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Qantas begins trials of Australia’s digital incoming passenger card
Aug 21, 2024, 09:12 PMWe could of course just copy some other countries working app but “Oh no, we are Australian, we are the best in the world at everything, lets write our own app” This traveller just tells them he is an orphan with no friends when they ask why he hasn’t filled out an emergen...
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Coronavirus: international travel ban extended until December 2020
Sep 05, 2020, 08:49 PMWhy is any of this surprising? Australians are the most risk averse nation in the world. If we can't manage a problem with leaf blowers or signage it's a crisis. Were just a shadow of the ANZAC spirit that all these obese, tattooed blobs march for today. Tony Abbot hit the nail on the head ...
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Qantas CEO calls out "politics" on domestic border closures
Aug 21, 2020, 04:31 PMAlan should just ground all his regional services in Western Australia like he did with the Qantas fleet a few years ago. That will get our district napoleon to the table pretty quickly
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Australia hotel quarantine costs: Sydney now charging $3,000 user-pays
Jun 27, 2020, 03:38 PMThe state is the party charging for the quarantine, Not sure the ATO would be interested in collecting the State's debts for them
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Australia hotel quarantine costs: Sydney now charging $3,000 user-pays
Jun 27, 2020, 03:04 PMTrying to work out what mechanism they could use to force a traveller to pay. It is governments choice to force the 14 day hotel stay. If a traveller refuses to sign that they will pay what are they going to do?
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Welcome to Country?!
Nov 14, 2021, 11:29 AMIt’s all a plot by Alan Joyce. But your sharp correspondent has spotted his cunning plan and it’s not what you think!Under adverse possesion laws, after welcoming all those sleepy late night passengers to country for 12 years by purporting that they are acting on behalf of aboriginal...
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APEC Card - New Virtual Format
May 05, 2021, 04:43 PMInteresting that Singapore Airlines list holders of APEC cards showing Indonesia on the back as being able to enter Indonesia at the moment. No mention of this in any of the official Indonesian govt releases or on Garuda's website. Will be entering via Soekarno Hatta in next 24 hrs so will try to...
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Getting a COVID free certificate for international travel in WA
Jun 16, 2020, 11:00 PMIf you are leaving Australia by WA and your airline requires a COVID PCR test result in the last 7 days like Garuda does, you must first see a WA doctor to obtain a pathology request form. Do not tell them you are fine and just need the test to get on a plane because WA's health laws say they can...
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Jetstar offloads paying business class passengers to make room for their crew
Mar 28, 2020, 07:56 PMSounds like a reasonable enough explanation but have you ever tried to resolve something with a banana airline where they need to pay you something back?Each of them will deliberately frustrate the process and you to the point it is usually cheaper to write off the fare and move on. That is why J...
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Pros and cons of SkyTeam Elite Plus when based in Australia
Dec 14, 2019, 09:34 AMWould anybody have any idea how to get to the skyteam people. Am Garuda platinum which is skyteam elite plus but whenever flying with Vietnam airlines am only in their system as elite so miss out on the lounge access. Just not sure how to correct this.