The cheapest order to fly Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane from London
There are 6 ways to fly these cities. They do not cost the same. The cheapest works out at about £774 a person and the most expensive at £1,167, a difference of £393 for visiting exactly the same places.
Fly them in this order
London → Melbourne → Brisbane → Sydney → London
About £774 per person in flights, based on fares recently seen on these routes.
Shown in British pounds, converted from US dollars at today’s rate, so every amount is approximate. In dollars the cheapest order is about $1,026. You pay in the airline’s currency.
Every order, priced
- London → Melbourne → Brisbane → Sydney → London£774cheapest order
- London → Brisbane → Melbourne → Sydney → London£857£83 more per person
- London → Sydney → Brisbane → Melbourne → London£913£139 more per person
- London → Brisbane → Sydney → Melbourne → London£978£204 more per person
- London → Melbourne → Sydney → Brisbane → London£1,147£373 more per person
- London → Sydney → Melbourne → Brisbane → London£1,167£393 more per person
Why Melbourne first
- London to Melbourne£414
- Melbourne to Brisbane£57
- Brisbane to Sydney£48
- Sydney to London£255
- Out of London, Melbourne is the cheapest first stop at about £414. Brisbane would be £506.
- Going home, Sydney is the cheapest city to leave from at about £255, against £650 from Brisbane.
- The dearest order pays £650 for Brisbane to London, a flight the cheapest order never takes.
- London to Melbourne is 54% of what the cheapest order spends on flights, so it is the leg to watch.
Between the cities
- Melbourne to Brisbane: about 1,370 km (850 miles) as the crow flies. No train or bus we would suggest instead of flying.
- Brisbane to Sydney: about 730 km (450 miles) as the crow flies. Also by ground: NSW TrainLink XPT, about 14h 30m overnight, usually £49 to £106.
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How much the order matters here
Getting the order right is worth £393 a person on this trip, 51% of what the cheapest way round costs. Of the 107 trips we price in full, that is number 13 for how much the order matters, one of the trips where it matters most: flying these cities in the wrong order is an expensive mistake.
What these numbers are
Cached one-way fares, 12 of 12 legs priced from real observations, put together on November 12, 2026, from fares departing November 13, 2026 onwards. Right for comparing one order with another, not a quote for your dates.
A plan prices your own dates and weighs hours as well as fares, so it can pick a different order from this page.
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