Rail Discount Hopes To Ease Commuter Crush

COMMUTERS from western Sydney will be offered a 50 per cent discount on their train tickets to the city if they travel outside the morning and afternoon peaks in an attempt to ease chronic overcrowding on the CityRail network.

Discount Fare For Private Buses

COMMUTERS in western Sydney who rely on private buses will finally be able to buy a weekly discounted ticket, but the Opposition has warned the new fare was a poor attempt to make up for the failed Tcard project.

Private Buses Get Discount

COMMUTERS in western Sydney who rely on private buses will finally be able to buy a weekly discounted ticket, but the Opposition has warned the new fare is a poor attempt to make up for the failed Tcard project.

Wotif We Try It This Way?

Liz Cincotta spoke to Graeme Wood, the co-founder of discount accommodation website wotif.com.

Travellers To Get Chance To Offset Carbon

STA Travel is hoping its customers are environmentally conscious as well as budget conscious.

Fares Catch Up With Slow Trains

TRAVEL on the Hunter's CityRail network will be more expensive from July 2.

Flying High Or Nose Dives?

It's ironic - even bizarre - that in Australia, with a thriving economy and a booming air travel market, two airlines are fighting for their lives. It's more ironic that one of them is a Qantas airline, when the Qantas group continues to grind out strong profits despite record-high fuel prices.

Air Agency Founder Back In Hot Seat

For the first time in three years, there's no doubt about who is in charge of troubled travel agency Flight Centre.

Major Departure At Flight Centre

FOR the first time in three years, there's no doubt about who is in charge of troubled travel agency Flight Centre. The company has finally abandoned its confusing dual leadership structure, with chief executive Shane Flynn departing to return full control to the founder and executive chairman, Graham Turner.

High Noon In The Orient

I SEEM to recall it was the Chinese, with a fair degree of sarcasm, who wished that we should live in interesting times. And in the Orient right now, in terms of air travel, it has rarely been more interesting.

Back To Anzac Cove

Ask any Australian to name three dream travel destinations around the world and the chances are Gallipoli on Anzac Day would be among them . . . and this year it is the 90th anniversary.On April 25, 1915, at 4.29am, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at a cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey.

Promotional Games Won't Fool Anyone

THE fact that half the tickets for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games will cost less than $60, and some will be as cheap as $15, has been presented to the public as if it is a discount. All that has been marked down is reality. The tickets are being sold for no more, but no less, than what they are worth.

Supermarket Weep

CALL me silly or call me stubborn. Either way, the big supermarket chains will have to offer me a lot more than 10 cents a litre discount to make me buy their petrol. It's not that I don't like discounts or bargains. On the contrary.

Fuel's Up, But Air Fare War Is Still On

THE traditional summer discount air fare war, where prices are slashed on routes across the country, will not be affected by rising oil prices, major airlines and aviation industry experts say.

Travel Agents Prep For A Little Magic

You'd think lower commissions from Qantas would have to hurt, but wait and see.

Cheap Tickets Vanish In To Thin Air

The days of steadily declining air fares have come to at least a temporary halt, with fares for all classes of domestic air travel rising in recent months.

Where A Class System Lives On, By Design

Advances in technology and the introduction of the Boeing 747 revolutionised air travel and changed the way we view the world, writes Brian Robins.

New Link Set For Take-off

QANTASLINK will add an extra daily return service to Melbourne from Newcastle Airport in a move expected to ease travel woes for Hunter business people.

Loyalty Rewards Lose Their Gloss

If you travel a lot and belong to a frequent flyer program such as Qantas's, the most important statement you receive arguably isn't your monthly account of benefits earned but the one you have to dig for in the Terms and Conditions.

World Cup Blamed For Tourism Fall

The Rugby World Cup could drive away up to 200,000 international visitors during the peak holiday period because of higher hotel rates, minimum-stay rules and fewer discount air fares, the tourism industry has warned.