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Mattg said:
I'm visiting Kuwait in January and just applied for an e-visa.

As soon as I submitted the application, I realised that the visa is only valid for 30 days from issuance so will expire before I get there. 🤦‍♂️

I can't see any way to cancel my application now so I guess I'll have to apply for another visa closer to the date of travel.
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Good catch! I experienced the fun of what happens when you don’t notice this, when I traveled to India shortly after they had introduced their eVisa process a number of years ago.

I completed the application and was approved for my 30 day (from approval) visa, which did actually include the arrival and departure dates, but unfortunately had completed it about 35 days before arriving. The process obviously didn’t validate the dates at that early stage.

So, yes - I’m one of the lucky few who has to answer ‘yes’ to that question on denied entry & deportation on visa applications forever more…

Cheers,
Matt.
 
Sprucegoose said:
ha ha you're not the first one to do that......no way they could return it and check it in?
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Not at SYD, apparently!
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mrs.dr.ron said:
I have done that with a pair of expensive surgical scissors. Luckily at BNE there is an Aust Post counter and I could post it back to home in a padded post bag ! You only make that mistake once !! ;)
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I honestly thought that I was way, way beyond making such a silly mistake. Pride comes before a fall!
 
Human said:
The officer just threw it in the bin before I had the chance to ask. To be honest I was too angry with myself to think straight and it happened so quickly.
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SYD domestic they should give you the option to recheck etc but SYD T1 you’re stuffed at that point.
 
Wednesday afternoon at Virgin baggage check in I passed on the $225 upgrade for my flight from Adelaide to Perth that I had booked on points. At the gate I thought I should do the upgrade and i got it done about 25 minutes before I boarded. That recovery was worth it and I enjoyed the St Hallett shiraz and the chicken stew dinner.
I left my laptop behind for that 3 day business trip and the one I got to use in Adelaide had weird function keys which was annoying. I won’t do that again.
 
gaz0303 said:
Arrived in NZ and didn’t have international roaming enabled (corporate phone controllers mistake). Arrived at Wellington at midnight with no taxi booking, so had to wait 20 minutes for a taxi, and finally arrived at the Mecure Central Wellington to find note on door saying ‘For after hours access please call…’. I just banged the door hard and luckily security showed up.
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This! Not exactly a travel mistake for me but similar annoying experience. Accidentally left my phone on the bench in the ladies room at a local shopping mall. Quickly realised and backtracked, but phone gone. In a panic, went to "centre management office" - it's closed - please call xx_ for assistance. I banged and banged on the door but there was no one there. Burst into tears. Kind young man asked me my problem, called the number, got me directed to another centre management office who called my phone and it was being safely guarded by a kind young couple who were hoping the owner would call. I got it back after 45 very stressful minutes.

The assumption that everyone, everywhere, always has a phone that works is a big problem, and in my experience, getting a lot worse. Since my episode, I have been looking out for signs that say "no worries, just call us" and they are literally everywhere.
 
Human said:
Threw a very expensive and much-loved Swiss army knife into my carry-on without thinking the other day...
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Oh I feel your pain @Human. Mr Seat 0A did the same thing a couple of years back in Japan - forgot it was in his back pack, which in itself was interesting as the same knife was there the whole trip and was only noticed on our 3rd flight (!!!) - the return from HND to SYD I think this is a moment where FF status may have helped as I was P1 at the time, and when we went back to check in, they helpfully wrapped and boxed the knife as if it were a treasured gift for someone, and sent it as an additional item of checked baggage. it arrived safely in Sydney, and a valuable lesson was learned. The knife has sentimental value as I bought it for him, before we were married, in Switzerland, in 1982, and paid extra to have his name embossed on it.
 

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