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Sydney to Melbourne- Melbourne to Sydney: Virgin Airlines

The original plan was to spend around 8 days in Sydney alone but most of those who have been there advised us to spend, at the most, just 3 days thus we began thinking of where else in Australia to go. We were deliberating on whether to go to Cairns to see the GBR of Great Barrier Reef or go to Melbourne to see the Great Ocean Road. We chose Melbourne over Cairns because two of our friends experienced the strong currents and had sea sickness while taking the ferry to see the GBR in Cairns. Their narration discouraged us most especially since we were bringing Zeeh and we did not want her to be suffering from sea sickness. Our ETA in Sydney from Manila was at 10 am so we booked a Virgin Australia flight with ETD at 2 PM and ETA in Melbourne at 3:35 PM. The 4 hours gap between flights seemed reasonable. Before we chose Virgin Australia, Jun found this website which compared airline tickets. A budget airline called Jetstar offered the cheapest air rate however, if you pay with the credit

Flying to Australia in Cebu Pacific

It all started with the promo fare of cebu pacific to sydney australia. May 24, 2015, cebu pacific s website announced a promo fare for manila to sydney for PHP 2888! Being a frequent visitor of the airlines website, it was the lowest drop I have seen. Since the return route ( sydney to manila)  was not on sale, I decided to simply buy one way and wait until the return airfare drops. Fifteen months old Zeeh will be travelling with us and i initially chose the option of infant without seat but when the computation was completed, I noticed I was paying more for Zeeh  as a lap infant than as an adult with seat. I decided to get 3 adult seats and chose the seat with the bassinet. The seats were first in row, nearest the CR and with the best legroom in the plane. Selecting these seats required payment of PHP 4,500. Getting a 20 kg allowance for 2 required an additional PHP 2,600. Overall, for the Manila to Sydney fare, we paid PHP 12,698 for 3 good seats and 20 kg baggage x 2. What Happe