BNE-SYD-LAX-BNE VA Y US$266 on Orbitz [gone]

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Done! Booked my SYD friend via BNE so we can both travel together for a long weekend at In-N-Out Burger!

This is a great sale VA, but terrible marketing!
 
Me too! This would have been brilliant. I can't even replicate it directly on Orbitz, and running a search through Google Flights still shows ~$700 as being the cheapest rate, despite the $266 rate.

So tempted to just book it anyway.

Does anyone know where to find the fare class?

The rates on Google Flights should come up as $750-$850 but when you click through to the summary page it'll show up for the cheap price and once again when you get onto Orbitz.


Remarkable. I've run some dates ex. DRW hoping for a miracle, but no joy. Good luck to those of you who pick up one of these deals.

Didn't think of booking ex-DRW... Meh I had DRW-SYD on QF booked already so no loss I guess.

One determining factor might be that if only a few were sold with the error they might not try and get out of it, Qantas had a cheap trans pacific error deal and Qantas did not cancel, so it can depend on how many people booked.

The problem here is it's not VA making the booking, it's Orbitz and Orbitz might choose to cancel.
 
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It's T Class ... seat selection was not WP like but I am not going to call and ask a this stage ...

I've logged in to the booking on VA and can see seats already chosen. I had Orbitz auto-select a seat for me and I was given 3A on 738 and 20A on 777.
 
Orbitz says you can book then cancel free up to 10pmCT Wed 17 Feb. I'm assuming that's central time in the US?

My theory is book tonight, try to get leave approved at work tomorrow and cancel if I can't get leave. Anyone got experience cancelling with Orbitz? is it painful?
 
Thought I'd help and compile all the searches that Moindardt and others in this thread have done:

BNESYDLAXLAXBNEUSD266https://www.google.com/flights/#sea...7;sel=BNESYD0VA908-SYDLAX0VA1,LAXBNE0VA8;eo=e
BNELAXLAXBNEUSD254https://www.google.com/flights/#sea...3;r=2016-03-07;sel=BNELAX0VA7,LAXBNE0VA8;eo=e
BNELAXLAXSYDBNEUSD264https://www.google.com/flights/#sea...1;sel=BNELAX0VA7,LAXSYD0VA2-SYDBNE2VA931;eo=e
MELSYDLAXLAXBNEMELUSD344https://www.google.com/flights/#sea...VA817-SYDLAX0VA1,LAXBNE0VA8-BNEMEL2VA346;eo=e
MELBNELAXLAXBNEMELUSD274https://www.google.com/flights/#sea...VA309-BNELAX0VA7,LAXBNE0VA8-BNEMEL2VA318;eo=e
MELBNELAXLAXSYDMELUSD275https://www.google.com/flights/#sea...VA309-BNELAX0VA7,LAXSYD0VA2-SYDMEL2VA866;eo=e
DRWMELBNELAXLAXBNEDRWUSD465https://www.google.com/flights/#sea...VA309-BNELAX1VA7,LAXBNE0VA8-BNEDRW2VA449;eo=e
SYDBNELAXLAXBNESYDUSD273https://www.google.com/flights/#sea...VA909-BNELAX0VA7,LAXBNE0VA8-BNESYD2VA932;eo=e
SYDBNELAXLAXSYDUSD333https://www.google.com/flights/#sea...4;sel=SYDBNE0VA909-BNELAX0VA7,LAXSYD0VA2;eo=e

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Good luck to those who can actually make use of this!
 
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Getting cheap flights out of HBA via BNE to LAX, US406.16. 13-17 April. That's a cheap HBA-BNE return sector even. Nice...can't pull the trigger but. Nice to see it but.
 
BNE-SYD-LAX-BNE VA Y US$266 on Orbitz

The rates on Google Flights should come up as $750-$850 but when you click through to the summary page it'll show up for the cheap price and once again when you get onto Orbitz.




Didn't think of booking ex-DRW... Meh I had DRW-SYD on QF booked already so no loss I guess.



The problem here is it's not VA making the booking, it's Orbitz and Orbitz might choose to cancel.

Ticket nos. have been issued with my bookings. Prefix 795.

I've paid travel insurance sold with tickets and Allianz has confirmed cover.
 
booked flights in Aug for 4 of us under 1k usd.
in three weeks time I am using our Cheap Qantas LA flights and now this in August.
 
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I've logged in to the booking on VA and can see seats already chosen. I had Orbitz auto-select a seat for me and I was given 3A on 738 and 20A on 777.
Did not see auto select - seat options were not what I'd be looking for. I thought I could go online with VA to select but barred due to it being an agency booking.

In the end it was more important to book before the fare gets pulled ... plenty of time to get seats arranged.
 
Did not see auto select - seat options were not what I'd be looking for. I thought I could go online with VA to select but barred due to it being an agency booking.

In the end it was more important to book before the fare gets pulled ... plenty of time to get seats arranged.
I managed to choose seats before the payment page.
 
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