Fancy flying to Australia?

The Internet is full of information and there's this little piece of advice about when to purchase air-tickets.

Basically, the advice is to purchase it between 6 to 8 weeks of your departure date.

We tried to keep to that but we're still not sure if we got the best deal. We didn't really follow the prices once we've gotten the tickets but we did miss out on some cheaper airfares while we were waiting for the 'golden period'. Honestly speaking, if you see a nice price that you're satisfied with? Just go with it.

How are we feeling? Excitement touched with trepidation.

Ah well. Truth to tell? I think I'm the most worried out of the whole family. I think it has to do with my fear that I'll be unable to provide for them once I'm in Oz. Doesn't help with every well-meaning relative chiming in that they 'hear' it's hard to get a job now in Australia. Doesn't help too that I have no idea what I'm going to work as. It definitely didn't help matters any when I told them I was willing to try anything. Their looks said it all - "You're going there without a plan?" What is it about Singaporeans and plans?

Brave. That's what some of my friends said.

Foolish maybe?

Anyway, the dice has been rolled. We'll see what turns up.
At the end of it all, life is a journey and wouldn't it be boring if you already figured out every single step of the way?

I might be feeling fearful BUT I want to walk this journey with my family, through the good and the bad but we'll walk it together.

Again, I've digressed though. We were talking about air-tickets to Australia.

We had basically 4 choices, SIA, Scoot, Jetstar and Qantas.

Children wanted SIA and for my family size, it would've cost us approximately $3.1k. Definitely out!

Qantas would've cost us roughly $2.2k. Cheaper but we need to conserve money. Not to mention the flight drops us in Australia at midnight.

Scoot would ferry us over for $1k, a figure that included 30kg of check-in baggage per passenger. Not too bad but it would drop us at the airport at 6.10pm.

Jetstar had, in my opinion, the nicest timing. It would drop us at 6am or so at the airport. It also cost about the same as Scoot at $1k+ with 30kg check-in baggage per passenger.

So, Jetstar it is. One-third of the price of flying on SIA.
Here's hoping for a smooth flight.