I am from Canberra, and it has been such a hassle having to transit via Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane for International flights.    Canberra Airport is so easy to negotiate, either coming or going, and I am absolutely delighted that Virgin Australia are joining Fiji Airways in providing...

Another country going digital...   why?    I just can't be bothered.   For the moment I will only travel to countries without these digital requirements.   For the South Pacific, be it Samoa, Fiji or Vanuatu (and a few others), you don't need this extra requirement.  ...

It's really good news about Fiji Airways now officially being a full member of OneWorld Alliance.   I don't know however about adopting the American Airlines AAdvantage Loyalty scheme, as nobody is wanting to fly to America now or in the next 4 years.    Even in good times, Fiji Ai...

Honestly, it is really time to forget about all these loyalty schemes.   They have become far too complicated and always weigh in the airlines advantage.   Turn the clock back some 40 or more years and we never were chasing such things, but we still got to travel. and quite a fair bit t...

This is another new impost on the traveller and it stinks.     Every country, including Australia who have this ESTA type system for entry should just dump it.    It does not do a dint as far as stopping bad people from entering a country, but it does manage to piss off many w...