In Reply to: Flying to the Lombok mainland is a posted by sherbert on Thursday, 25. March 2010 at 18:56 Bali Time:
departure tax Rp30K + taxi to Bangsal 110k + boat to Gili T 30K = 170K x 2 = 340K + airfare return 380K = 720K all up = less that AUD100
The saving is in time, not money. If you are only going to the Gilis, then fine. Although I don't get going all the way to the Gilis without visiting mainland Lombok, when there are perfectly nice little islands off Bali that are a lot closer. But that's me.