Anyone know of cheap flights to the USA?
Best I can find are direct with Virgin for around $1667
Have found another way to save but given that maybe someone has a better way.
By Flying to NZ one way I can pickup a Virgin flight Auckland to LAX via SYD Cost $A199/219 via Jetstar/Virgin then $NZ1378 to LAX and return.
Total is $A1060 plus $A219 plus 1 night in Auckland $A100 = $1379 saving almost $300 but lose 1 day with travel.
On return from LAX can have one stop over - which would elect to do in SYD. Then just dont get on the leg from SYD to Auckland.
Alternatively could fly to NZ a month or so earlier enjoy a weekend there, pick up some duty free, NZ wine etc, cheap mars bars, Pick up LAX flight, take my stop over in SYD on way out, then reboard a month later to finish off trip.
This will mean paying an extra $125 for second stop off in Sydney on the way back. Unless someone has knowledge of how to clear customs in Australia before flying on to NZ. Now I did see that flights going to wellington have to fly out of Brisbane. So if I did a multicity flight say AKL SYD LA LA SYD/BNE/WNG I would be forced to do customs in Sydney as the flight to BNE was a domestic flight.
Alternatively if I was sick after the LAX/SYD flight and had to miss the AKL leg, what procedures are there (hehe). Or anyone know how to effectively clear customs in Sydney with bags while transiting thru to AKL
I can't find anything cheaper than that. It looks like flights to the US have gone up significantly in the last 12-18 months.