Good Friday - Mystery Flights

[Oliver Gigacz]

Make this Easter one you'll never forget and enjoy a mystery flight from Melbourne on Good Friday, Easter Saturday or Easter Sunday. Grab your camera and prepare to explore and help raise money for The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne.

For only A$179 per person (includes taxes),
Conditions of booking:

* Same day return flight to main land capital city on normal Qantas scheduled services.
* Depart and return at Melbourne Domestic Terminal.
* Minimum of 6 hours spent at destination.
* Tickets are non refundable, no changes permitted.
* No pre-seating or requests.
* No checked baggage permitted.
* Check-in one hour before departure.
* Customers with special needs to make requests at time of booking.
* Cannot be purchased with Frequent Flyer points.
* Frequent Flyer points will not be earned for the flight.

Anyone know where they will go this year?

[Paul f.]

If they told you they wouldnt be a mystery ;)

[Dan Hammond]

I'm booked on the Hobart day trip for Good Friday, should be a good day just hope the weather holds out

[Mark D.]

Wouldn't you be better off just buying a cheapo airfare?? Get FF points, status, and can arrange an activity whist on the ground. Just a thought.
I used to do Mystery flights out of Sydney in the 80s. We used to pay $10 with Ansett (Air NSW) or East-WEST. I went all over the place, from Ayers Rock to Hobart, to Maroochydore. It was fantastic for a Kid to do that. Only catch back then was you went out on the flight, turned around and came back on same AC.. Mind you, the "Mystery flight" was not much of a Mystery once I got to know airport staff, as they would book me on all the jet flights, or places I hadn't been. Most of the time, had E/Crew boarding passes, hence Jump seat rides. Can you imagine that happening today?? Ahhh memories

[Dan Hammond]

Wouldn't you be better off just buying a cheapo airfare?? Get FF points, status, and can arrange an activity whist on the ground. Just a thought.

Usually for a day trip i would do it that way, however as the purpose of this one is for the Good Friday Appeal for the Childrens Hospital, i feel im doing my bit for the appeal by taking this day trip :)

[Mark D.]

Oh OK, Im sorry, I was unaware it was a fundraiser.:eek::)

[Andrew Coggan]

does anyone know where the flight went last year? Im thinking about booking a seat on the mystery flight :)

[BradR]

I believe last year went to BNE with bus meeting pax and taking them to Australia Zoo.

[Brock Little]

I bet it will go up to QLD again this year to support local businesses hit hard by the floods and TC Yasi/Anthony.

[Kent Broadhead]

We used to pay $10 with Ansett (Air NSW) My first commercial flight was an Air NSW mystery flight - F27 to Wagga. I still remember being invited into the cockpit on descent! :)

[Ben Smith]

Anyone know where they will go this year?

The destination is picked at random, although I think the booking agent you speak to on the phone may pick it. You find out almost immediately when they email you the flight details anyway.

As it says on the page you quoted the flights are to mainland capitals (although somehow I don't think Darwin would be one them) on regular scheduled Qantas services. I gather there are a limited number of seats available on a select number of flights, perhaps only one flight in each direction for each destination. You get a minimum of 6 hours at the destination.

I have done these flights over the last three years and have been to Sydney, Perth and Brisbane. Perth was a bit of a long day, but fun all the same. I'd recommend going, plus the money goes to a good cause.

For anyone interested the link to the web page on the qantas web site is: http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/good-friday-appeal/global/en?int_cam=au:info:promo:goodFridayAppeal:lang:en