South Pacific Trip - How to Get the Cheapest Flights
Speaking about this region makes me feel inspired.
At same time, speaking about finding cheap flights to go there is completely another world, and probably if somebody asked me to find a cheap flight to the South Pacific, I would make them pay for that.
That is due to the amount of hours I have spent doing research on the options to go there, only to realize that it really does not exist this deal we are all looking for.
On the other hand, it exists thousands of possibilities where you can get an astronomic fee to get there, when you could have reached the zone for a lot less.
So, the first thing to set is: how much should you be paying to get there? Let's be sincere.
If you travel from Europe, everything that goes up from 1500 euros the round trip...
let it be, this will not be your flight, I promise.
From Asia and from America, you could probably find some deals for around 700 euros, that should be a price to look at.
And from Africa, there are really thousands of options, but seriously i wouldn't take anything for more than 1500 euros also.
The second step is to look at how many flights will you need to take.
One golden rule applies nearly always.
The higher the number of times you change from plane, the higher the cost involved, so try to keep it simple.
After this, one thing has to be considered.
Believe me or not, but I can promise to you that low cost has not arrived to this part of the world.
It simply does not exist.
Trying to be a bit more positive, I am going to mention a couple of things that can be useful.
Always use the search engines for arilines to find names that cover the route you want, but never book through them.
Instead, go to the mentioned airline, and scan it to the very end until you find this low fare.
I promise it will always be cheaper.
In the end, the possibility to get cheap flights to the zone turns around two airlines.
One of them is Zoom Airlines, and the other Oasis Hong Kong.
The first one is possibly the first low cost airline that crosses the Atlantic that has ever existed.
It means it allows you to go from London to New York for just 350 euros (about 450 dollars) the round trip, and it specially connects all European destinations with Canada, and we are looking specially at the flights to Vancouver, that is placed on the eastern coast of North America.
From there, you could find good options to travel to the South Pacific, but do not expect any great deal.
It is simply the best you can find.
Also Alitalia has normally the cheapest flights to reach America.
If you are US resident, of course this would not make sense.
Your first step will be to reach Los Angeles or San Francisco with a low cost carrier, and from there take the best option.
When looking at the other side, an airline that appeared just 1 year ago, Oasis Hong Kong, is bringing low fares to the route between Europe and Asia.
From London to Hong Kong you can find it for 500 euros (725 dollars) which is pretty good compared to the competition.
At the day of writing this article, this option is something that will probably close you in front of some airlines that will make you pay a lot to get to Australia or New Zealand from there.
But, this is about to change, as Oasis Hong Kong is already developing to get specially a new route from Hong Kong to Sydney and Canberra, which will be a real hit to competition, specially to Cathay Pacific, as they will make the cost of this trip for the half of what this last ones actually offer.
We will see.
Let me now tell you about the possibilities within South Pacific, studying specially Australia and New Zealand, top touristic destinations.
Still there is no way to cross the sea between them for a reasonable price.
A European trip of the same distance with Ryanair would be more than 10 times less the price those guys charge to cross.
Still no solution to this problem.
The good news is that within the countries themselves, it does exist some low cost companies that can make the national trips affordable.
For instance, the Auckland - Christchurch can be made for 40 euros, about 80 kiwi dollars, or 60 US dollars.
Still it is a terrible amount compared to the distance, but I will not complain.
Finally, a last deal found at the time of writing.
The airline Qantas has very good options to travel from Europe to the area.
Check their prices at their web-site, specially the Hot Deals section, and you will find some good discounts, reaching the 1300 euros barrier.
They are also one of the favorites between America and South Pacific.
At same time, speaking about finding cheap flights to go there is completely another world, and probably if somebody asked me to find a cheap flight to the South Pacific, I would make them pay for that.
That is due to the amount of hours I have spent doing research on the options to go there, only to realize that it really does not exist this deal we are all looking for.
On the other hand, it exists thousands of possibilities where you can get an astronomic fee to get there, when you could have reached the zone for a lot less.
So, the first thing to set is: how much should you be paying to get there? Let's be sincere.
If you travel from Europe, everything that goes up from 1500 euros the round trip...
let it be, this will not be your flight, I promise.
From Asia and from America, you could probably find some deals for around 700 euros, that should be a price to look at.
And from Africa, there are really thousands of options, but seriously i wouldn't take anything for more than 1500 euros also.
The second step is to look at how many flights will you need to take.
One golden rule applies nearly always.
The higher the number of times you change from plane, the higher the cost involved, so try to keep it simple.
After this, one thing has to be considered.
Believe me or not, but I can promise to you that low cost has not arrived to this part of the world.
It simply does not exist.
Trying to be a bit more positive, I am going to mention a couple of things that can be useful.
Always use the search engines for arilines to find names that cover the route you want, but never book through them.
Instead, go to the mentioned airline, and scan it to the very end until you find this low fare.
I promise it will always be cheaper.
In the end, the possibility to get cheap flights to the zone turns around two airlines.
One of them is Zoom Airlines, and the other Oasis Hong Kong.
The first one is possibly the first low cost airline that crosses the Atlantic that has ever existed.
It means it allows you to go from London to New York for just 350 euros (about 450 dollars) the round trip, and it specially connects all European destinations with Canada, and we are looking specially at the flights to Vancouver, that is placed on the eastern coast of North America.
From there, you could find good options to travel to the South Pacific, but do not expect any great deal.
It is simply the best you can find.
Also Alitalia has normally the cheapest flights to reach America.
If you are US resident, of course this would not make sense.
Your first step will be to reach Los Angeles or San Francisco with a low cost carrier, and from there take the best option.
When looking at the other side, an airline that appeared just 1 year ago, Oasis Hong Kong, is bringing low fares to the route between Europe and Asia.
From London to Hong Kong you can find it for 500 euros (725 dollars) which is pretty good compared to the competition.
At the day of writing this article, this option is something that will probably close you in front of some airlines that will make you pay a lot to get to Australia or New Zealand from there.
But, this is about to change, as Oasis Hong Kong is already developing to get specially a new route from Hong Kong to Sydney and Canberra, which will be a real hit to competition, specially to Cathay Pacific, as they will make the cost of this trip for the half of what this last ones actually offer.
We will see.
Let me now tell you about the possibilities within South Pacific, studying specially Australia and New Zealand, top touristic destinations.
Still there is no way to cross the sea between them for a reasonable price.
A European trip of the same distance with Ryanair would be more than 10 times less the price those guys charge to cross.
Still no solution to this problem.
The good news is that within the countries themselves, it does exist some low cost companies that can make the national trips affordable.
For instance, the Auckland - Christchurch can be made for 40 euros, about 80 kiwi dollars, or 60 US dollars.
Still it is a terrible amount compared to the distance, but I will not complain.
Finally, a last deal found at the time of writing.
The airline Qantas has very good options to travel from Europe to the area.
Check their prices at their web-site, specially the Hot Deals section, and you will find some good discounts, reaching the 1300 euros barrier.
They are also one of the favorites between America and South Pacific.
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