San Francisco to Sydney $601 "All In" on United

HOT FARE: $601 roundtrip, including all taxes and fees - will get you from SFO (or LAX) to Sydney or Melbourne, Australia on United Airlines.  Now that is a heck of a sale. 

Details: Overall, there are few restrictions. Your outbound flight can be any day of the week between July 1 and November 30, 2009*. No advance ticketing requirements apply to economy class tickets. $250 fee + applicable fare difference if you make changes to the reservation before departure. Books into "K" class. 

Have friends in the Big Apple? They can fly down under for just $60 bucks more! Visit the United Airlines website for more details on this sale. 

*Sale t&c states outbound travel by December 16th, but the lowest fare class we found permits outbound travel no later than November 30.

Air New Zealand and Passport Magazine are giving away a
roundtrip ticket to next year's Sydney Mardi Gras. To be eligible, you need to answer 5 quiz questions about Air New Zealand.

(And you arn't getting the answers from me!) =) Good luck
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Air New Zealand's "Pink Flight" for Sydney Mardi Gras

Air New Zealand is planning a special flight, open to anyone, who is heading to Sydney for the Gay Mardi Gras festival in late February. The flight includes a pre-flight party at SFO and one-time frills activities & entertainment on the party flight to Sydney. They also promise down-time for those who need some nap-time. Just checked on fares - not bad at all; $499/each way + tax. Visit this website, or check out their booth at the Castro Street Fair this weekend.