Travel Comparison Websites


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Travel Comparison Websites

Travel Comparison Websites

There is no doubt that prices offered for budget airline travel on websites leaves travel agent deals for dead, but are the deals as good as they look when the extras are added in? Are they so good that they justify the slight difference in service and comfort, especially on long-haul flights? Let’s do some serious comparisons between making an overseas flight from Australia with the budget airline AirAsia from a regional airport in Australia (Gold Coast) rather than taking a standard commercial flight with one of the old renamed airlines from nearby capital city, Brisbane.

AirAsia Charges Add-on Cost – Budget flights or not?

Firstly, let’s look at a one-way ticket from Gold Coast to Kuala Lumpur, using a projected set mid-week date in March 14, 2012 for comparison. All prices are in Australian dollars and were accessed on 20 December 2011. Air Asia offers many routes from Gold Coast airport, usually going through the KL hub. For that date, AirAsia offers a very low $299 – airport taxes and fees included; Qantas (similar conditions) offers $884, Singapore Airways $835 and Malaysian Airlines $772. This would seem to be a huge difference between AirAsia and even the lowest at $772.