Has anyone else booked Interstate Travel yet?

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Qantas is crap. Costs more money for the same thing.

Sometimes QF can actually be cheaper. It was for the Perth final last year.

Flying as far as Perth on QF is a million times better. You get big comfy seats in wide bodied plane (767, Airbus or even a 747! ), get fed a normally yummy meal, & have access to the movie console thing. On my trip over last September I watched Kenny the Movie & Jindabyne. By the time you had eaten & the movie finished the trip was more or less over!

I'll worry about away match flights when the A-League is over. Also Air Hatley will be taking off at discounted rates from April for $20 one way per trip (Go the work car! )

Will try & fly to adelaide for the Crows game, as Hatley is superstitious & won't take the flags in his car again. But all the other games, I'm THERE!

That Pies one in September, how massive could that be. I could easily see 75-80000 turn up to that one, including 15000+ in red & white!

JF

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Qantas is crap. Costs more money for the same thing.

Not always. However, when I fly, I always fly with whoever is cheapest. Sometimes its is Qantas, Virgin, Jetstar, or at times the car. It also depends how many are flying and to where.

[jazzamcc]

Originally posted by goswannie14
Not always. However, when I fly, I always fly with whoever is cheapest. Sometimes its is Qantas, Virgin, Jetstar, or at times the car. It also depends how many are flying and to where.

I'm the same, except I don't fly Death* because of it's location at Avalon. I've done it once, and won't do it again unless I'm desperate or going to Geelong for a game.
For me, every $$ counts, so whoever is cheapest between Qantas and Virgin gets my business. Needless to say I haven't flown Qantas since July 05'.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by jazzamcc
I'm the same, except I don't fly Death* because of it's location at Avalon. I've done it once, and won't do it again unless I'm desperate or going to Geelong for a game.
For me, every $$ counts, so whoever is cheapest between Qantas and Virgin gets my business. Needless to say I haven't flown Qantas since July 05'.

When my kids fly over to Melb from Adelaide, Jetstar is usually the cheapest, but they come in at Avalon. However, with the parking being heaps cheaper, and closer to the terminal, the extra 30 mins each way in the car isn't to bad given that it's freeway all the way.

But if you don't have anyone to pick you up, it could be a bit costly. I should start up a charter service!

[desredandwhite]

I mostly fly Deathstar, as the in-laws live in Geelong, where I get free accomodation

However, other times I usually fly Virgin, so long as it's the cheapest. For a short flight (1-2 hours), IMO there's sod all difference between the airlines... However for the longer flights, Qantas starts to look a lot more attractive...

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by goswannie14
I should start up a charter service!

I want to see references before I let you move my furniture...

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by ROK Lobster
I want to see references before I let you move my furniture...

No furniture, just people.

[ScottH]

Originally posted by ROK Lobster
I want to see references before I let you move my furniture...

You have to pay extra to get a seat, inside the vehicle.

[Big Al]

Originally posted by goswannie14
Where are you staying?

It would be good to catch up, as I missed you on the Hume after the GF.

Hey GS

Staying at the City Edge Apartments. (East Melbourne). Hopefully we can meet up sometime before one of the games.

I am really looking forward to the trip.

Cheers

[Big Al]

Originally posted by Annie Haddad
I like to fly Qantas.

I will be Travelling BigAlStar. Takes a bit longer but I like the inflight service.

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Originally posted by goswannie14
When my kids fly over to Melb from Adelaide, Jetstar is usually the cheapest, but they come in at Avalon. However, with the parking being heaps cheaper, and closer to the terminal, the extra 30 mins each way in the car isn't to bad given that it's freeway all the way.

But if you don't have anyone to pick you up, it could be a bit costly. I should start up a charter service!

The http://www.sunbusaustralia.com.au/ from Avalon is $18 one way. The www.skybus.com.au from Tullamarine is $14 one way. $4 extra there GS! Even I can afford that!

Considering that the flight with Jetstar can often save you over $50 just for a one way sector SYD-MEL(AVV), if you have the time to kill, & can be assured of being at the airport on time, go with Jetstar. When flying SYD-ADL you are using the same terminal as the others anyway, so it makes little difference.

More often than not when I'm on early flights to Melbourne I have heaps of time to kill. So the 45 minute express bus trip from Avalon fills things in nicely.

JF
PS:- 6am flights still suck!

[AussieAnge]

Originally posted by ROK Lobster
I want to see references before I let you move my furniture...

Just don't let him move your bookcase(s).

[AnnieH]

When I booked my tkts to Melb, Qantas were $50 cheaper than Virgin.

I flew Deathstar once ... never, ever, ever again - I'd rather drive.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by AussieAnge
Just don't let him move your bookcase(s).

Yeah, yeah Ok, Ok. I'm never going to live that one down am I?

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by Annie Haddad
I flew Deathstar once ... never, ever, ever again - I'd rather drive.

MY teenage daughters prefer it to Virgin. Although the first time they were coming in to land at Avalon, they wondered where the airport was, the comment was along the lines of, "We couldn't see the airport so we thought we were going to land in the middle of nowhere."