Flixbus One Way $9.99 Promo Fares (Melbourne, Albury, Canberra, Sydney)

[kamchatsky]

Yes, it is not flying but it is a very cheap way to go interstate. Flixbus is launching in Australia and is offering $9.99 fares.

One Way $9.99 Fares (Melbourne, Albury, Canberra, Sydney) @ FlixBus

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I caught Flixbus in European trip 2 years ago and their buses were excellent with comfort and Wifi.

It is cheaper than going to your respective airports (SYD, MEL at least)

 

[RB]

Agree with your assessment of the European offerings. I hope they eventually bring some competition between Sydney & Brisbane & some more sociable hrs in their timetable

 

[dajop]

I caught Flixbus in European trip 2 years ago and their buses were excellent with comfort and Wifi.

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In my experience, spanning Flixbus rides in France, Netherlands/Belgium and Italy - yet to have operational wifi - but other than that, comfortable and a good price, (about 1/4 the price of trains and only slightly longer journey time , or the ride we took in Italy the only choice unless we took 3x as long via train.

Not sure I’d be too keen to take it all the way from Melbourne to Sydney though! (Although have done in the distant past, way too old for that now).

 

[Saab34]

Good for competition which is probably a bit stale here in terms of bus, don’t get me started on rail.

 

[clifford]

Flixbus is fine. I'vre used them LJU-ZAG and VIE-BTS.

 

[moa999]

yet to have operational wifi

Bus wifi is basically a 4g/5g modem that if you're lucky has an aerial on the outside.
Don't think I've seen anyone installing Starlink terminals on the roof.

 

[toowongman]

Good luck to them. They have a broad timetable for the Canberra to SYD run, departing at 0100h, 0300h, etc. You can book an extra seat as well for a bit of comfort.

 

[Kiwi]

Yes booked several trips on them on the promotional $10 fare Canberra to Sydney and Sydney airport services. Several buses between Canberra and Sydney. Will give Murrays some good competition. Appear to be more direct too with buses to Sydney Int Airport, Domestic airport and to Central. Buses leave from those places too. Got to beat the Murrays where you can spend up to 30 mins on a journey from Central to Canberra at the airport while they muck around boarding and ticketing passengers.

I think this new entrant has worked out there will never be a Very fast Train Mel to Sydney or to Canberra and that the route is quite lucrative with Murrays having a near monopoly on the CBR to Syd route for some years. Also given the premium on flights using Canberra Airport and rip off prices esp CBR to Syd or Syd to CBR many in Canberra start their flights especially if travelling overseas from Sydney in any case.

The new service has some good departure times especially for people getting in to Sydney off international flights in the evening who may have had to stay in SYD for the night before travelling the next day.

I think this new bus service will save people money with non promotional fares between Canberra and Sydney being around the $40 mark. Fares will probably be lower during the week and at off peak times. I expect the competition will make Murrays and Greyhound review and reduce their pricing on a similar basis as well.

 

[Mattg]

Agree with your comments @Kiwi. Murrays has been riding the gravy train for too long, great to see some competition and my previous Flixbus trips in Europe have been fine. I like that you have the option to book an empty seat beside you.

 

[clifford]

I like that you have the option to book an empty seat beside you.

Yes, that's a good option, but just being able to select a seat (for a small fee) beats the pants off Murray's sit where you are told approach.

 

[toowongman]

Yes, that's a good option, but just being able to select a seat (for a small fee) beats the pants off Murray's sit where you are told approach.

Interesting. On the Toowoomba-Brisbane-BNE service, seats are booked and you can get the one beside you as well.

 

[moa999]

Services seemingly being operated by Deanes Coaches out of Cooma.

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[markis10]

Services seemingly being operated by Deanes Coaches out of Cooma.

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Canberra services by Deanes, Mel-Syd by Sunbury coaches.

 

[clifford]

Well, I do hope it gives the monopolistic and apathetic incumbents a bit of a shake up.

 

[dajop]

Well, I do hope it gives the monopolistic and apathetic incumbents a bit of a shake up.

On SYD-CBR mainly?

On MEL-SYD I can't see it making much of a difference, but perhaps for intermediate towns. Flixbus or not, I think for many people bus is a distant 3rd behind planes and trains.

 

[Melburnian1]

On MEL-SYD I can't see it making much of a difference, but perhaps for intermediate towns. Flixbus or not, I think for many people bus is a distant 3rd behind planes and trains.

The timetables are not published in a convenient format, but can be worked out through laboriously making individual queries for each stop.

FlixBus hardly serves any intermediate cities on MEL-SYD-MEL. The only options are to travel MEL-ABX or MEL-CBR in addition to the various SYD airport and CBD stops. (And obviously ABX-CBR etc.)

The V/Line single rail fare for Melbourne to Albury is a bargain $11.00 on weekdays, lower on weekends. Seniors pay half that, and free on weekends. The standard gauge VLocity railcars have a buffet (although if it's two sets coupled together, one may be closed).

The NSW TrainLink XPT is far more comfortable (even in economy seats, but better in first class seats and best if you can snare one of the 18 sleeping car berths) than a road coach between MEL and SYD, and at least 50 minutes faster than FlixBus despite the circuitous steam-era tracks between Junee and Goulburn, NSW.

The XPT has coach connections at a choice of Yass Junction (closer to CBR and my preference) or Cooramundra to and from Canberra.

There are only three XPlorer railcars each way daily between Canberra and Sydney, but while slower than the coaches (assuming the latter don't get held up in traffic), they are again more comfortable with an on-board buffet adding to the attraction.

FlixBus also lacks suburban pick-up or set down stops in Sydney and Melbourne: the trains for instance stop at Campbelltown and in Victoria at Broadmeadows, as well as Seymour, Benalla and Wangaratta, plus the XPT serves Wagga Wagga and Goulburn in NSW as well as the NSW Southern Highlands' Moss Vale (with Canberra trains also stopping by request at Bundanoon, Bowral and Mittagong).