On a full service airline, from Australia to Japan from $500? This is unreal.
Coronavirus or not, keep an eye on the news and make the decision yourself. Japan seems to have kept their numbers from skyrocketing so far, but time will tell.
On the upside:
Airline: Virgin Australia
FF: Velocity
From: Most Australian ports
To: Tokyo, Japan
When: Apr-Jun
Evidence: https://imgur.com/a/nGUiX7B
done!
lol awesome example - departing 1st April 😂
Should point out that there are $511 through to December.
Nothing listed for 2021 - But I was really thinking about going on a ski trip (and plenty of time for Corona to die down)
I would rather wait and pay $100 extra instead of risking my $500. I know you guys are having hard times. Good luck!
Agreed. beatthatvirus first.
I laughed a bit at that :)
Agree, but some people "need" to travel (getting back to family, important events, work etc), so hey, in the meanwhile, may as well help them with cheap flights.
I've got a domestic trip in 12 days, and an international one in May (both family-event related), and even I'm wondering if I'll be able to take them!
selling tickets does not make you immune to the virus,just cancel it
don't stop posting these flight deals. Ignore the anti-travel people. I'd like to keep abreast of pricing during this epidemic. I anticpate travel demand to shoot right back up once the virus clears to a point beyond what it was before the virus. People who've canceled their holidays are going to take them again when it's safe to do so, and there will be a huge backlog.
Or risking Japan imposes 14 day restrictions to all foreigners
You may find yourself in mandatory self-quarantine on arrival back in Australia as well. New Zealand have just mandated such a requirement for all incoming passengers.
Haha… just 5 minutes after I wrote that, the PM announced a mandatory 14-day self-quarantine for all incoming passengers.
@ickyboo: Don't know where Italy will get resources to track the hour-by-hour around-the-clock movements and behaviour of 60 million people.
Police, authorities and government are already overwhelmed.
Coronavirus or not, the AUD is extremely weak against the JPY, will make for a very expensive holiday, not to mention all the main tourist attractions seem to be closing down for who knows how long.
If you're going to wait for the dollar to return to what it was when Gerry Harvey was constantly whining about imports, you could be waiting years. What got us there in the first place was China's appetite for our iron and steel, which has been sated since.
Good price indeed.
Hotels should be cheap too.
(Everyone's risk appetite differs, understand the risks and make your own choice)
The choice also includes how individual actions effect others. What actions is the individual taking not to become sick or become a carrier and infect others? Would you cough on someone if you are sick? I hope not.
It would be good to consider how individual actions also effect others. Some people wear masks because they are more concerned about other people, not about themselves.
It's a huge risk buying any sort of flight tickets considering the travel bans!
This is a good deal, but: Virgin had solvency issues before the virus, and they're really at the brink now. If they don't get significant government aid, here and overseas, they may well declare bankruptcy, which would make you (as a ticket holder) an unsecured creditor, and fairly unlikely to get your money back.
I still remember those Ansett points that vanished
Credit Card charge back?
With a bonus two week holiday on return to Oz too…
Yep, mandatory quarantine for everyone coming back now. It's not a great time to be in the airline business.
This deal is dead.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-18/coronavirus-australia…
Virgin has announced it is grounding its entire international fleet. All international flights will be suspended from March 30 to June 14. Meanwhile, it is slashing its domestic capacity in Australia by 50 per cent.
Please add dates