dish62 said:
I costed the fare from ADL in March 07 and found the itinerary at $620 more than the relative MEL/HNL or SYD/HNL fare. Now I realise that I always pay more for connections for international flights but $620 seems somewhat excessive ( MEL/HNL return 16-23 Mar 07 = $869 : ADL/HNL same dates $1486)
Not sure about that anomaly other than to say that the flights ADL-MEL-ADL would be QF flights with JQ flight number. Sometimes these do not price as cheap on the JQ website.
You can reduce the $1486 quoted on JQ website for ADL-MEL-HNL-MEL-ADL by purchasing the 2 trips separately!
Purchase the MEL-HNL (JQ1 17:15-06:45) and HNL-MEL (JQ2 08:15-16:55) flights from the JQ website for $869 then ADL-MEL (QF684 13:15-15:00) and MEL-ADL (QF701 18:45-19:35) flights from the QF website for $240 (not including $4.40 credit card surcharge). This option will cost you $1099 saving
$387. Note you will need to purchase the QF flights soon as the red-edeals for some departures are not available.
If you want to save even more then purchase ADL-MEL (QF684 13:15-15:00) from the QF website for $120 (not including credit card surcharge) and MEL-ADL (JQ368 21:40-22:20) from the JQ website for $69 (not including credit card surcharge). This option will cost you $1058 saving
$428.
Good luck.