :(
Too soon 😅😅😅
All tickets gone??
We've done the same flight out of Brisbane, we were given the middle (cheap I thought) seats as a Christmas gift.
It was a great trip, once near/over Antarctica everyone gets up and moves around the cabin at will. You can see a helluva lot looking from the aisle through windows and through the door windows, got some great photos doing that.
I was quite surprised and it turned into a great memory. The bar is open, you can just front up to the cabin staff area / kitchen and order what you like, meals are provided like an international service.
I would not pay for the Bus/First seating, and maybe not for window seats - which are rotated in that pricepoint with others on the aisle seating half way through the flight.
The whole atmosphere on our flight was friendly and sharing from everyone.
I'd have no qualms about sitting in the middle 'cheap seats' again.
So was it just a flight? Did you actually land anywhere?
Yes, you land in Melbourne.
Will it fly over the south pole which is censored on google maps?
I thought this is a joke, but it turns out to be true. Now I am curious, why did they do that?
who knows. the rabbit hole goes deep. why did the pope visit the south pole? why did world leaders visit the south pole?
There are plenty of aerial shots of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station - so no secrets. It's probably just the limit of the "Google" satellite.
The sat they use probably doesn't orbit the poles, there is little reason for it to. It would be both more expensive to launch and spend less time over things worth looking at.
There's plenty of commercial flights over the Arctic. Nothing over the Antarctic? I thought sometimes QF63 goes over Antarctica?
It does, but depends on the jet stream winds. Fly Sep to Nov and you've got a good chance of flying over Antarctica. Return to JHB is around $1300.
Here's what you'll see out the window
https://youtu.be/UaIiw0uKE-s?t=80
That link needs a stupidity warning. So many flat earthers in the comments.
I believe EZE to AKL does sometimes, as well as SCL->SYD.
so tempting!!!
centre seats sold out ——ohhh)) too late!
I wish they incorporated a parabolic flight path element.
Catch a carbon intensive flight to witness the effects of global warming.
You can pay extra for a stranded polar bear experience.
There's no Polar Bears in Antarctica
I know a guy who knows a guy who once met Tim Flannery. We can arrange these things.
It should be great as long as it’s not Air New Zealand.
Buy a ticket for your local Flat Earther so they can check out the 'ice wall'
I think an Alaskan Cruise is better value than a 75 minute summer flight over Antarctica.
Find me a $600 Alaskan cruise, please, including flight out of Melbourne.
Any chance you could let us know if there are any specials for the Sydney flight taking off on 24 February?
We were on QF63 about 2 years ago, it does go pretty far south, but usually you only get ice sheets and you don't see the actual thick ice shelves.
SO we'd be keen to get on the Antartica flight, do you get to see Mount Erebus?
Is it possible to see the edge of the earth from this flight?
Do you get status credits and ff points?
No, it is a chartered flight. No FF or other Qantas gimmicks.
book a flight to santiago! they do the flight down to 60 degrees so you see a lot of ice!
Does it earn Qantas status?
Are all seats half price or just the Superior Economy ones now?
Apparently the deal is only for Qantas employers or friends and family of APT travel group
Might be worth it if you can spend the whole flight in the fancy upstairs part of a 747
That’s business class
So we just fly over Antarctica for fun to melt the ice faster ???
Using http://www.chooseclimate.org/flying/mf.html, it looks like the flight produces over 1000kg CO2 per person. Ecotourism??
Supposedly what costs 3k normally to 1.5 k for effectively a boomerang flight ending up with views worst than a documentary . For me I don't understand how this sheet gets on this site vs nearly a round the world trip with other offers on here . I hope the site doesn't get diluted in this crap . Fair price is 10 % $300 due to the open bar :)
Watching a doco on Everest isn’t the same as being there
Actually is flying over it in a Jet. (Not the same as being there)
I’ve seen Everest with my own eyes, just like you’ll get to see the continent of Antarctica with your own eyes, that separates you greatly from some nobody sitting on a couch watching tv
The centre seats are for people who want to say they went to Antarctica, but aren't really fussed whether they actually see it.
Just here for the booze, meals and Happy Feet. :)
Nice, I've been looking for a more efficient way of doing my part to melt the ice caps! Thanks OP!
When I came back from South America saw plenty of ice.
Amazing.
I just rang the phone number and apparently it is for quantas staff only and only one seat left. If anyone got a seat please share how they got around this impediment.
Be a Qantas employee?
Hobart "international" airport can take 747s though it's unusual (https://www.themercury.com.au/lifestyle/travel/jumbo-on-a-lo…)