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Sydney to Hong Kong $759 Return on Qantas' A380

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Sydney to Hong Kong $759 Return on Qantas' A380
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roshodgekiss on 10/11/2011 - 13:51 qantas.com.au (4170 clicks)
Last edited 10/11/2011 - 16:08 by 1 other user

Qantas have just announced a 'Super Sale', offering direct flights from Sydney to Hong Kong for $759 return (economy) on their A380.

Sale fares are available for departures from Sydney between 3 February and 31 March 2012, and between 16 April and 20 June 2012. Sale ends 11.59pm (AEDT) Monday 14 November 2011, unless sold out prior.

Inevitable Qantas gaffs aside, this is a great price, especially for a trip on one of their big birds. Fares seem easy to come by at present and Hong Kong is a great launch pad for trips throughout Asia.

MOD EDIT removed original link, that as another member kindly reported, this might compromise the posters email address

MOD Warning - since some think its clever to vote down the warning posted below. (Sorry Ros)

Keep on topic, dont hijack this post with attacks on the company OR union they will be deleted. Those who persist will earn a stretch in the cooler. There is a discussion forum where you can rave on about the union or the company depending on which side you support but not here. Discuss the bargain please.

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  • wisc on 10/11/2011 - 13:52
    +1

    anyone going to bite, anyone at all? should be able to get a few good ones out of this!

    • roshodgekiss on 10/11/2011 - 13:53

      I'm 100% counting on it :P

  • Kaboda on 10/11/2011 - 13:53
    +1

    Should be good if this doesn't happen

    http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/union-threatens-to-reigni…

  • [Deactivated] on 10/11/2011 - 13:55

    Please keep all comments on topic - union or company bashing wont be tolerated

    • joannatan on 10/11/2011 - 18:29

      agree to MOD, this is about bargain thing, not about politic

  • panderiz on 10/11/2011 - 14:00
    +3

    why oh why are there never sales during school holidays… rhetorical :)

  • abc on 10/11/2011 - 14:00

    Good luck trying to find the actual $380 flights on QF127 and QF128 (the only 2 flight numbers with the A380 in service).

    Btw if anyone comes across dates please share lol

    • panderiz on 10/11/2011 - 14:01
      +1

      Hong Kong A380 sale fares are available for departures between 3 February and 31 March 2012 and 16 April to 20 June 2012.

      Sale ends 11.59pm (AEDT) Monday 14 November 2011.

      • abc on 10/11/2011 - 14:03

        But its only a generous total of FOUR times a week!!!

        • furyou on 10/11/2011 - 14:10
          +4

          does it make a difference? cattle class in A380 felt just like cattle class on a 747-400.
          what am I missing?

        • SBOB on 10/11/2011 - 14:43
          +12

          "cattle class in A380 felt just like cattle class on a 747-400.
          what am I missing?"

          more cattle? :)

        • [Deactivated] on 10/11/2011 - 15:25

          mmmmm cattle

        • ozAzn on 10/11/2011 - 16:45

          u can go Premium Economy…?

    • roshodgekiss on 10/11/2011 - 15:45

      I'm getting daily flights for this price in May/June - https://skitch.com/roshodgekiss/g8xfp/may-june

  • zone on 10/11/2011 - 14:01
    -2

    Damn! was about to post that

    • Dr.Tenma on 10/11/2011 - 17:24

      Damn?? someone did ya work for ya

  • ccrap on 10/11/2011 - 14:07

    Love it, perfectly timed. Better than the 888 deal last time :)

  • Kaboda on 10/11/2011 - 14:09
    +1

    It's not union bashing I am warning about the fact that there could be further strikes ahead.
    I frankly don't fly Qantas so it didoes affect me the slightest.

    • dzd on 10/11/2011 - 14:31
      +11

      had to read "didoes" twice because I thought it was another word.

      • tsunamisurfer on 10/11/2011 - 14:45
        +13

        I'd like to buy a Consonant please.

      • retiredfeline on 10/11/2011 - 14:48

        Didoes or didoesn't? :)

    • WatchNerd on 10/11/2011 - 18:15
      -3

      Qantas shouldn't be handing out dildo's.

  • ozblogger on 10/11/2011 - 14:12
    +5

    OP: The link you posted , allows anyone to change your details Qantas/FF.. might want to look into that

  • kogi on 10/11/2011 - 14:17

    Good Deal , But I am going to wait until they iron out the bugs in the A380

  • dmdz on 10/11/2011 - 14:21
    +1

    If you're paying by credit card, buy through www.zuji.com.au for an extra $1-2 and avoid Qantas' credit card processing fee of $30. I learnt this lesson with my last booking…

    • bazza236 on 10/11/2011 - 14:24
      +1

      except the horror stories with zuji…

    • retiredfeline on 10/11/2011 - 14:30

      Doesn't Qantas offer payment by POLI? (I don't know.)

      • roshodgekiss on 10/11/2011 - 15:42

        Yes, they do. Takes a while longer for confirmation, but it beats the fee.

      • A3Australia on 11/11/2011 - 00:38

        Doesn't Qantas offer payment by POLI?

        Sorry, but what is POLI ?

        Thanks.

  • dzhay on 10/11/2011 - 14:31

    Ahh the A380, the Rolls Royce of the sky.

    I think I vaguely recall a few incidents involving Qantas A380s and Asian commercial city states. I don't remember the exact details, and so I presume it was all good. I think it was something to do with 25% less thrust

  • tsunamisurfer on 10/11/2011 - 14:48

    I recall insurance companies saying any future claims resulting from Qantas strike action will not be entertained, as we know they are likely.

    Fair enough….all have been warned.

    • retiredfeline on 10/11/2011 - 14:51

      I'm sure nobody was entertained by the recent debacle. :)

  • ynot1985 on 10/11/2011 - 15:04

    I got it….. 758 teturn… So good

  • ynot1985 on 10/11/2011 - 15:04

    I got it….. 758 teturn… So good

    • tsunamisurfer on 10/11/2011 - 15:18
      +27

      Hope you didn't buy two tickets.

  • ynot1985 on 10/11/2011 - 15:31

    No brought 1… Somehow ipad posted it twice…

    For anyone interested, the dates i got were 3/2/12- 3/3/12

    • JepunK on 10/11/2011 - 19:00
      +2

      seems like iPad failed u again…spell check didoesn't work…LOL

  • aldog on 10/11/2011 - 15:58

    What's happened to your www.flighthacker.com website Ros? Hasn't been updated for ages!

    • roshodgekiss on 10/11/2011 - 16:01
      +2

      Haha, thanks for mentioning it - I've just been putting my energy into other stuff as of late. I'll certainly think about posting this bargain tonight, though - you've really encouraged me there :)

  • hubertlam on 10/11/2011 - 19:02

    Does anyone know what else is changing for QF to operate a A380 to HKG? Would this simply be a rejig of the current schedules to include HKG as a destination for the A380? Or are these A380 flights to to the delivery of more A380s to Qantas?

    • Kmon on 10/11/2011 - 19:44
      +1

      Their 11th (VH-OQK) and 12th (VH-OQL) A380 are due to be delivered over the next couple of months. The deferments announced in August only affect the 15th to 20th A380s.

      • djones145 on 10/11/2011 - 20:49

        cathay fly 4 flights a day
        and on weekends they are all full

        virgin and qantas only fly once and twice a day

        the amrket is there, i think cathay had it cornered for a while
        so now qantas is flying the A380 to carry more (i think they aint allowed to fly more often)

        • hubertlam on 11/11/2011 - 10:30

          Didn't Qantas use to fly three times daily?

          QF127 (traditional schedule, has been around for a long time)
          QF187 (now renamed to QF87?)
          equivalent of QF30, which I flew a couple of years back HKG-SYD and originated in LHR.

  • blue_bug on 10/11/2011 - 21:12

    That's a good news for me, I had a return leg from HKG to SYD on the 29th, and it's now on A380 instead of the B744.

    http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/a380-schedule/globa…

    SDY HKG QF127 Service departs on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
    HKG SYD QF128 Service departs on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

  • joannatan on 10/11/2011 - 21:29
    +1

    price beat with flight centre, but before you do price beat, better join flightcentre newsletter first (http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/47181) get the voucher then do your price beat

  • myian on 10/11/2011 - 22:42

    bought the special $888 sale return ticket from syd to hk before the strike…. paid a 100+ extra. damn it

    • fish on 10/11/2011 - 23:24

      Just to make sure your bad feeling sink in further, when Qantas is doing $888, Virgin (unadvertised) was doing $775 return (and I bought it)!

      • joannatan on 10/11/2011 - 23:31

        if you follow my tips above, you might save $50 from flight centre

        • scheps on 21/11/2011 - 00:10

          BTW which source do you normally use to price match FC? also you can do it one way at a time if you are cheap enough!! :)

        • joannatan on 21/11/2011 - 10:05

          www.zuji.com.au
          www.expedia.com.au
          www.travel.com.au
          the original airline website
          and this website http://www.bookingengine.com.au/bestway/

        • scheps on 21/11/2011 - 21:20

          ah ok thats what i use too :) except never tried bookingengine.

          Like the first two coz no cc fees. Need more websites like them.

          will check it out! thanks!

        • joannatan on 22/11/2011 - 00:07

          my fc consultant doesn't take account cc surcharge from other travel agent.

  • ccrap on 11/11/2011 - 00:53

    Guys, I do a great lot of my flights through flight centre - I use them to price match when they are not the cheapest and often pay with gift vouchers which I can sometimes get on the cheap, making it the best deal around.

    Just putting this out there, but if I were to source a bulk lot of these vouchers would fellow ozbargainers be keen for some?

    • shade on 11/11/2011 - 01:27

      you're asking ozbargainers if they want vouchers?

      • ccrap on 11/11/2011 - 01:41

        lol well they are essentially like gift cards, pre-purchased at a discounted rate - just gauging interest here. TBH more hassle than it's worth for myself but I have the connection so if a good amount of people here see this as worthwhile, then I might work something out.

        • MrMaxwell on 11/11/2011 - 02:03

          Depends what the discount is :-)

        • ccrap on 11/11/2011 - 11:09
          -1

          Depends on the supplier, but generally 2-4% once you factor in the suppliers processing costs. There was one freak time that I was able to get it for 10% off but unfortunately that has never happened again and despite much insistence have been told many a time that it was a one off only.

          4% might not sound like much, but 2 x average peak flights cost in the $3,000 to $4,000 range. The cards save you about $120 - $160. If you are clever and get flight centre to pricematch (which they always do) then boom, you've just got 1-2 nights hotel money, depending on where and how you like to stay.

        • mocha_latte on 12/11/2011 - 17:06

          How do you actually price match? Do you walk in and ask them to quote on flying on a particular on Qantas, and if they say anything over $759 then you say "ha! gotcha- you gotta price match me now "?

  • MrMaxwell on 11/11/2011 - 10:58

    Checking flights today it seems the A380 flights are filling up from Feb 3 so the fare is also available on selected 747 and A330 flights too…if I book the A330 I want my fare to be $330!!! :)

    • bazza236 on 11/11/2011 - 11:48

      I booked on a A330 flight for $379…

  • Jacku on 11/11/2011 - 13:49

    Guys, don't book the A330. A380 is the new plane. Should give that a taste.

    But it does take a massive 8xx passengers. The lines for check-ins, immigration, etc going to be nasty!!!

    • Jacku on 11/11/2011 - 14:57

      Qantas capped it 450 passengers :) thank god!

    • muzzamo on 11/11/2011 - 15:15

      dont think qantas holds 8xx…

  • LoCure on 11/11/2011 - 20:56

    Does this price include tax?

    • Jacku on 12/11/2011 - 00:58

      Yes inclusive.

  • corrad on 12/11/2011 - 10:17

    what's the fare code? anyone?

    • joannatan on 12/11/2011 - 12:47

      no code, just read the term and condition!!!

  • [Deactivated] on 12/11/2011 - 13:15
    -2

    looks good

    • pauly on 13/11/2011 - 03:15

      Please see here. Vote removed.

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