Australia to Reduce Incoming Int. Passenger Capacity from July 2021

[burmans]

Be fair - he said they had people currently modelling the thresholds. That work has to be finished, then they have to get a bunch of squabbling premiers to agree to it before anything can be announced. Can you imagine the hysteria from Queensland and Western Australia if he just arbitrarily set thresholds and dates!

All very well, so why make an announcement which is essentially meaningless without this information. I know, I know, because he's the minister for announcements!

 

[bcworld]

Even without the cap reduction QR was poised to offload another 500 passengers next week. Now that figure will be even higher.

Why was that? I've seen a few posts (not just here) about people getting bumped by QR.

I have heard that they still overbook vs. likely caps...is that the case? Had they previously made an assumption of increased caps from say July 1?

 

[Flying mermaid]

All very well, so why make an announcement which is essentially meaningless without this information. I know, I know, because he's the minister for announcements!

Well I was happy to see it. It’s a plan with defined progress through the stages. Getting premiers to agree to the stages was a good first step, although they already seem to be trying to weasel out of some of it.

Anything is better than this directionless vacuum we seem to have been in.

next step is to let them (scientists hopefully), come out with vaccination levels and get all the states to agree to them.

after that it’s in our hands - no one can force anyone to get vaccinated, but if we don’t do it then we won’t move forward. Some sticks would help at this point.

However I have had a win today - my daughter’s parent-in-law have just made vaccination appointments- I am worn out with all the (hopefully tactful) hassling I have been doing

 

[levelnine]

Well I was happy to see it. It’s a plan with defined progress through the stages.

I'm more inclined to agree with this tweet:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1410813341405126656

As lots of people have been pointing out, this nails it:

 

[jakeseven7]

I'm more inclined to agree with this tweet:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1410813341405126656

As lots of people have been pointing out, this nails it:

Yup reminiscent of many previous National Cabinets then in a couple of days the state premiers will start screeching like banshees again...

 

[dajop]

I'm more inclined to agree with this tweet:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1410813341405126656

As lots of people have been pointing out, this nails it:

I used to think that clip was funny. Today, it doesn't quite seem so funny any more.

 

[Ade]

madrooster, would it be your guess that the 50% cut in caps means that most economy passengers, even in Y class, are likely to be cut from flights? That is, it'll only be J and PE from now on?

IMO, I'd think so. In 2020, when the inbound caps were very low (I don't know how low they were in comparison to the news today) Y pax were constantly booted from flights.

From an airline revenue standpoint as well - to me, it makes sense. The airline can only bring in, say for discussion's sake, 10 people. Then they better bring those 10 people in the highest possible fare, so that the airline can make some money .. if they bring in anyone in Y, even if paying the highest possible Y fare, it wouldn't be close to a J or F fare for the trip.

My mates have been through instances where if they were booked on Y, they were told by the airline that their flight is cancelled due to low loads. But after a while they got another call from the airline offering to fly them if they chose to pay for a J or F seat. I think this was Emirates, can't remember. Same story with QF QR as well, I'm told

Some mates have got their call that flight is cancelled and in the same call, they were offered a seat if they can pay extra for the J or F seat.

And all the J seats were in the $4K to $5K mark and F was in the $7K mark one way into AU

One of my mates had actually paid for a Y seat and they paid the difference in the airport to take a J seat as he desperately wanted to travel

There was a point in time in 2020, when anyone I know wanted to travel overseas I strongly recommended they be ready to shell out $$ for J seats at a minimum

 

[kamchatsky]

The quicker we can get this done, the quicker we can get back to what matters in life: upgrading a discount long haul economy fare to Polaris business on United for 35,000 miles

-KangarooFlyer88

Right now I wouldn't mind slumming all in Y for 24 hours each way if I can go to Europe and USA for holiday and back right now.

 

[bcworld]

My mates have been through instances where if they were booked on Y, they were told by the airline that their flight is cancelled due to low loads. But after a while they got another call from the airline offering to fly them if they chose to pay for a J or F seat. I think this was Emirates, can't remember. Same story with QF as well, I'm told

I don't believe QF was operating non repat flights during any of those periods, but maybe you mean QR?

 

[Ade]

I don't believe QF was operating non repat flights during any of those periods, but maybe you mean QR?

Yes, QR. Just changed the original post. Thank you for pointing out.

I'm very used to typing QF

 

[burmans]

Yup reminiscent of many previous National Cabinets then in a couple of days the state premiers will start screeching like banshees again...

Totally agree, it was an announcement of a plan to have a plan, no doubt because of the media pressure to come up with a plan. But I worked on managing large scale programs and projects all my life so I know a bit about project planning. To have a plan you need clear objectives and timeline, both missing here.

But no doubt will fool many who are keen to believe the Prime Minister despite the evidence.

 

[Flying mermaid]

IMO, I'd think so. In 2020, when the inbound caps were very low (I don't know how low they were in comparison to the news today) Y pax were constantly booted from flights.

From an airline revenue standpoint as well - to me, it makes sense. The airline can only bring in, say for discussion's sake, 10 people. Then they better bring those 10 people in the highest possible fare, so that the airline can make some money .. if they bring in anyone in Y, even if paying the highest possible Y fare, it wouldn't be close to a J or F fare for the trip.

My mates have been through instances where if they were booked on Y, they were told by the airline that their flight is cancelled due to low loads. But after a while they got another call from the airline offering to fly them if they chose to pay for a J or F seat. I think this was Emirates, can't remember. Same story with QF QR as well, I'm told

Some mates have got their call that flight is cancelled and in the same call, they were offered a seat if they can pay extra for the J or F seat.

And all the J seats were in the $4K to $5K mark and F was in the $7K mark one way into AU

One of my mates had actually paid for a Y seat and they paid the difference in the airport to take a J seat as he desperately wanted to travel

There was a point in time in 2020, when anyone I know wanted to travel overseas I strongly recommended they be ready to shell out $$ for J seats at a minimum

That sounds cheap . My daughter paid $12,000 for a one way J into Aus. It should have been $14,000 but apparently if she booked a return, one way J and one way Y, she saved $2,000

 

[Flying mermaid]

Totally agree, it was an announcement of a plan to have a plan, no doubt because of the media pressure to come up with a plan. But I worked on managing large scale programs and projects all my life so I know a bit about project planning. To have a plan you need clear objectives and timeline, bothmissing here.

But no doubt will fool many who are keen to believe the Prime Minister despite the evidence.

I don’t believe I am “fooled” - I just think it’s better to have a clear roadmap with goals attached to it, than to have nothing. Dates etc can be added as modelling is done - you know the old continuous improvement that was all the rage at one time….

 

[Ade]

That sounds cheap . My daughter paid $12,000 for a one way J into Aus. It should have been $14,000 but apparently if she booked a return, one way J and one way Y, she saved $2,000

WOW $12K! and it's only J, not F !! When was this ? My mates were trying to get back into the country from India between May and Dec 2020

 

[Flying mermaid]

WOW $12K! and it's only J, not F !! When was this ? My mates were trying to get back into the country from India between May and Dec 2020

This was January 2021 from London. It was a real Hunger Games at the time trying to get on a flight…..

 

[roogirl]

I've already had my first AZ (thanks @Flying mermaid) , just have to wait for the 12 week interlude. But it does not make one iota of difference to my situation. Maybe eventually, but not in any sort of timeframe that is anything like acceptable. My rage is burning right now and I just need to find some way to channel it. But that's OK because in 10 minutes I will be back to the depth of despair.

I periodically get like this and find I actually have to detach from news/social media/forums for a few days. It becomes overwhelming otherwise. Big hugs. This is so hard.

 

[burmans]

I don’t believe I am “fooled” - I just think it’s better to have a clear roadmap with goals attached to it, than to have nothing. Dates etc can be added as modelling is done - you know the old continuous improvement that was all the rage at one time….

How did you know I was talking about you. I was taking generally so don't be so quick to claim that cap for yourself.

 

[Pushka]

I periodically get like this and find I actually have to detach from news/social media/forums for a few days. It becomes overwhelming otherwise. Big hugs. This is so hard.

I watch the lifestyle programmes. My Faves are Escape to the Chateau. And Tour de France has fabulous scenery. Try to avoid most news programmes unless there is something I know to watch out for.

 

[roogirl]

Here is the Yes Minister clip - spot on

 

[fersea]

our only hope is that as Australians see the world opening up, and we are so far behind that the attitude changes.

At this stage, it seems a plan to double down like today is only going to be popular.