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Emirates, Qatar cleared for Western Sydney airport takeoff
May 20, 2026, 11:15 AMWhen searching for flights will there by a code for Sydney (SYD + WSI) as there is for PAR, STO, LON etc?
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The latest on new UK rules for Australian visitors
Jul 02, 2025, 07:59 PMThey now cost 16 GBP each. That's inflation for you!
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Airlines push back against Australian passengers’ rights bill
Jul 05, 2024, 04:21 PMAir Canada has a compensation scheme that excludes safety based delays. In a recent itinerary I arrived over 7 hours late (with zero announcements from the flight crew on the initial delayed flight).I claimed for compensation and the reply (about a week later) was it was due to maintenance which ...
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Another airline introducing a ‘green tax’ on airfares
Jun 26, 2024, 03:40 PMHow does an economy green ticket promising 20% SAF work? Does the plane have two fuel tanks? One for normal passengers and another just for these higher paying suckers (sorry) guests?This is just a price hike under a different name.
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Turkish Airlines begins Melbourne-Istanbul flights
Feb 10, 2024, 04:12 PMBefore anyone gets too carried away, TK have just in the last day or two announced a massive devaluation of its Frequent Flyer program (erroneously) called Miles and Smiles.Not only have the miles required for many flights increased, but now connections (though IST) are priced as two flights rath...
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Are the flight restrictions worth it?
Jul 31, 2020, 03:29 PMIn the early days when there was minimal community transmission and most cases were from incoming passengers strict quarantine served Australia well. Its benefit outweighed its cost (financial, emotional, psychological, Etc)However now there is high rates of community transmission (particularly i...
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Is Sydney to London - via Beijing - a good option?
Apr 23, 2019, 08:13 PMMy experiences have been with Air China in business class. The worst part is long layovers in Beijing (PEK). Their product is mostly good, food is ok, IFE is poor, PEK lounges are a bit below par but by no means “terrible”.Their FA’s really try hard. They aren’t as polishe...
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Buying a Sim card at San Francisco Airport
Sep 26, 2018, 03:37 PMIf you can get to a t mobile store they have a $30 USD plus taxes tourist sim. 3 weeks unlimited calls messages etc plus 2 GB high speed data then unlimited slooow data. You can’t extend the plan. At the end throw away the sim and get another. There are some slightly cheaper plans elsewhere...
