Flying when sick - where do you draw the line?

[bussyboy]

I wondered what others experiences have been travelling when unwell? How sick do you need to be to cancel or postpone a trip, and have you approached it differently on the homeward bound leg??

A month or so ago, around 48 hours before flying home domestically via Sydney, I started to get a familiar tingle, knew i'd lose my voice, and sought medical advice: which was along the lines of "if you can pop your ears you're fine to fly..."

Despite some significant deterioration I proceeded to fly and struggled the whole time, was "that guy" on the flight. Wasn't going to die of course, but really wasn't fit to be flying and this was the start of two weeks off work in fact!)

So what's the sickest you have travelled? Are you better off just delaying, and has travel insurance covered this without to much effort??

 

[kpc]

Flew Cph-Sin-Syd in 2022 and Dar-Doh-Adl-Syd in 2023 when both of us felt quite unwell....later we both tested +ve for Covid