Transiting SYD advice
Apr 17, 2017, 2:02 am
#31
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Other airlines are quite capable of issueing domestic flights on a through ticket. QF and VA have fares that can be combined with international fares. Just did a check and can price up journeys UA-QF / QF-UA for example
Apr 17, 2017, 2:39 am
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And you missed the point. This thread is a discussion about SYD connection challenges, not about buying through tickets...
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Apr 17, 2017, 3:01 am
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Oh yes, Dave has always answers, doesn't he? Did you try to add HBA-MEL return to LH stock MEL-SIN-FRA-BSL return in business class? Last time I tried, the ticket went A$2,500 up from original A$5,500!!!
And you missed the point. This thread is a discussion about SYD connection challenges, not about buying through tickets...
And you missed the point. This thread is a discussion about SYD connection challenges, not about buying through tickets...
I just priced up on ITA, HBA-BSL return quite successfully , with a mix of QF and Austrian
With a through ticket, then there is no issue using the free transfer and getting bags checked through
Apr 17, 2017, 3:26 am
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OK - now, how about if you have M&M award ticket ex SYD (no chance to have award ex HBA)... My point still stands - SYD is nightmare to transfer on two tickets and that is the subject of the thread.
Apr 17, 2017, 5:00 am
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Last experience with the Int to Dom bus . "It comes every 10min"... 20min later it arrives. 30min of bumper to bumper crawl. So was pretty much an hour from waiting for a bus to getting to the lounge.
Apr 17, 2017, 8:39 pm
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This is exactly why, if everything else is even, I'll take Qantas over Virgin any time. The fact their bus runs airside rather than landside means that it generally avoids traffic (of the car type, at least), and means it is more likely to be ontime than the Virgin bus that runs on public roads.
Apr 18, 2017, 7:39 pm
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This is exactly why, if everything else is even, I'll take Qantas over Virgin any time. The fact their bus runs airside rather than landside means that it generally avoids traffic (of the car type, at least), and means it is more likely to be ontime than the Virgin bus that runs on public roads.