I am pi**ed

[BecBennett]

I was going to book our flights last night but couldn't get hold of the credit card details we were going to use, so when I got the details this morning, I logged onto the Qantas site and the prices are now double

I'm so angry! I called Qantas right away to see if anything could be done, because I specifically checked all over the site yesterday to ensure that there was no mention of an end of sale date, and I made sure there were plenty of seats left available, and all was fine. I spoke to a young girl at Qantas, but she can only sell me that prices that are shown to her, which are the exact ones that are shown to me, and told me that nothing could be done...

Goodbye holiday

 

[fairykin]

I'm so sorry.

Keep checking for specials.

Hang in there.

 

[Krissy Marissy]

Bummer

 

[kerickson]

Bummer

Maybe try a travel agent? They may have purchased tickets at the lower price and still have deals they could pass on...

 

[BecBennett]

Maybe try a travel agent? They may have purchased tickets at the lower price and still have deals they could pass on...

I'll give that a go. I doubt it, after dealing with many travel agents, I've always found I could get cheaper everything myself, but I'm willing to try anything

 

[aussietravellers]

You could try jetstar to honolulu (there are some very cheap fares there and back) then someone like american from honolulu to LA.

VAustralia had some very cheap fares when I looked the other day also, I think there was $1400 and something return from Bris/Syd/LA (so would be cheaper from Syd) but not sure when that sale ends, not as good as the $1200+ from Qantas return that was on offer, but still good.

Just looked on the VAustralia site and their sale ends Jan 19th

 

[BecBennett]

I'm looking into Virgin now, it's going to be another $550 to get there and back, but if we really want to go, then that's what we have to look at doing...

 

[Sherwin]

I wouldn't totally end up scrapping your vacation now. Sometimes airlines can be tricky and they'll put up deals at strangely random times. Keep checking back.

I do hate it when that happens. When I was planning and just waiting for a day's notice of who was coming with me, the airfare rose overnight, so I had to divert to another time.

 

[BecBennett]

Just looked on the VAustralia site and their sale ends Jan 19th

At least they tell you when their sale is going to end! Damn qantas, I'm sour on them now, they will need to have an absolutely awesome sale if I'm ever to fly with them again.

 

[Aussie Princess]

I was going to book our flights last night but couldn't get hold of the credit card details we were going to use, so when I got the details this morning, I logged onto the Qantas site and the prices are now double

I'm so angry! I called Qantas right away to see if anything could be done, because I specifically checked all over the site yesterday to ensure that there was no mention of an end of sale date, and I made sure there were plenty of seats left available, and all was fine. I spoke to a young girl at Qantas, but she can only sell me that prices that are shown to her, which are the exact ones that are shown to me, and told me that nothing could be done...

Goodbye holiday

I actually had the same situation with Qantas with a domestic flight a few months ago. I looked one day the next it was close to double so chose another flight with Virgin and then looked the day after and another sale had began.

I noticed flight centre are running a special for disneyland atm you should check that out

 

[HydroGuy]

Hope it works out...

 

[bumbershoot]

I'm so sorry.

 

[BecBennett]

Just an update:

We've booked our flights through Virgin. It's going to cost us an extra $550, but the holiday is still on, so that makes it worth it!

I'm really not impressed with Qantas, I called them a couple of times, and they kept giving me the impression that I was crazy, and that's what really annoyed me. We even spoke to someone high up who insisted that we were looking at the sale for flying from US to Oz and return, not the other way around, but I know what I was looking at!

Anyhoo, problem solved.

 

[Disney Dreams]

Sorry to read about the troubles you had, but very happy to hear you found a do-able solution to save your trip!

You're going to Disneyland!

- Dreams

 

[PoohBear1988]

Yay! glad you can still go on your holiday! my mum will be working for V Australia as a flight attendant (I'm hoping for cheap flights in the future!) but i think they will be really good to fly with!

when are you going?

 

[BecBennett]

We're leaving Oz May 8th, but will only be at DLR from the 18th to the 22nd.

Now here's hoping the dollar bounces back up, so we can recoup our costs there!

 

[Disney Dreams]

We're leaving Oz May 8th, but will only be at DLR from the 18th to the 22nd.

Now here's hoping the dollar bounces back up, so we can recoup our costs there!

Oooh, sounds like you have a nice, long trip planned! Fun!

 

[aussietravellers]

Glad that you got it sorted out. You were not imagining it! I looked the other day and there were flights from SYD/LAX return (not LAX/SYD return) from $1289 or something like that. Now it's like $1700+ something.

Anyway glad you got it sorted out with Virgin, they are a great airline so VAustralia should be great to fly with.

We haven't worked out when we are going yet, so can't book anything. Just hope they bring out some discounted flights again before we go, but I think we are going to go to Honolulu.

Anyway, have a great trip!

 

[SnowWhite09]

Just an update:

We've booked our flights through Virgin. It's going to cost us an extra $550, but the holiday is still on, so that makes it worth it!

I'm really not impressed with Qantas, I called them a couple of times, and they kept giving me the impression that I was crazy, and that's what really annoyed me. We even spoke to someone high up who insisted that we were looking at the sale for flying from US to Oz and return, not the other way around, but I know what I was looking at!

Anyhoo, problem solved.

Yay! We are flying with VAustralia too. When is your trip?

 

[pixiewings71]

I'm so glad it worked out for you! YAY!!!