Cunard Line is offering reduced fares aboard Queen Mary II sailing from Los Angeles to Sydney, with prices starting at $4,199.00 per person twin-share in an oceanview cabin.

The 15 night voyage will depart Los Angeles on 10 February 2009 and Cunard has upgrades to balcony cabins for only an extra $300 per person twin-share.

Meanwhile, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth will make a special farewell visit to the Queen Elizabeth II before it sails to Dubai where it retires from service to become a floating hotel.

Details of the 02 June farewell in Southampton, UK are expected to be announced soon.