$1499 from OZ to LAX return at Xmas, the busiest time of the year.
Having operated from Aust to LAX over the Christmas/New Year period for the last 4 years, I can assure you that it is not the busiest time of the year on that route, especially from the 25th-27th. Last Christmas a Virgin friend had the 'pleasure' of operating across the Pacific on the same day and had an equally moderate load as we did.
By the way; with a headline like that you'd make a good journalist!
