Virgin australia $999 return to new york

[CJEMNMAC]

Competition with AA cheap fares

From Daily Telegraph


THE international airfares war being waged among airlines has intensified with Virgin Australia slashing the cost of a return ticket from Australia to New York, to $999.
The price has stunned even travel agents, who have declared the fare the cheapest they’ve ever seen for that route.
Just over a year ago, travellers were paying three times that amount to fly to the Big Apple and back.
Fierce competition among airlines, particularly on the trans-Pacific route, is fuelling the low fares which may still fall even further.


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[cjd600]

Prices are getting interesting between here and the USA...

Did anyone really pay $3k to get to New York a year ago??

 

[The man with no name]

Just checked the Virgin website ant saw no mention of it there. The cheapest to NY was >$1400

 

[CJEMNMAC]

Just checked the Virgin website ant saw no mention of it there. The cheapest to NY was >$1400

Are you suggesting that the media did no research before going to print ?? I cannot replicate it on VA either


The fare is LA not NY for that pricing on VA. The dates line up to the article not the destination ?

 

[Jedcah]

or could be this one
Melbourne to New York Flights | Book and Save | Flight Centre

 

[cjd600]

or could be this one
Melbourne to New York Flights | Book and Save | Flight Centre

Yes, must be Flight Centre only.

Sub $1k to LAX are good, but not rare these days

 

[CJEMNMAC]

I have tried a number of dates directly on VA but cannot come close to the Flight Centre pricing

 

[pauly7]

Well I'm sure this price cutting tactic will do loads to improve the profitability of the disastrous VA international business!

But personally I am for anything that boosts competition

 

[Saab34]

Looks like it's a Flight Centre thing.

Best you can do via the VA Website is to Newark on VX connection for $1100