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Gov't considers electronic wristbands for home isolation

Oct 22, 2020, 12:24 AM

I can't see this being all that usefiul. What if your final destination is a city other than the one in which you land? If your home is in Dubbo, say, and you land in Sydney? No way we will be allowed to get out of Sydney for home quarantine.
Qantas rescue flights from London, India, South Africa

Oct 17, 2020, 05:35 AM

A;ready people in Canada will not be home for Christmas. First flight out has been moved to 10 Dec. That's arriving 12 Dec, hotel quarantine ends 26 (27?) Dec. Wow - spending Christmas Day alone in hotel quarantine - can't wait. (That flight is going to be cancelled anyway. It sold out in less th...
Qantas rescue flights from London, India, South Africa

Oct 17, 2020, 05:29 AM

Plenty of missing information about the accommodation. Mainly, do single people have to double up with someone else? Are the bathrooms shared? Coming from a place that hasn't had any community transmission for many weeks (yes, they do exist), I certainly wouldn't want to share anything with a str...
Melbourne's international flight ban extended to November

Sep 30, 2020, 10:25 PM

No problem. Airlines (most of whom aren't flying to Australia at all at present) can just negotiate new landing agreements and gate assignments in the blink of an eye at airports other than the ones they usually fly to. Easy. Not. I would like nothing better than to fly direct to Adelaide when *f...
International travel ban set to continue to December 2020

Sep 04, 2020, 11:26 PM

Only the Canada-US land border is closed. No problem flying in either direction (though in Canada you have to self-isolate for 14 days coming from anywhere outside the country, or even across most provincial borders).

Would Qantas devalue its frequent flyer points?

May 23, 2020, 12:24 AM

I recently contacted Qantas FF on behalf of a friend who lives in Cyprus, is a Qantas FF member, and is not on the internet (yes, they exist; he's 70). He normally comes to Australia once a year, but with the borders firmly shut it's unlikely he'll be able to come anytime soon (not an Australian)...
Where did my post go? It glitch or censorship?

Aug 07, 2019, 10:38 PM

Still unable to access more than one discussion thread. After the first one loads OK, the message for all subsequent threads is that the thread doesn't exist or has been removed. Not using Explorer, though - using Firefox for Mac. Just tried to post this and got a message "Internal server error"....
Where did my post go? It glitch or censorship?

Aug 07, 2019, 10:37 PM

Still unable to access more than one discussion thread. After the first one loads OK, the message for all subsequent threads is that the thread doesn't exist or has been removed. Not using Explorer, though - using Firefox for Mac.
Australian passport fees increasing in 2019

Dec 19, 2018, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by Ourmanin Originally Posted by nanohits Originally Posted by townaz One thing to keep in mind our passport is valid for 10 years. A lot of other countries only issue passports for 5 years. A lot of developed countries like US etc are all 10 years. As is the UK. And as a sli...
Changing passports in the middle of a trip

Aug 15, 2018, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by Ross I have three passports Aus/UK/Can and do this all the time, enter exit on passport of country - never had a problem. Last edited by Ross at Aug 14, 2018, 08.34 PM.I have Aus/Germany/Can, resident in Can, and have no trouble traveling to Europe. However, a few years ag...