It amazes me how people go on about the pricing of both airlines in this country. To say that if you book on Qantas early enough that the price will be cheaper is not looking at the big picture.
Until Virgin blue came into Australia the price of air travel was one of the highest in the world. Some competition arrives and the prices come down. If they are sustainable now, why were'nt they the prices that they are now all the time. I will agree that sometimes qantas is cheaper than Virgin most times, but look whose pricing is more consistent and more flexible. There are more conditions attached to the cheaper Qantas flights.