Welcome to the AFF Stopover Guides forum

[AFF Editor]

This forum is a place to share stopover tips and recommendations for specific airports/cities with other AFF members.

Do you have a great stopover tip or recommendation that other travellers might find useful? Add your suggestions to the dedicated thread for that airport, and your advice could make it into an AFF Stopover Guide article! A new Stopover Guide article for a different airport will be published each week.

Tips for each airport could include:

• How to get from the airport to the city
• Things to do (both near the airport and in the city)
• Where to stay/hotel recommendations (both near the airport and in the city)
  
• The best lounge/s at that airport
• Airport facilities such as luggage storage and showers
  
• Any other destination-specific tips or "hidden gems" you've discovered that could be useful for someone with a stopover

Note that only moderators can create new threads in this forum. If you have a question about a destination not (yet) covered in this forum, you are welcome to ask in the Destination Guide forum.

If you would like to suggest an airport to be featured, you may do so in this thread.

 

[juddles]

Great idea to have a thread for each airport. Do I understand correctly that a mod has to start each thread? Can I suggest that the thread title be in the format "City Name, Airport Code, Country". And can I ask thus for one to be created "Santiago, SCL, Chile" ?

 

[AFF Editor]

Great idea to have a thread for each airport. Do I understand correctly that a mod has to start each thread? Can I suggest that the thread title be in the format "City Name, Airport Code, Country". And can I ask thus for one to be created "Santiago, SCL, Chile" ?

Yes, either myself or a moderator needs to start each thread in this forum. The first threads will be added shortly and yes, SCL is on the list of threads to be added in the first round.

 

[RooFlyer]

I'm sure they are on your list but HND, NRT (esp for transport tips!) JFK, DFW, MIA and KUL are my suggestions for next round.

 

[Archipelago]

I'm sure they are on your list but HND, NRT (esp for transport tips!) JFK, DFW, MIA and KUL are my suggestions for next round.

Yup @RooFlyer - I'd be happy to pitch in for tips on some of the SE Asian destinations such as KUL etc

 

[marks]

Great idea for a topic(s), could we add an item about luggage storage availabilty.
Where I can leave luggage for the day or overnight during the stopover.

 

[Archipelago]

Great idea for a topic(s), could we add an item about luggage storage availabilty.
Where I can leave luggage for the day or overnight during the stopover.

Excellent point on the luggage storage!

 

[AFF Editor]

Great idea for a topic(s), could we add an item about luggage storage availabilty.
Where I can leave luggage for the day or overnight during the stopover.

Yes, absolutely!

I've added "airport facilities" to the list.

Feel free to include any advice you have about luggage storage in the airport-specific thread/s.

 

[Boca68]

I'd like to add Lima, LIM, Peru.

Could also assist with other South American ports, GIG, GRU,

 

[JohnK]

Good idea for the new sub-forum and will make it easier to search.

 

[Melburnian1]

I'm sure they are on your list but HND, NRT (esp for transport tips!) JFK, DFW, MIA and KUL are my suggestions for next round.

Agree, and would also suggest MNL as it's become busier than MEL, and IST, an airport I found easy to use in getting to and from the city and that if TK ever operate to Australia may be much more on the radar.

I haven't used CAN and CZ still doesn't seem to carry large numbers of Caucasian Australians when I've observed check in queues but it and others like PVG are also major airports.

Overall, the usual high standard of posts from Mattg, who writes extremely well in an engaging style.

 

[AFF Editor]

I'd like to add Lima, LIM, Peru.

Could also assist with other South American ports, GIG, GRU,

Sure, done.

Please continue the discussion about Lima in this thread: Lima (LIM) Stopover Tips

I have moved a couple of posts about Lima from this thread to the new thread.

Rio and São Paulo will also be added sometime in the future.

 

[AFF Editor]

The next round of cities have been added to this forum. If you have a tip for any of the following airports, please add it in the relevant thread

• Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
  
• Frankfurt (FRA)
  
• Perth (PER)
• Brisbane (BNE)
• Auckland (AKL)
• Tokyo (HND & NRT)
• Bali (DPS)
• Honolulu (HNL)
• Guangzhou (CAN)
• Nadi (NAN)
• Manila (MNL)
• Sao Paulo (GRU)

 

[RooFlyer]

@AFF Editor , could we have a stopover thread on Seoul, please? Just about to post a thread for ideas for a one-night stopover (current threads are mostly well out of date) - an 'official' one might be better

if you are looking to add a series, some European capitals might be useful: Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid?

 

[AFF Editor]

@AFF Editor , could we have a stopover thread on Seoul, please? Just about to post a thread for ideas for a one-night stopover (current threads are mostly well out of date) - an 'official' one might be better

if you are looking to add a series, some European capitals might be useful: Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid?

Here you go: Seoul (ICN) Stopover Tips

 

[RooFlyer]

Ta.

 

[NSun]

@AFF Editor - could we please have a thread on Johannesburg (JNB)?

 

[AFF Editor]

@AFF Editor - could we please have a thread on Johannesburg (JNB)?

There is an existing thread for Johannesburg.

Johannesburg (JNB) Stopover Tips

This thread is a place to share tips and recommendations for stopovers at Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) in South Africa. You can discuss things like: How to get from the airport to the city Things to do (both near the airport and in the city) Where to stay/hotel...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[get me outta here]

I'd like to nominate DFW plse.

 

[AFF Editor]

I'd like to nominate DFW plse.

There is an existing thread on DFW stopover tips started by @RooFlyer that was in the Destination Guide forum. I have just renamed it and moved it to the Stopover Guides forum (rather than starting a new thread) - Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Stopover Tips