Fares on Flights to Vietnam from Sydney

While there are numerous online booking sites like http://www.webjet.com.au and http://www.bestflights.com.au/, almost all including those ignore discount airlines. However, it is with discount airlines you make the biggest savings. 

With mainstream airlines like Qantas and Vietnam Airlines, the fare will cost you up to $2000. Sometimes, specials are advertised for brief periods and you could get flights to Vietnam from Sydney for around $1300 to $1500. While that sounds cheap.... you can do much better. 

The key to book cheap flights to Vietnam from Sydney is to get yourself to Darwin. 

JetStar flies regularly direct to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) out of Darwin. The standard fare is between $415 and $440 for the round trip. Last minute bookings could be double that price, but advance bookings on spot specials are insanely cheap. I went to Vietnam in 2010 where the airfare cost me an insane total of $279 round trip. 

To catch that cheap flights to Vietnam from Sydney, you need to get to Darwin. Using JetStar out of Sydney or Tiger through Melbourne, your round trip airfare to Darwin could be as little as $400 or even less.

Add your economy airlines domestic fare to Darwin and your JetStar fare from Darwin to HCMC, you have a return flight for well under $1000. 

Book online and you save big bucks compare to booking directly with the discount carriers.