Jetstar return for free sale is back for the airline’s 19th birthday 🛫

You’ve got just 48 hours to book cheap flights to New Zealand, Bali, Japan, Hawaii and more.

From the stroke of midnight on 3 May, you’ll be able to score a free return ticket with the purchase of an outgoing fare thanks to the return of the famous Jetstar return for free sale.

In the 48-hour flash sale, you’ll be able to score some incredible deals like roundtrip tickets to Bali for $269, Japan from $349 and Hawaii for $429. Of course, there are also domestic flights in the sale, but it’s the international routes that really shine.

Where can I travel from?

There are a massive 144 routes available in the sale between cities all over Australia, plus flights to Bali, Japan, Thailand, Hawaii and New Zealand. Here are some of our top picks for the best roundtrip fares (so, technically these are the prices of the outgoing ticket as the return leg is free!):

• Gold Coast to Wellington for $239
• Perth to Bali for $269
• Cairns to Tokyo or Osaka for $359
• Melbourne to Bangkok for $399
• Melbourne to Honolulu for $429

Of course, there are domestic flights on sale too. Here’s a few of the cheapest roundtrip fares:

• Sydney to Melbourne for $77
• Melbourne to Launceston for $79
• Sydney to Ballina Byron for $88
• Gold Coast to Sydney for $89
• Newcastle-Port Stephens to Gold Coast for $96
• Melbourne to Newcastle-Port Stephens for $99
• Adelaide to Melbourne for $99
• Sydney to Launceston for $99

When is the Jetstar return for free sale available?

All the flights in this sale are for travel from early February to late March 2024. There’s a few that are also available from late January.

While you’ve got plenty of time to plan what you’ll do, where you’ll stay and what you’ll eat on your trip, you don’t have much time to book your flight. This sale is on for just 48 hours and ends at midnight on 4 May.

What does Jetstar include in the price?

Not much… Jetstar is a budget airline and only includes the guarantee of a seat on the plane and a 7kg carry-bag.

You can add on checked bags, in-flight meals and pay extra to choose where you sit on the plane. With some of these flights bring up to 11 hours long, you just may want to pay for some of them.

Can I get any frequent flyer points?

For these prices… no. But if you do want to add extras like checked bags, meals and selected seats, it may pay to opt for the “Plus” (rather than the base “Starter”) fare that will give you most of those perks plus Qantas Frequent Flyer points.

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