[futaris]

MEL-ADL $39.95
MEL-ASP $39.95
MEL-CBR $39.95
MEL-OOL $39.95
MEL-HBA $39.95
MEL-LST $39.95
MEL-NTL $39.95
MEL-ROK $59.95

Fly period: 1 Feb 08 to 31 Mar 08

* Buy between 28 Jan 08 and 29 Jan 08, or until seats sell out. Conditions apply.

[futaris]

Easter Fares That Will Get You Eggstatic

Mel-cbr $19.95
Mel-lst $19.95

Mel-adl $29.95
Mel-hba $29.95
Mel-ntl $29.95

Mel-asp $59.95
Mel-ool $59.95
Mel-mky $59.95
Mel-rok $59.95
Mel-mcy $59.95

Mel-drw $99.95
Mel-per $99.95

[clifford]

Tiger is running another sale this week (to 18 May). Travel period is 01 Sept to 25 Oct.

Fares start at $19.95 incl "taxes" for MEL-CBR or VV. Just booked one for this price for my preferred date in September. Looks to be lots of availability.

[stuartfaz]

Be Mesmerised by the World of Oz

MEL-ADL from A$29.95
MEL-CBR from A$29.95
MEL-HBA from A$29.95
MEL-LST from A$29.95
MEL-OOL from A$59.95
MEL-MCY from A$69.95
MEL-MKY from A$79.95
MEL-ASP from A$119.95
MEL-PER from A$119.95

Buy period: 3 Jun 08, or until seats sell out.
Fly period: 21 Jul 08 to 18 Sept 08

[imapringle]

There are heaps of 19.95 MEL-NTL fares from July-August 10th. Are loads that bad!

[stuartfaz]

Originally Posted by imapringle

There are heaps of 19.95 MEL-NTL fares from July-August 10th. Are loads that bad!

I doubt it'd be a matter of loading anymore for TT MEL-NTL flights, now that they've announced they're pulling out on August 11.

I reckon they're just selling the seats for whatever they can get for them.

Anyway, new Tiger sale:

Affordable August Adventures

MEL-CBR from $29.95
MEL-HBA from $29.95
MEL-LST from $29.95
MEL-ADL from $29.95
MEL-OOL from $59.95
MEL-ROK from $79.95
MEL-MKY from $99.95
MEL-DRW from $119.95
MEL-PER from $119.95

Buy between 23 June and 25 June 2008
Fly between 1 August and 31 August 2008

[imapringle]

29.95 is great for ADL and CBR!!.Still, Its been a while since those ol' 9.95 fares

[ethernet]

Anyone know how to avoid Tigers 'Convenience Fees' an extra $10 on a round trip - 10 bucks more than the $29.95 price. which is really a electronic payment fee, but its not, as its charged per leg, per pax.

Their site states it applies to all electronic payments, and at $5 per sector, their lawyers probably, I guess correctly advised them not to call it a 'Credit Card fee' either. $5 is not 1% - which is what big credit card users pay.

If I was ACCC, I would call this this something else, as the displayed price is not obtainable. Now if online booking is cheaper, but I have to pay more online - maybe I am missing something - they should look.

They have also re jigged the online bookings so you pay another $10 for 15Kgs of baggage. So if I see $30, I mentally say $40.

On a different note, one month ahead, $40 seats showed up, and I snapped up a couple. Being careful not to buy landmine insurance, and another gourge for $8 for a seat pick. Did pay the luggage gourge and the convenience fee gourge - but did not see a way to avoid it.

I had given up looking at Tigers site, as they had done everything fishy to turn away Canberra passengers. I don't know if their Canberra flights are full, but when I see $89 or $109 - I just toggle to Qantas and Virgen. Because nothing seemed cheap, they became an obscure website that lost relevance, given a QF FF lounge pass or invite is a birthright for any civil serpent in Ruddland.

Anyway, they have seemed to have smartened up - and doing what VirginBlue/Easyjet used to do - increase prices ONLY as the seats filled, and not whack on arbitrary prices.

My 2cents on the matter, is that they urgently need to rename their inconvenience fees, and call and match DJ or QF, as us pencil pushers got a rude (sticker) shock.

[imapringle]

Yes, Tigers canberra service is frequently full, hence why going double daily also

[oz_mark]

Originally Posted by ethernet

Anyone know how to avoid Tigers 'Convenience Fees' an extra $10 on a round trip - 10 bucks more than the $29.95 price. which is really a electronic payment fee, but its not, as its charged per leg, per pax.

Their site states it applies to all electronic payments, and at $5 per sector, their lawyers probably, I guess correctly advised them not to call it a 'Credit Card fee' either. $5 is not 1% - which is what big credit card users pay.

If I was ACCC, I would call this this something else, as the displayed price is not obtainable. Now if online booking is cheaper, but I have to pay more online - maybe I am missing something - they should look.

There was some proposed amendments to the trade practices act a couple of months ago that were designed to require businesses to display in a prominent way, a single figure specifying the total minimum price. I guess until that amendment is amde to the law, then Tiger can technically get way with what they are doing.