Airfares to US to drop?

[Quickstatus]

All seems like a waste of effort to this lil' black duck.

I'll close out this lil' off topic subsection with a question. Why does the marathon winner who runs for 2hrs get the same medal as the 100m winner who runs for 10sec?.
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Coming back to airfares.
I wonder what will happen to oil prices.

 

[p--and--t]

I think L.A. were the first in decades to spin a profit weren't they, in 1984?
And few have been anything but a major loss since.
However I don't know if all gains are included in the calculations properly; Sydney is still using the OG precinct a lot (more so as time goes by), the athlete accommodation is now thousands of family homes which is prolly a good thing given the lack of such things in general, a lot of the minor venues get used a lot by the Sport Nutters who do things there ... but the calculations on gain:loss are only going to be stuff like tourism revenue (although AFAIK Sydney & by extension the rest of Oz had a massive step-up in That Sort Of Thing as a result of the Limpix).

I personally CGAF about sportsball, people running around, people jumping in ponds and trying to be the first to the other end, etc etc etc. All seems like a waste of effort to this lil' black duck.

On the other side I don't mind looking at some of the OG sports but depise the media saturation/talking heads of the boofheads running around chasing after the Sherrin leather products

 

[Quickstatus]

Sherrin leather products

Steeden actually. The tight shorts mob is Sherrin

 

[elanshin]

Back to airfares.

Im legitimately curious now with everything thats been happening, who (anywhere) would want to holiday in the US anymore. Whether it's USD, general cost, boycott etc.

Those with holidays locked in of course are a bit stuck but for those undecided, surely at this point there would be very little incentive to visit that isn't for family or business reasons right?

 

[p--and--t]

Steeden actually

Not in AU (to which I was referring)

Not interested in the US version either.

 

[Quickstatus]

surely at this point there would be very little incentive to visit that isn't for family or business reasons right?

I think this is mostly overstated.

 

[RSD]

Those with holidays locked in of course are a bit stuck but for those undecided, surely at this point there would be very little incentive to visit that isn't for family or business reasons right?

HELL NO!!!!

I actually renewed my annual travel insurance policy today - cover for the U.S. and Nepal was additional - told the agent that I won't be needing that this time.

 

[justinbrett]

Back to airfares.

Im legitimately curious now with everything thats been happening, who (anywhere) would want to holiday in the US anymore. Whether it's USD, general cost, boycott etc.

Those with holidays locked in of course are a bit stuck but for those undecided, surely at this point there would be very little incentive to visit that isn't for family or business reasons right?

AUD vs EUR, GBP or even JPY isn't much better.

 

[jyg]

Ben Groundwater - boring and predictable

Ben groundwater sounds like such a basic white man. For all the travel he has done you would think he would have developed aroe interesting character/perspectives

 

[RSD]

I guess the other concern with travelling to the U.S. is how long before the peaceful protests that took place last weekend become "less peaceful" as people start to rebel against the regime because their next iPhone suddenly became 30%+ more expensive? At the moment I think that there are a lot of Americans who are still believing the "its the foreign countries that pay the tariffs" line that is being sold over there - and they have a huge shock coming to them very shortly.

 

[Quickstatus]

The protesters are essentially a rent a crowd. America is a big diverse place. I don't see a concern

 

[DAC1]

I just landed in ORD after flying SYD-HKG-ORD on CX. Used MPC, there was no notable difference in the CBP process compared to any of my 2023 or 2024 visits.

 

[Aeryn]

I typically go to the USA every 2-3 years, sometimes more frequently, to catch up with friends, colleagues, see some new Broadway shows and buy staple clothing items like jeans because I can't get the styles I want in my size here in Australia.

I'm a fan of coming home form Europe via the USA because award availablity is usually much easier to get and the luggage allowances are higher to accommodate my shopping.

But with the AUD so low there would have to record low airfares to go to the US this year or next. Instead before the tarrifs start impacting too much Im going to do some online sales shopping, have everything shipped free to a uS based friend and just fork out the $50 for her to ship to me; whilst holidaying elsewhere.

 

[Forg]

The protesters are essentially a rent a crowd. America is a big diverse place. I don't see a concern

If you were overseas and were to look at Australia when the anti-vaxxer nutbags were having their whine, and that d**khead punched the police horse in the head, you might have similar thoughts about how dangerous it might be to visit at that time ... whereas in reality, even if you'd been where that was happening, you could just have not gotten involved with those loons & be in zero danger (well mostly - there was prolly a lot of meth & booze involved - but still it was very isolated).

I'm of the opinion that there's a lot of the US that I'd like to visit, America's cultural imperialism means there's just a lot I've seen from afar & interests me. And even with the current garbage going-on over there, in reality you're probably less likely to be quietly disappeared and interrogated than in the middle east such as Abu Dhabi & Dubai etc etc.
But even though the current political & social atmosphere isn't the fault of the tourism operators, the hoteliers, the restaurant owners etc ... I still don't want to spend money there at the moment any more than I want to buy a Tesla.

 

[jb747]

I've made my decision. I won't ever be going there again. I was probably somewhat ambivalent about the place before the current silliness, but that's made it easy to cross off the list.

 

[Quickstatus]

I want to buy a Tesla.

I want to buy a Tesla.
Not everything needs to be seen through a political lens otherwise might as well not travel anywhere. There are a lot worse places but we still go there.

The tips on the other hand are #WCMO

 

[RSD]

I've made my decision. I won't ever be going there again. I was probably somewhat ambivalent about the place before the current silliness, but that's made it easy to cross off the list.

I'm in much the same boat - unless business creates a really really good need for me to go then I won't be ever visiting America again.