To Celebrate Jetstar's 21st Birthday, You Can Score a Free Flight Home From Tokyo, Seoul, Phuket, Bali, Singapore and More
Jetstar's return-for-free sale is back, covering both international and domestic flights on more than 80 routes, with 95,000-plus fares available.
No matter when your birthday is, you're getting a present this week — as long as you're keen on booking a getaway and you get in quick. Jetstar turns 21 this year, and the Australian airline is celebrating. First, it announced a LARPing tournament in Melbourne with $50,000 in flights up for grabs. Next comes the latest return of its always-popular return-for-free sale.
Your dream vacation plans can now include jetting off to Tokyo, Seoul, Phuket, Bali, Singapore and more, then flying home for free — or holidaying in Australia while scoring the same deal for getaways to Cairns, the Gold Coast, Byron Bay and other locations. Here's how it works, if you're new to the concept: you buy a ticket to your chosen destination across more than 80 routes, with 95,000-plus fares available, then the carrier covers the cost of you coming home.
For free flights back to Australia from international spots, Osaka and Vanuatu are also on the list. Sticking with Down Under destinations, so are Hobart, Margaret River, Adelaide and Perth. Wherever you'd like to venture, the key part of this sale is making your way back without paying for the return flight, which'll also make your holiday oh-so-much cheaper.
The special runs from 12am AEST on Wednesday, May 7–11.59pm AEST on Thursday, May 8, 2025 or until sold out if that happens earlier — with Jetstar members getting an extra 12 hours to access the sale from 12pm AEST on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. And yes, it really is as straightforward as it sounds. Whatever flights you opt for as part of the sale, you'll get the return fare for nothing.
Prices obviously vary depending on where you're flying from and to, but some include Brisbane to Tokyo from $373, Cairns to Osaka from $285, Melbourne to Singapore from $209, Perth to Bali from $154, Sydney to Port Vila from $209, Sydney to Phuket from $299 and Brisbane to Seoul from $309.
Domestic fares span deals such as Sydney to Ballina/Byron from $38, Newcastle to the Gold Coast from $59, Melbourne to Hobart from $69 and Cairns to Brisbane from $89.
You'll be travelling within Australia from September 2025–March 2026, and from late-May 2025 to late-March 2026 if you're going global.
The caveats that are always in place with this Jetstar deal remain this around. So, you need to book an outbound fare, then you'll get the return fare for free — and the deal only applies to Starter fares, and only on selected flights. Also, checked baggage is not included, so you'll want to travel super light or pay extra to take a suitcase.
Plus, you have to use the same arrival and departure ports for your flights — which means that you can go from Brisbane to Tokyo and back, for instance, but can't return via another place or to another city.
Jetstar's 21st birthday 'return for free' sale runs from 12am AEST on Wednesday, May 7–11.59pm AEST on Thursday, May 8, 2025 — or until sold out if prior. Jetstar members get an extra 12 hours access to the sale from 12pm AEST on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.
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