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How to fly to Australia or New Zealand with stopovers in Southeast Asia for £680 return
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Your support makes all the difference.Every so often, Jack Sheldon from Jack’s Flight Club selects a flight deal from the UK for Independent readers that you can’t afford to miss. This week: return flights to Australasia with stopovers in Southeast Asia for £680
Emirates is offering a trip to Australia or New Zealand with stopovers in Southeast Asia for as little as £680 return.
The fare is available for departures from airports across the UK, but the only drawback is that you’ll need to do a bit of digging on Google Flights because there are many options for building this trip.
How to book
Check the cheapest dates on Google Flights for flights to the furthest destination (aka Australia or New Zealand) on a normal return fare. Make sure you’ve filtered the results to only show fares with Emirates. The dates you find here will be your departure and return dates.
When you have your dates, fill in the destinations for both your outbound and return stopover. In Google Flights, for example, change your trip from a ‘return’ journey to a ‘multi-city’ one, and add legs until you have three or four options with the stops listed.
Not all dates will show a good total journey price, so use the arrows next to the dates for each leg to refine the length of the stop for each and refresh Google Flights until you find one priced in the £680 to £800 range.
To book a deal, visit Skyscanner, then re-enter your full itinerary and book with a listed travel agent.
Flight options from the UK & Ireland
Depart from
London (STN/LGW)
Birmingham (BHX)
Manchester (MAN)
Newcastle (NCL)
Glasgow (GLA)
Edinburgh (EDI)
Outbound stopover
Dubai (DXB)
Singapore (SIN)
Hong Kong (HKG)
Bangkok (BKK)
Phuket (HKT)
Jakarta (CGK)
Ultimate destination
Sydney (SYD)
Melbourne (MEL)
Brisbane (BNE)
Auckland (AKL)
Christchurch (CHC)
Return stopover
Dubai (DXB)
Denpasar (DPS)
Bangkok (BKK)
Manila (MNL)
Phuket (HKT)
Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)
When to fly
February-March 2019 and late April-June 2019. Find available dates to fly by looking at availability for a normal return journey to your Australia or New Zealand stop.
When to book
These fares should last for three/four more days.
Pro tips
The availability of each of these destinations varies depending on the city you're flying from. You can check what's available for the dates you're looking at by using a regional search on Google Flights. For example, here's a link to see where you can fly to from Sydney with Emirates. You can change this to check the options for each leg of the journey.
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