Who is going to the USA, who has changed their travel and what will you do differently?

[RSD]

I've just pulled the trigger and grabbed a CR in J for next year.
Thanks to all those who have curtailed their US travel plans for me to take advantage.

I hope you opted for SYD-LAX on an A330 - anything else is likely to be cancelled by then due to lack of demand

 

[SYD]

I hope you opted for SYD-LAX on an A330 - anything else is likely to be cancelled by then due to lack of demand

Plenty of demand coming the other way however!

 

[elanshin]

Plenty of demand coming the other way however!

We might see that decline over the coming months. Seems outbound US transatlantic tourism might also be on the decline with comments from airlines like VS.

 

[Forg]

We might see that decline over the coming months. Seems outbound US transatlantic tourism might also be on the decline with comments from airlines like VS.

Australia's a very expensive place to visit, and the increase-rate of US cost-of-living has been made a appreciably larger by these financial shenanigans ... and the intention appears to be to continue applying the instability, which won't help with inflation/cost-of-living at all.

 

[elanshin]

@moderators should we spin out a separate thread about US tariffs affecting airbus / Boeing etc? There was a bit kd discussion in the earlier pages.

Seems I'm reading that China Southern was going to put their whole b787-8 fleet on sale and transition to 787-9 (maybe 787-10) but has since halted this as they're now uncertain about receiving deliveries.

 

[RooFlyer]

@elanshin , I think best to report any relevant post and suggest the split-off.

 

[Mwenenzi]

Bits of this are being discussed in other threads, but I was wondering how many of us are reconsidering USA for travel and why.
The US is massive with so much to see and individually most people are friendly and proud of the good things their country does.
If you are deciding not to travel there at the moment is it because of

Yes. As in this thread with political comments

Thread 'Airfares to US to drop?'

Mar 18, 2025

The speed of change in US immigration posture (ICE hv detained/deported tourists/legal residents, universities advising oseas students to consider staying in US/not going home on hols) and the general anti-Trump vibe make me wonder if current Aus/USA airfares are about to face a revision. Doesnt bother me, I'm not going over there (and I'm not making a comment on the US, they can do what they want) but there are lots of media and SM stories to say tourism to the US is on the nose. Views ?

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@moderators should we spin out a separate thread about US tariffs affecting airbus / Boeing etc? There was a bit kd discussion in the earlier pages.

Seems I'm reading that China Southern was going to put their whole b787-8 fleet on sale and transition to 787-9 (maybe 787-10) but has since halted this as they're now uncertain about receiving deliveries.

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[RooFlyer]

Story in the AFR on-line, if you can get to it

‘Uncertain times’: Australians rethink travel to Trump’s America

A few snippets

Data from the US International Trade Administration, part of the Department of Commerce, shows that the number of Australian visitors to the US fell by 7 per cent in March compared with last year.

That could be the slip before the landslide. A LinkedIn poll by AFR Weekend showed 51 per cent of more than 1000 respondents were either reconsidering or had already cancelled plans to travel to the US.

This caught my eye - don't think the EO been mentioned here? My bolding

Part of the drop is due to Trump Executive Order 14161, or “extreme vetting”, which impels border officials to screen international arrivals “to the maximum degree possible”.

A leading Australian travel writer has just spent three days on assignment in Miami, discovering what the new “extreme vetting” feels like.

“I was interrogated quite aggressively at the gate and then sent to a windowless room for an hour before being interrogated again,” he said of his experience at Miami International Airport.

Heated questioning
He was there to review the Four Seasons Hotel Miami, at the hotel’s expense, but was stopped for not having as many stamps in his passport as the officer would expect of a travel writer. When the traveller pointed out many countries have phased out stamps, the questioning became heated.

“He started asking: ‘which countries don’t use stamps, which ones specifically?’ And as they escorted me off, he said, sarcastically, ‘I’m so sorry for asking you such hard questions’. I Probably should have lied and said I was there for a vacation.”

In the light of all this, I'm changing my initial post

I’m not planning to go but would not alter my plans if I were.

to:

No plans to go and I'd do my utmost to avoid going. Visited between 60 and 80 times for work and leisure, nothing else to see/do worth the hassle.

 

[desafinado74]

I am planning to go in 12 months time. I will be applying for Global Entry too. If I successfully get it, hopefully that will get rid of many of the " unpleasant " surprises.

I think the tough approach will be relaxed a bit just before the 2026 World Cup anyway.

 

[RooFlyer]

I think the tough approach will be relaxed a bit just before the 2026 World Cup anyway.

Or increased, for extra "security'? The 2028 Olympic Games are going to be a hoot.

 

[Disco]

I am planning to go in 12 months time. I will be applying for Global Entry too. If I successfully get it, hopefully that will get rid of many of the " unpleasant " surprises.

I think the tough approach will be relaxed a bit just before the 2026 World Cup anyway.

The World Cup will be an interesting "watch" as it is the first time 3 countries will co-host. So it's Canada, USA and Mexico. Wonder how that will work.

 

[elanshin]

Or increased, for extra "security'? The 2028 Olympic Games are going to be a hoot.

I can already see CBP trying to deny some athlete entering.