November 14th, 2007 Mick
The Age reports that Tiger Airways today announced a new route - Melbourne to Adelaide! Low fares have flooded the market as Jetstar and Virgin Blue scramble to defend their turf. Now is the time to snap these cheap fares up, so be quick!
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November 2nd, 2007 Mick
It seems Virgin Blue are excited with their new E-jets, and have announced daily flights to Port Maquarie, and also established Albury as a new destination!
And to go along with the announcement, there are some cheap airfares up for grabs.
“Virgin Blue will launch flights between Sydney and Port Macquarie from 4 February 2008 with a direct daily service. A special launch fare is now available of $69* one-way on the internet and is on sale until Friday 16 November for travel between 4 February to 15 March 2008 and 29 April to 26 June 2008. Everyday low fares will start from $109, up to 20% lower than the existing fares on offer in the market today. “
And for Albury:
“To celebrate the announcement, Virgin Blue has launched a “Ho Ho Ho Jingle Jet” fare of $69* one way on the internet on sale now until 16 November 2007 for travel between 4 February 2008 to 15 March 2008 and 29 April to 26 June 2008.”
So some great airfares to picked up there, and of course all these low airfares can be found through FareFetched.
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November 2nd, 2007 Mick
Tiger airways have announced 3 new destinations: Newcastle, Canberra and Hobart. Flights start in 2008.
Tiger have kicked off these new routes with a sale on 40,000 airfares, with prices starting from $9.95!
And of course all the lowest airfare prices can be found with FareFetched. Here are the dates to look out for:
• Hobart from $9.95 one way (flights commencing 15 January 2008)
• Newcastle from $9.95 one way (flights commencing 8 Janunary 2008)
• Canberra from $9.95 one way (flights commencing 14 February 2008)
• Gold Coast from $9.95 one way (for travel between 1 Jul – 30 Sept 08)
• Launceston from $9.95 one way (for travel between 1 Jul – 30 Sept 08)
• Rockhampton from $9.95 one way (for travel between 29 Mar – 30 Sept 08)
• Mackay from $9.95 one way; (for travel between 29 Mar – 30 Sept 08)
• Sunshine Coast from $9.95 one way. (for travel between 29 Mar – 30 Sept 08): and
• Perth from $79.95 one way (for travel between 1 Jul – 30 Sept 08)
Make sure you compare flights with FareFetched to find the lowest airfare, and pick up a bargain!
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October 17th, 2007 Mick
Today we launched RSS and iCalendar support for FareFetched airfare data.
iCalendar support means that now you can browse through airfare prices using your own calendaring software like Outlook, or even Google Calendar! This will make it super easy to find a cheap flight which lines up with your schedule, or just a weekend or a public holiday.
RSS feeds means that you no longer have to visit FareFetched to track a particular trip. Instead, search for the trip, then add the search to your RSS reader (Outlook, Google Reader, Bloglines, etc). Simply refer to the feed for the latest data on that search.
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October 6th, 2007 Mick
We’ve just made a whole heap of optimisations specifically for people using Internet Explorer 6 and on slower dialup connections. You should notice FareFetched is considerably faster, as we’ve worked around multiple IE bugs which were causing problems for some people.
If you notice any issues persist, please contact us!
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September 12th, 2007 Mick
As the people who read this blog are the kind of people that like to travel cheaply, I thought I’d start sharing some resources I like to use.
For some great tips and ideas on traveling cheaply, take a look at http://champagnetravelonabeerbudget.com/ Its mission is show you how to enjoy the finer things in life for the price of a cold one.
This blog has some great advice on dining, accommodation, backpacking, working abroad and more budget travel ideas … and its got a post coming up about getting upgraded when you fly, so look out for that one
So to live it up traveling on a small budget, check out the blog and subscribe to the RSS feed
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August 16th, 2007 Mick
We’ve just added a whole bunch of new routes to FareFetched
We now search ALL domestic routes from Qantas, Virgin Blue, Jetstar and Tiger that are direct flights, and also a large number of nondirect routes also.
New destinations include: Albury, Armidale, Barcaldine, Biloela, Blackall, Blackwater, Bright, Bundaberg, Charleville, Dubbo, Devonport, Emerald, Gladstone, Horn Island, Kalgoorlie, Karratha, Longreach, Lord Howe Island, Mildura, Moree, Mount Isa, Narrabri, Newman, Nhulunbuy, Olympic Dam, Paraburdoo, Port Hedland, Port Macquarie, Roma, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga, Weipa, Wollongong and Yulara.
Thats a total of 215 different Austrailan routes that are now easier to search than ever before!
Let us know if you think we’ve missed an important route.
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July 12th, 2007 Mick
We’ve just released our first Google Gadget. You can get it at http://farefetched.com.au/resources.php
It features the FareFetched airfare search, so you have the convenience of searching for flights directly from your iGoogle start page. Or you can even embed it on your own webpage.
To add it to your iGoogle page now click on this link 
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July 11th, 2007 Mick
Tiger Airways has recently announced their entry into the Australian market, so we’ve added Tiger to our fare search! This makes FareFetched the first Australian website with the capability to simultaneously search Virgin Blue, Jetstar, Qantas and Tiger Airways.
Tiger’s announced routes so far are Melbourne to Darwin and Melbourne to Gold Coast, but through a little digging around on Tiger’s website it looks like a number of destinations like Mackay, Rockhampton, Perth and Alice Springs won’t be far off.
Sorry for the lapse in time since the last blog post, there should be some new stuff coming to FareFetched soon!
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May 1st, 2007 Mick
The FareFetched website has been updated - we’ve gone for a cleaner look. This should make FareFetched easier on the eye, and easier to use. More website updates coming over the next few days.
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