Of course there will always be exceptions, and hopefully the hardship thing helps. I think the original premise was a bit over simplistic..

To be fair, if you've been ignoring government advice to return home for 3 months, you should wear the costs if you want to return to Australia.

I did the flight recently and was pretty underwhelmed by the whole experience too. Turkey sandwich and a muffin in business class. Hardly impressive for a 2hr flight from 11-1pm (pretty lame lunch).

Why didn't Qantas get you to explain it. You've done a better job than them!

Congrats Gents, many years to go!