jakeseven7
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ABC online have asked this question so it will get clarified.
Look, I would settle for a 'self reported RAT test'
ABC online have asked this question so it will get clarified.
How long do AFFers reckon before quite a few foreign airlines announce greater frequencies, or resumption of flights, into and out of Oz to commence from April or May 2022, or upon the 'northern summer timetable' starting?
Unfortunately these individuals are huge in number in Victoria - perhaps still a majority of the adult population. Crazy and ill-informed: the whole lot need to travel if physically able to broaden their feeble minds.
It’s one thing to announce frequencies… it’s another to fill the flights. QF announced lots of new flights, then promptly cancelled any that weren’t making them money![]()
We will now be the most open country in the world. Hope it works out...ABC online have asked this question so it will get clarified.
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Etihad have been flying to and from Sydney for most of not all of the last 2 years, I would prefer them and EK and Qatar to be more reliable than QF for getting to and from Europe...It’s one thing to announce frequencies… it’s another to fill the flights. QF announced lots of new flights, then promptly cancelled any that weren’t making them money
My upcoming trip had the option to fly Etihad on the way home from Europe, but I don’t know whether they’ll fly as planned. How will they fill their planes? At least flying home with Thai I feel more confident that the flights into and out of bangkok can at sustain themselves with holiday makers…. compared to Etihad that doesn’t have that benefit.
Maybe they have… but the flights we had booked for January to europe and back were cancelled.Etihad have been flying to and from Sydney for most of not all of the last 2 years, I would prefer them and EK and Qatar to be more reliable than QF for getting to and from Europe...
sorry to hear - I'm flying EY back from Rome in April hopefully things will be ok by thenMaybe they have… but the flights we had booked for January to europe and back were cancelled.
Actually only one flight was cancelled but it meant the whole itinerary was unflyable… they got us there, got us back to AUH on the return - like they had to under EC261 - but then refused to put us on the connecting flight home due to ‘no award seats’.
We will now be the most open country in the world. Hope it works out...
But who cares about a few more over-60's dying an unpleasant death?
ABC online have asked this question so it will get clarified.
This is what 'The Australian' suggests about testing:
What about testing?
Depending on which states they plan on travelling to, international arrivals may need to get a PCR or rapid antigen test after they arrive. Individual states and territories are expected to make announcements about what their conditions are. The federal government has not yet announced whether pre-departure testing will be scrapped.
It'll take until next year for any business/traveller/government department to put trust back in dealing with WA with certainty. Going to Europe twice this year but will go out of my way and spend more if needed to avoid Perth as exit and especially re-entry. Too much risk.I see in the backblocks of the WA announcement that WA is putting its cap back to 530 a week, not sure from when. Baby steps back.
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If you are chasing SC’s Wouldn’t it be better and cheaper to book a return flight to AMS and then just get a 1 way flight from BUC-AMS?I have been researching flights in October to Amsterdam and in November from Bucharest. Because the Bucharest outbound is with FlyDubai, the whole journey has to be with Emirates. There goes 570 SC and 49,875 FF points!
At least I’ll get to use the top lounge in Dubai. I’m now waiting to see if J prices come down. It will be nice if by then we don’t have to keep abreast of testing before and after, or during. I want to travel easily again!
Can't fly BA OTP-LHR and then pick up EK (or another OW option)?I have been researching flights in October to Amsterdam and in November from Bucharest. Because the Bucharest outbound is with FlyDubai, the whole journey has to be with Emirates. There goes 570 SC and 49,875 FF points!
At least I’ll get to use the top lounge in Dubai. I’m now waiting to see if J prices come down. It will be nice if by then we don’t have to keep abreast of testing before and after, or during. I want to travel easily again!
Aside from WA, they're still ahead of NZ who is ridiculed even more.........Testing really needs to go.
Hopefully they will announce the removal of testing requirements (pre) in next few weeks once the Doona brigade has calmed down.
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Tourism chief fires warning as international border reopening date unveiled
Australia has been “a little bit ridiculed” around the world for its strict COVID-19 border closures and rules and could fail to regain its share of global tourism dollars even when the border reopens in a fortnight, the head of Tourism Australia has warned.
As Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced vaccinated tourists will be able to enter Australia from February 21, Tourism Australia managing director Phillipa Harrison told a Sydney audience the negative sentiment had started to show up in recent market research.
Business and tourism groups welcomed Monday’s border announcement but used it to turn the screws on Western Australia, which delayed plans to open to the rest of the country last week and is unable to provide a plan for rejoining the world.
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Tourism chief fires warning as international border reopening date unveiled
“We are in very real danger of losing our market share globally if we don’t do this properly,” said Tourism Australia boss Phillipa Harrison.www.smh.com.au
Aside from WA, they're still ahead of NZ who is ridiculed even more.........
Would that I could. The flights are included in an overall package. The option to fly Qatar is a possibility. But I will look into that.If you are chasing SC’s Wouldn’t it be better and cheaper to book a return flight to AMS and then just get a 1 way flight from BUC-AMS?
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