Return fares to Australia from S$439, London from S$949

Qantas has officially kicked off its centenary celebrations with a worldwide sale to run for only 100 hours, or just over 4 days.

Almost all headline destinations that Qantas flies to are on sale, including Australia, New Zealand and London, UK.

Premium economy and business class seats are also on sale, for very attractive prices. Return premium economy fares to Sydney and Melbourne are going for $1499, while business class seats starts from $2999, a steal for Australia.

Fares and valid travel dates

Full list of fares below:

From Singapore to	Return fare from (S$)
Class	Economy	Premium Economy	Business
Perth	439	–	1999
Brisbane	525	1449	2949
Melbourne	549	1449	2949
Sydney	579	1449	2999
Adelaide	669	–	3299
Wellington	739	1549	4599
Auckland	879	1749	4599
Christchurch	979	1849	4499
Queenstown	989	1849	4899
London	949	2849	5199

The sale fares are only valid for the following travel periods:

Destination	Class	For travel commencing
Australia New Zealand	All classes	1 Feb to 9 Apr 2020 3 May to 25 May 2020 15 Jun to 1 Jul 2020 9 Aug to 11 Sep 2020
London	Economy	17 Jan to 27 Feb 2020 6 Mar to 23 Mar 2020 26 Apr to 19 May 2020
London	Premium Economy	14 Jan to 28 Mar 2020
London	Business	12 Jan to 26 Feb 2020 8 Mar to 30 Mar 2020 5 Apr to 12 Apr 2020 *Departures from Singapore on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays only

Based on initial checks, the fare seems to be quite widely available on the dates indicated above, except for weekends which obviously tend to be fairly busy days of the week to travel on.

You might even shave a buck or two off the publicised fare, which we believe is due to currency fluctuation.

Try the Qantas A380 business suite

If you have a little bit of cash to splurge, this is probably the best chance to experience Qantas’ newly refurbished A380, which features their signature business suites.

While not a new product, the A380 refresh is long overdue, given that Qantas has not touched them since it was introduced into the fleet in 2009.

The new business suites takes up most of the upper deck, and is laid out in a class-leading 1-2-1 configuration and has a fully flat bed.

How to find the new A380s?

Qantas operates the A380s from Singapore to London, Sydney and Melbourne daily. Note that there are multiple flights to Sydney and Melbourne, so be sure to check that you are on an A380.

To check if you are on a new or old A380, simply check the seat map through “Select Your Seat” before you purchase.

The older configuration will show up as a 2-2-2 configuration, while the new ones are 1-2-1.

However, based on several booking experiences, it seems like seat selection on Qantas.com for the new configuration is not available yet. So if you see a note that says “individual seat selection is not available for this flight”, you are likely to be on the new aircraft.

For $2,999 return to Australia, this is a pretty good deal for a 7-hour flight each way, coupled with excellent food and beverage offerings on board. If you are a oneworld frequent flyer member, you can also earn quite a fair bit of points/miles on the fare.

Remember, sale ends 19 November 2019.