Arm yourself with one of these awesome deals and you can make tracks for one of the most extraordinary places on the planet: Australia. United Airlines is offering discount airfares Down Under, with one-way rates starting at $499.

United is touting three discount fare tiers, each based on when you fly:

June 12 through July 23;
July 24 through August 1 and September 1 through September 21;
August 2 through August 31.

August 2-31 offers the best deals, and these discount airfares are quoted here.

Book and buy no later than June 29 to land one of these deals. You can travel any day of the week, but you’ll have to stay over at least five nights. All the discount airfares we quote are one-way, and they’re predicated on a round-trip purchase. Taxes and fees are not included. They’re extra.

Here’s a sampling of the savings United Airlines is offering on these routes:

- Atlanta (ATL) to Melbourne (MEL) $708

- Boston (BOS) to Sydney (SYD) $679

- Chicago O’Hare (ORD) to Sydney $639

- Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) to Melbourne $678
- Denver (DEN) to Melbourne $678

- Los Angeles (LAX) to Melbourne $553

- Miami (MIA) to Sydney $679

- New York City to Sydney $649

- Philadelphia (PHL) to Sydney $707

- San Francisco (SFO) to Sydney $499
- Seattle/Tacoma (SEA) to Melbourne $633

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