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You might live in paradise but you’ve got to take a break sometimes and fortunately, Brisbane happens to be a great base for nabbing a cheap flight.
With direct flights to cities in Canada, the United States, the South Pacific, China, Japan and around Asia as well as a slew of domestic destinations, you’re really spoiled for choice.
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Australia-wide flights from $105 with Qantas
Valid for travel on select dates between November - December 2019 and January - June 2020. Sample fare is Gold Coast-Sydney with Qantas. Destinations include Port Hedland, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and more.
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Virgin Australia
Australia flights from $89 each way
Valid for select 2019-2020 travel dates booked until 3 December 2019. Destinations include Brisbane, Launceston, Melbourne, Gold Coast and more. Sample fare is Sydney-Ballina. T&Cs apply.
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Cook Islands flights from $599 return
Valid for travel from May - June 2020. Sample fare is from Brisbane.
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Hawaii flights from $950 return
Valid for travel on select 2019 - 2020 dates booked by 31 October 2019. Sample fare is Brisbane-Oahu. Destinations include Maui, Hawaii Island, Kauai, Molokai and Lanai. T&Cs apply.
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Paris flights from $632 return
Valid for select 2019 travel dates. Sample fare is Sydney-Paris. Other departures include Melbourne, Hobart, Gold Coast, Darwin, Brisbane, and more. T&Cs apply.
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London flights from $607 return
Valid for select 2019 travel dates. Sample fare is Adelaide-London. Other departures include Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Townsville, Gold Coast, and more. T&Cs apply.
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Bali flights from $172 return
Valid for travel between November 2019 - June 2020 with Air Asia, Jetstar, Scoot, and Malindo. Sample fare is Perth-Bali. Departure locations include Darwin, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, and more. T&Cs apply.
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Japan flights from $299 return
Valid for travel between January - June 2020 with Jetstar. Sample fare is Cairns-Tokyo. Departure locations include Gold Coast, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, and more. T&Cs apply.
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Europe flights from $2,046 return
Valid for select 2019 travel dates booked until 31 December 2019. Destinations include London, Paris, Rome, Barcelona and more. Sample fare is Brisbane-London. T&Cs apply.
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Domestic flights from $184 return
Valid for travel between January 2020. Sample fare is Melbourne-Hobart. Destinations include Canberra, Sydney, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Perth and more.
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Australia-wide flights from $46 each way
Valid for travel on select dates between November - December 2019. Sample fare is Melbourne-Sydney with Jetstar. Destinations include Gold Coast, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and more.
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Australia flights from $67 each way
Valid for travel on select dates in 2019 with Virgin Australia, Tigerair and more. Sample fare is Brisbane-Sydney with Jetstar. Other destinations include Newcastle, Cairns, Melbourne, Townsville, Darwin, Prosperine, Gold Coast and more. T&Cs apply.
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Budget airlines aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. You’re expected to pay for your checked bags, seats might be a bit more cramped, meals cost extra and if you want any entertainment it’s BYO or you’ve got to fork out some more.
The good news is all these inconveniences add up to cheaper fares overall so if none of these really faze you, then consider flying Jetstar or Tigerair out of Brisbane International Airport.
Jetstar has direct flights to Adelaide, Ayers Rock, Cairns, Darwin, Denpasar, Hobart, Launceston, Mackay, Melbourne, Newcastle, Proserpine, Sydney and Townsville.
Tigerair flies direct from Brisbane to Adelaide, Cairns, Canberra, Darwin, Melbourne and Sydney.
If you’re willing to depart from a bit further down the coast at Gold Coast Airport then you can also take advantage of cheap flights to Asia with AirAsia X and Scoot.
The northbound journey from Brisbane to Cairns is a mere 2 hours and 20 minutes, with all of Australia's main airlines – Jetstar, Tigerair, Qantas and Virgin – flying the route.
When deciding which airline to use for the short trip, it's important to consider a few things:
Four airlines offer direct flights from Brisbane to Melbourne: Qantas, Virgin, Jetstar and Tigerair. With a travel time of just under 2.5 hours, you might find that the budget airlines could be worth the trip to save some cash.
Consider the following when trying to choose which airline to use for this route:
The 3.5-hour direct trip across the Tasman Sea is operated by Air New Zealand, China Airlines, Qantas and Virgin. Other airlines like LATAM and Jetstar also offer tickets for this route but these trips involve stopovers in Sydney, which adds at least three hours to your travel time. Unless there’s a sale on these routes, we’d stick to the direct flights.
Air New Zealand, China Airlines, Qantas and Virgin are full-service airlines. This means you will have everything included in the price of your ticket: checked bags, in-flight meals, drinks, entertainment and the ability to earn points.
The international jaunt between Brisbane and Bali takes six hours on average and three airlines offer direct flights: Jetstar, Virgin and Malindo Air.
You can also take connecting flights with airlines like Qantas (via Sydney) and Singapore Airlines (via Singapore), though this will make the journey significantly longer and usually you won’t end up saving much (or anything) on the fare.
If you're not sure which airline to take for your flight, there are a few things to consider:
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