AU / US Dollar Confusion

[wendlle]

I've never flown with Jetstar before.
I am looking at one way flights from Honolulu to Melbourne.

When I look at google flights I get one price in $AU but when I go to the Jetstar page it is giving me the price in $US

Is this just a mistake with google flights?

 

[AIRwin]

If you click "Continue" with Google, what fare comes up?

 

[wendlle]

If you click "Continue" with Google, what fare comes up?

The AUD price, same on skyscanner. But as soon as I go to jetstar to book it changes it to US and twice the price.

 

[Hvr]

Is this just a mistake with google flights?

It's actually fairly typical of most airlines.
It will show the fare using the currency of the originating port.

 

[wendlle]

It's actually fairly typical of most airlines.
It will show the fare using the currency of the originating port.

I understand that, but all websites are showing the AUD price and then when I book with jetstar it changes it to a totally different amount.
I don't want to book with a 3rd party.

 

[justinbrett]

At the end of the day, the fare is in USD, any website showing it in AUD is an approximation and may or may not include tax.

I'd say that fare has now sold out. What I see now:



For me, Jetstar comes to a total of US$2254, so only $200ish more than your google flights quote and the same as my google flights quote. The other websites I think are not including tax, it's not a legal requirement for flights ex-US to include tax.

Of course now every AFF user trying to help you is probably searching the flight and jacking up the price!

 

[Quickstatus]

Is this just a mistake with google flights?

no

all websites are showing the AUD price

But when you book with the airline, the currency used is the country of the originating port as others have said.

 

[oz_mark]

Google flights uses the currency of where it believes you are located. You can select another currency down near the bottom of the page.

 

[justinbrett]

Slightly related, I made an Expedia booking for a rental car in the US later in the year (with Hertz).

Booked and confirmed in AUD (but post-pay)-.

When I load up the booking in Hertz, the rate in no way corresponds with the Expedia price.

Expedia (MMB)-

Expedia (Original email)


Hertz -


I'm prepared to pay the Hertz rate as it's still reasonable, but if the Expedia rate is honoured, it's an incredible rate.

 

[FreddyFattler]

You can select another currency down near the bottom of the page.

To add to this because it had me stumped for quite a while, on my android phone I needed to put view the desktop site in order to be able to see and alter the currency option.

 

[wendlle]

It’s not that
It’s the fact that it’s a completely different converted price - it’s way more