drron
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We tried and did have a Norfolk Island trip in November 2020.
Then it really was like a trip to a foreign country in WA April 2021. The policeman at first wanted to turn me back at the border but his mate let me through. A few years ago an identical occurrence at LAX.
But now we are really dipping our toes in the water with 2 weeks in Singapore and Bangkok. When we first booked it was a mess with pre deparure testing required in both plus other hoops to jump through. I had a bit of a fright as we had booked to fly out on May 4th and I didn't realise Monday May 2nd was a public holiday and most everything would be closed. We needed a pretest no more than 48 hours before departure which is 9am on the 4th.
Flights are all SQ J paid with points. i had well over a million after the great Velocity transfer early in 2020 and then the Amex get gold transfer last year. We also had been able to delay a luxury escape package from early 2020 to now. At the start 2 days in the IC Singapore. Next 6 days in the SGS Bangkok. Coming back to Singapore our 3 nights in the Fairmont and 2 in the Voco to try it out.
Fortunately every thing fell into place on Friday last week. Both Singapore and Thailand announced the end to testing on the one day. No problems downloading the Singapore app but have to wait until we get there to activate it.
But today it was fun getting the Thai pass. I had all the documents and they were already downloaded to my computer. However when I went to upload the Vaccination certificate it wasn't in my downloads though going out and looking up downloads on my computer they were both there. On second try it came up they had to be jpg images. so took a photo of both. Mine uploaded straight away but with mrsdrron's they said the image was too large even though hers has less letters on it than mine. Also if you put your 3 doses in you have to upload your certificate 3 times even though the 3 doses are on the one certificate.
But on submitting got a green tick but have to await the registered email with the real approval.
Now really looking forward to the trip. Unfortunately it will also mean an increase in weight. C'est la vie.
Then it really was like a trip to a foreign country in WA April 2021. The policeman at first wanted to turn me back at the border but his mate let me through. A few years ago an identical occurrence at LAX.
But now we are really dipping our toes in the water with 2 weeks in Singapore and Bangkok. When we first booked it was a mess with pre deparure testing required in both plus other hoops to jump through. I had a bit of a fright as we had booked to fly out on May 4th and I didn't realise Monday May 2nd was a public holiday and most everything would be closed. We needed a pretest no more than 48 hours before departure which is 9am on the 4th.
Flights are all SQ J paid with points. i had well over a million after the great Velocity transfer early in 2020 and then the Amex get gold transfer last year. We also had been able to delay a luxury escape package from early 2020 to now. At the start 2 days in the IC Singapore. Next 6 days in the SGS Bangkok. Coming back to Singapore our 3 nights in the Fairmont and 2 in the Voco to try it out.
Fortunately every thing fell into place on Friday last week. Both Singapore and Thailand announced the end to testing on the one day. No problems downloading the Singapore app but have to wait until we get there to activate it.
But today it was fun getting the Thai pass. I had all the documents and they were already downloaded to my computer. However when I went to upload the Vaccination certificate it wasn't in my downloads though going out and looking up downloads on my computer they were both there. On second try it came up they had to be jpg images. so took a photo of both. Mine uploaded straight away but with mrsdrron's they said the image was too large even though hers has less letters on it than mine. Also if you put your 3 doses in you have to upload your certificate 3 times even though the 3 doses are on the one certificate.
But on submitting got a green tick but have to await the registered email with the real approval.
Now really looking forward to the trip. Unfortunately it will also mean an increase in weight. C'est la vie.
