Score AU$499 Qantas flights in the latest international Red Tail sale

Alex Keshen
29 Jul 2025 - 2 min read

Whether you're wanting to ski in New Zealand, chow down on street food in Southeast Asia, spot celebrities in California or just enjoy the scenery, there are plenty of options in this Qantas sale. Starting at just AU$499 return you can nab flights with departing from August 2025 all the way until May 2026.

Leg room, checked baggage and in-flight meals don’t often come cheap, but they sure do when there’s a good Qantas sale on. Red Tail sales come in many shapes and sizes, and the airline’s latest is discounting flights to destinations all over the the world including the South Pacific, Asia and the Americas.

What’s in this Qantas Red Tail sale?

There's dozens of destinations all over the world discounted in this sale. Below are some of the best of the bunch.

Cheap Qantas flights to New Zealand and the South Pacific:

Melbourne to Auckland ... AU$499 return
Melbourne to Christchurch ... AU$499 return
Melbourne to Wellington ... AU$499 return
Sydney to Auckland ... AU$549 return
Brisbane to Auckland ... AU$549 return
Brisbane to Christchurch ... AU$549 return
Brisbane to Noumea (New Caledonia) ... AU$549 return
Sydney to Port Vila (Vanuatu) ... AU$549 return
Melbourne to Port Vila (Vanuatu) ... AU$549 return
Sydney to Nadi (Fiji) ... AU$599 return

Cheap Qantas flights to Southeast Asia:

Perth to Singapore ... AU$517 return
Melbourne to Bali ... AU$598 return
Adelaide to Bali ... AU$642 return
Sydney to Bali ... AU$679 return
Brisbane to Bali ... AU$679 return
Sydney to Singapore ... AU$768 return
Melbourne to Singapore ... AU$769 return
Sydney to Jakarta ... AU$799 return
Melbourne to Jakarta ... AU$799 return
Brisbane to Jakarta ... AU$811 return
Adelaide to Jakarta ... AU$811 return
Brisbane to Singapore ... AU$818 return
Brisbane to Bangkok ... AU$929 return
Sydney to Bangkok ... AU$929 return
Melbourne to Bangkok ... AU$929 return

Cheap Qantas flights to The Americas:

Sydney to Los Angeles ... AU$1,098 return
Brisbane to Los Angeles ... AU$1,099 return
Brsibane to San Francisco ... AU$1,099 return
Melbourne to Los Angeles ... AU$1,099 return
Melbourne to San Francisco ... AU$1,099 return
Brisbane to Santiago (Chile) ... AU$1,382 return
Melbourne to Vancouver ... AU$1,398 return
Brisbane to Vancouver ... AU$1,399 return
Sydney to Santiago (Chile) ... AU$1,399 return
Melbourne to Santiago (Chile) ... AU$1,399 return
Sydney to Vancouver ... AU$1,399 return
Sydney to New York City ... AU$1,419 return
Melbourne to New York City ... AU$1,419 return
Brisbane to New York City ... AU$1,419 return
Perth to Los Angeles ... AU$1,449 return
Perth to San Francisco ... AU$1,449 return

This Qantas Red Tail sale ends on Monday, 4 August.

A couple hiking on New Zealand's South Island

When is the next Qantas sale?

Qantas Red Tail sales are sporadic, but relatively frequent. They pop up about once every month or two featuring different destinations including Asia and North America.

There are some regular sales periods where Qantas often features deals. These include:

Black Friday
Boxing Day

Unlike Jetstar’s Friday Fare Frenzy and Virgin Australia’s Happy Hour, there aren’t any regularly scheduled Qantas sales.

Do the Qantas $99 flight sales still exist?

Rarely, but yes! While it’s been a while since the airline dropped flights to below the $100 mark, in both March and April 2025 there were $99 flights available in a big sale featuring flights to and from Queensland.

The $99 fares were available on flights from Sydney to Gold Coast and Brisbane to Prosepine (Whitsunday Coast).

Since it returned twice already in 2025, hopefully we’ll see more of these cheap Qantas fares in the future.

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