Free return flights and major discounts: Airlines’ Black Friday, Cyber Monday sales

Major airlines are embracing the US phenomenon of Black Friday and Cyber Monday with discounts spanning many popular routes from Australia.

While some carriers jumped on the trend early last week, with member early-access sale fares, the sale period officially began on Friday.

Budget carrier Jetstar has backed up last week’s “Return for Free” Black Friday sale with another major sale for 48 hours from Monday morning, offering network-wide Cyber Monday discounts for international and domestic routes. Among the best deals are one-way Sydney to Ballina (Byron Bay) fares from $35, and one-way Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) from $189.

Asian budget airlines continue to lead the way with significant discounts on economy fares, including Scoot from Melbourne to Phu Quoc, Vietnam, from $269 one-way, and AirAsia from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur from $339 one-way.

Singaporean low-cost airline Scoot are leading the bargains with flights from Australia to Vietnam from $269 one-way.

More Australian airlines are jumping on the bandwagon, with Qantas round-trip economy flights from Melbourne to Queenstown from $549, and Virgin Australia return Economy Lite seats from Sydney to Denpasar (Bali) from $609.

As always, terms and conditions apply to all of the sales below. Read on for some of our favourite Black Friday and Cyber Monday flight deals so far.

Jetstar has dropped prices on its popular routes, including $42 flights from Sydney to Byron.Credit: Jetstar

Fiji Airways, flights from Australia to Fiji, USA, Vancouver, Japan and Pacific Islands on sale, until December 1, 2024. See fijiairways.com/en-au

• Sydney to Nadi (Fiji) from $589, economy return
• Melbourne to Nadi (Fiji) from $659, economy return
• Sydney to Tokyo from $999, economy return
• Melbourne to Apia from $779, economy return
• Sydney to Los Angeles from $1199, economy return
• Melbourne to Dallas from $1599, economy return

Jetstar, network-wide 48-hour “Cyber Monday fare frenzy”, until 11.59pm AEDT, December 3, 2024. See jetstar.com/au

• Sydney to Ballina Byron from $35, economy one-way
• Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Launceston from $40, economy one-way
• Sydney to Gold Coast from $50, economy one-way
• Sydney to Hervey Bay from $69, economy one-way
• Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Hervey Bay from $89, economy one-way
• Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Nadi (Fiji) from $179, economy one-way
• Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) from $189, economy one-way
• Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Singapore from $199, economy one-way
• Sydney to Port Vila (Vanuatu) from $199, economy one-way
• Sydney to Rarotonga from $259, economy one-way
• Sydney to Honolulu from $282, economy one-way

Jetstar, “Return for Free” sale with free returns fares available on more than 100 routes, until December 1, 11.59pm AEDT. See jetstar.com/au

• Sydney to Ballina (Byron) from $42, economy return
• Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Hobart from $67, economy return
• Sydney to Port Vila (Vanuatu) from $209, economy return
• Melbourne (Tullarmine) to Denpasar (Bali) from $219, economy return

Qantas, 20,000 seats discounted across 60 international routes, until December 4, 11.59pm. See qantas.com.au

• Melbourne to Queenstown from $549 economy return
• Sydney to Los Angeles from $1199 economy return
• Melbourne to Honolulu from $1099 economy return

Virgin Australia, over one million sales fares discounted, until December 4, 11.59pm. See virginaustralia.com/au

• Sydney to Ballina (Byron Bay) from $49, one-way Economy Lite
• Melbourne to Gold Coast from $89, one-way Economy Lite
• Melbourne to Nadi (Fiji) from $599 return, Economy Lite
• Sydney to Denpasar (Bali) from $609 return, Economy Lite

Scoot, discounted flights to select international destinations, until November 30, 11.59pm AEDT. See flyscoot.com/en

• Sydney to Chennai, India from $299, one-way economy including taxes
• Melbourne to Phu Quoc, Vietnam from $269, one-way economy including taxes

AirAsia, the airline is celebrating its 23rd birthday with 23 per cent off all fares to over 130 destinations, until December 1, 2024. See airasia.com

• Sydney to Kuala Lumpur from $339, one-way economy
• Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur from $309, one-way economy

Singapore Airlines, discounted fares to more than 60 destinations, until December 6, 2024. See singaporeair.com

• Sydney to Bangok from $722, economy return
• Melbourne to Bengaluru from $844, economy return
• Sydney to Brussels from $1661, economy return
• Melbourne to Frankfurt from $1660, economy return

Air New Zealand, discounted flights on North American routes, until December 3, 2024. See airnewzealand.com.au

• Sydney to Los Angeles from $1176, economy return
• Melbourne to San Francisco from $1150, economy return
• Sydney to Honolulu from $1276, economy return
• Melbourne to Vancouver from $1997, economy return

Cathay Pacific, $100 off any flight from Australia with the discount code BFRIDAYAU, until December 2, 2024. See flights.cathaypacific.com/en_AU

LATAM Airlines, get 15 per cent off South America fares between March and October, until December 2, 2024. See latamairlines.com/au/en

• Sydney to Santiago from $1825 (minimum stay 7 days)
• Melbourne to Santiago from $1615 (minimum stay 6 days)

Qatar Airways, discounted fares, hotel packages, transit tours and more, until December 1. See qatarairways.com

• Melbourne to Athens from $1719 economy return
• Sydney to Amsterdam from $1719 economy return