Qantas FF call center service (namely wait times) is a nightmare. Clearly massively understaffed - last time I rang (a few months ago) was on hold for 1hr 7mins - was flying 1st class international too - you'd have thought that may have helped them serve up some faster service (or perhaps those f...

Originally Posted by silverme Could you advise the best way for us to apply for Vietnam Visa? We arrive by cruise ship and visit 4 ports over 5 days.What is our best option? For eVisa have a look at the 'List of Ports' link on here - https://evisa.xuatnhapcanh.gov.vn/en_US/web/guest/tr...

At risk of having something thrown at me - I can see why it's considered pretty bad form to do this. There's also a huge difference between a shorter 6-8hr flight (SE Asia) vs all the way to Europe/New York ~18-20hrs . You are pretty much guaranteed there will be several melt downs on those longe...

ps - the Qantas website (travel/visa advice) points you at a site called VisaLink (which I think is owned by Qantas given logo in header).. Their quoted fees (for pre approval letter) are insane - ~$200 for combined "Consular + Visalink fees" and that's 7 day service. The 'Same Day' service costs...

Thanks everyone for the replies/advice. Sounds like the eVisa is definitely a winner - also had a good look at the form and you specify when you are traveling (so no harm in getting it well in advance for us).One thing I thought was quite odd was that it asks you what 'religion' you are on the ap...