Broncos and Lions supporters are desperate to travel south and airfares and hotel prices are climbing amid high demand
By Monday evening, the price of flights for a return trip from Brisbane to Sydney this weekend had already climbed above $750, at least double the regular outlay. The cost of a trip to Melbourne was less inflated but still high, at more than $650.
Lions supporter Ashley Lamb, 38, hasn’t missed a Lions game in Melbourne for “10 to 15 years now”. He said many fans had taken “insurance” when Brisbane reached the preliminary final and made cancellable bookings to avoid the price increases. He was also aware of others who are prepared to get more creative.
Ashley Lamb is one of many thousands of Brisbane supporters travelling to this weekend’s grand finals.Thousands of Lions fans are set to join Lamb in Melbourne, but it’s not yet clear exactly how many. Lions members have been allocated 17,000 tickets for the grand final, but interstate teams don’t always fulfilled their quota. The Lions have set a membership record this year, with almost 55,000 paid-up supporters.
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