Re: $99 one-way airfares : Who needs the XPT

["James C" <jamesccj@optusnet.com.au>]

Ask Bill Gates......he is rich enough to build Speedrail from Sydney to
Perth and Cairns and Melbourne and Hobart possibly Auckland New Zealand as
well :-)

Cheers
James



Nobody <dweebken@NOSPAM.excite.com> wrote in message
news:39546d9a@pink.one.net.au...
> I hate flying. Although it is fast, you dont get any sense of that
kilometre
> that passes every 7 seconds. No decent view for most of the trip, and a
> nightmare at the terminals.
>
> Trains arent perfect either. But I much prefer rail over air any day.
>
> Will someone please build a Sydney/Los Angeles railway? :)
>
> Brendan
>
> James C <jamesccj@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> 39544622$0$17017$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au">news:39544622$0$17017$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> > I was at Qantas and Ansette booking office today and was going to book a
> > flight to Brisbane, but they charge WAY too expensive and forced me to
> > change plan. It's cheaper for me to go to Adelaide on first class
sleeper
> on
> > Overland and stay there for 5 days plus day tour trip on Blue bird
Bassroa
> > Valley train, this 5 days trip still work out to be cheaper then return
> > flight from Melbourne to Brisbane.
> >
> > And the booking office staffs are VERY unfriendly compared with cheerful
> > GSR's staff at Spencer street station booking office.
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > James
> >
> >
> > A. Tubbs <atubbs@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> > 2rR45.2725$Sn2.11355@news-server.bigpond.net.au">news:2rR45.2725$Sn2.11355@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > > Hi there
> > >
> > > I did a random fare search on the Ansett website
> > >
> > > Here are some examples of cheap airafres ex MEL / SYD
> > >
> > > 05 Sep 00 MEL-SYD O/W $99
> > >
> > > 05 Sep 00 MEL-BNE O/W $143
> > >
> > > 05 Sep 00 SYD-BNE O/W $99
> > >
> > > 05 Sep 00 MEL-ADL O/W $99
> > >
> > > 05 Sep 00 MEL-HOB O/W $99
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Anthony Tubbs
> > >
> > >
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