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My partner and I have a RTW booked 28 February-20 March but are still a little confused about COVID-19 testing requirements. We are both triple (double plus booster) vaccinated. Part A is Melbourne-Sydney-San Francisco Melbourne: 0900 (28 March 2022) [QF 426] Sydney: 1025 Sydney: 1400 (28...

Something new for us, my partner and I have booked a business class RTW ticket from Melbourne - departing next June (hopefully)! We are booked QF (448 departing Melbourne 1400) on Sunday 12 June then UA (870 [to San Francisco] departing Sydney 1030 Monday 13 June). It was our choice to do it...

The [email protected] doesn't work. I tried that!

I am having an ongoing problem with hotels.com in relation to being charged twice for the same hotel booking and not being able to get a refund. I have contacted the call centre on several occasions only to get the run around and, of course, no sign of any refund. The promised "five to 10...

An interesting, but rather brief, item on Channel 7 news in Melbourne on 12 April 2021 suggested overseas travel and holidays for everyday Australians wouldn't resume until 2024; thoughts? Paul in Melbourne

I wonder if there are any others like me who carelessly overlooked the original email and missed the 31 October deadline only by a few hours - bye bye data!!!!! cough happens and one only has oneself to blame. I'd done a lot of flying in my retirement years (since 31 December 2003). Until...

A recent ABC podcasts entitled "Stranded Australians" was very interesting: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/the-signal/stranded-australians/12615518 Worth a listen?

I chose to the option for a similar ticket to be issued "in the future" rather than a cash refund so no further advice received.

I was able to get through to Emirates and, after considerable discussion, decided on the "do nothing now" option which means my partner and I should be entitled to a return ticket from Melbourne to Europe with no extra fees or charges payable. When the world returns to normal, of course. This...

We applied for a full refund. We were advised it had to be done online and that the refund would processed "in the fullness of time" but to allow 12 to 16 weeks, probably longer.

I had an Emirates Melbourne-Dubai/Athens-Melbourne-Dubai booking in conjunction with a cruise from Dubai to Athens, all of which were cancelled. The ticket was booked online through the Emirates website. I applied for a refund from Emirates but today I got an email offering "alternative"...

Yesterday 22 September 2019, I arrived at Seoul Incheon on LH 572 from Frankfurt. To my surprise, there were few ATMs at the airport terminal. The few that could be located were either out of service or simply not working. Quite a few people were impacted. My partner and I worked around the...

On Thursday 22 August, I traveled on UA 824 from LAX to BOS. It was a daytime transcontinental flight in good weather. Sure, I did not have a window seat. The atmosphere inside the plane was a like a movie theatre with every window shade down. Understandable considering almost everyone was...

There was no indication of that facility. It also escaped my “researches”. Any website links?

Some time ago, I asked about a tight connection at LAX - from UA 99 arriving at 0640 to UA 824 departing at 0825. Well yesterday (22 August 2019) it worked. Immediately after entering LAX from UA 99, a United employee was issuing orange “express” cards to those who had boarding passes for UA...

Thanks dajop; good advice. At 69, one is never too old to learn!

Thanks for the suggestion and maybe I will give it a go. I believe I have good written and verbal communication skills but failed to get my message across to the Jetstar "agent" whose first language was not English and then only communicated in prepared "standard" sentences rather than flowing...

I was planning a JQ "day return" from Melbourne to Sydney today Tuesday. Booking made last year. Very good price. Use it or lose it fare. The Sydney "day return" is something I do a couple of times a year to attend a "coffee morning" of friends and colleagues of more than 50 years standing...

Date Flight # DEP Airport Lounge Time Guests Comment 22/8/19 UA 99 MEL Any 0930 flight -2 First time here; would love to be guested. MF couple.

Next month, I have a "legal" connection at LAX from UA 99 from Melbourne to UA 824 to Boston. I doubt it I will make it after a recent experience at SFO where the lines were long and slow. Many people were sent to the back of the line/queue if there was something the "inspector" didn't like...