Cheap Flights

Tiger Airways

The days of air travel being the exclusive domain of the glamorous Hollywood jet-setters are long since behind us. The effect cheap flights have had on today’s society has been profound and has shrunk the globe in a big way.

For those in Europe in particular the choices of cheap flights are endless but even here in Australia, cheap domestic flights are common-place and opening the world to the every day Australian.

Gone are the intimidating check-in procedures, the chance of a lifetime stop in the duty free store and competing for the window seat to make the most of your once-in-a-lifetime event. Today’s international traveller is yesterday’s Bonnie Doon vacationer – and making all of this possible are cheap flights.

For the average Australian an international trip is well within their means with cheap flights from all major Australian cities to Asia in particular being common-place and – of course – getting cheaper by the year.

Jetstar are one of the major cheap flight innovators in the Australian market-place offering cheap flights to Bangkok (Thailand), Denpasar (Bali – Indonesia), Christchurch (New Zealand), Hawaii (USA), Ho Chi Minh City (Viet Nam), Hong Kong (China), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Manila (Philippines), Nagoya (Japan), Osaka (Japan), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Phuket (Indonesia), Siem Reap (Cambodia), Singapore (Singapore), Taipei (Taiwan) and Yangon (Myanmar).

Always remember to plan ahead when looking at international cheap flights. The closer to the date of departure that you book the more expensive it gets – with a few notable exceptions.

Also remember to book in off-peak times if it is at all possible. Avoid school holidays like the plague. The flight and accommodation will be more expensive, and the airports and destination more crowded.

Go it alone – if at all possible. Do not book through a travel agency unless you are sure that you can’t get a cheaper flight elsewhere. Travel agencies will always take a commission and therefore it is unlikely that a flight will be cheaper to book through them.