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Jul 7, 2021, 9:01 pm

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Originally Posted by kiwifrequentflyer

...For example right now if I was flying home from England I would be looking to transit through Dubai rather than Singapore. Dubai have embraced covid much more so than Singapore.

Agree the transit country can make a big difference. Qatar has been reliable transit as at for the complete pandemic. QR have never stopped flying. But they had trouble with getting into UK for a while.

From the linked thread above

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colossus

.....In terms of the MIQ, it all went in apparently 30-45 minutes, however they are now releasing in batches, so what was released today, was only part of the total MIQ availability for November. Also some likely booked multiple slots until they work out their flights, so I’d expect more availability soon.

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