• Suprised you'd rate this for work/business. There are no comfortable chairs to sit in with a laptop for an extended period or even to nap (think QF F Lounge in Sydney, EK J and F lounges in DXB - lounge chairs perfect to relax). I would actually say any long layover here is quite a poor experienc...

  • I completely agree. Emirates really do treat you well in F. The F&B range and quality is really exceptional. Individual dishes on other F products can compare but overall they beat anything else I've tried (admittedly only QF, QR).

  • I submitted my application at Sydney GPO Thursday 9th June 11:00. Got the e-mail at 13:00 Friday 10th June saying it was ready to be collected next business day! Wonderful! After a Monday celebrating Her Majesty's birthday (with the passport office closed)... I then had to wait in line for four a...

  • Another unhelpful thing about travel insurance is they often have a clause excluding medical coverage for treatments in countries where it would be covered by a reciprocal health agreement! Very annoying if you don't realise this till later when you go to claim from travel insurance... always loo...

  • This feels like a bit of a bet for expats that their regional borders reopen AND their local OW partners will fly. Clever move for Qantas gently encouraging the most inclined to fly to get back into it... Dreaming of the post-vaccine return to a full international network!!

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  • Originally Posted by StuartandKevin Yes it will be two days for priority passport at extra cost of $225Just did for daughter and actually got the next day, just make sure take to the post office that does this which are mainly central GPO Thank you!!

  • The Aust gov passports page indicates an 'urgent' application should be ready in two business days from when they receive it. Does anyone know if during the current delays on normal processing, this has slipped out a bit? I'm returning from the UK for two weeks and want to get my passport renewed...

  • Entry UK PCR

    Dec 13, 2021, 09:04 PM

    The below link should help. I think that should be 48 hours (?) and that is hours from when you take the test to when your flight is scheduled to depart. If you are transiting through UAE from somewhere else then the test must be taken before the first flight.https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-to...

  • Some further details for anyone interested... I arrived in SYD at 22:10. It took two hours to be processed through the airport and get to a bus, which took us (without telling us) to Sheraton Grand on Hyde Park arriving around 00:45. Subject to availability, you can upgrade to rooms with usable b...

  • Forgive me the assumption that $10m is through your business, not you personally, so your complaint is really that they don't have special recognition for people responsible for choosing business services? Not totally unreasonable - I think Chairman's Club for Qantas has this kind of approach wit...

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