Stuck in Australia or NZ - What are the options? etc (combined thread)
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Mar 15, 20, 3:38 am
#1
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Stuck in Australia or NZ - What are the options? etc (combined thread)
We’re UK residents (virus free!) in NZ and have flights from Auckland to Sydney next Weds viA ANZ then flight out of Sydney with BA 5 days later via 241...the rules for self-isolation in Aus are mighty low on specific details but we don't want to get there to spend 4 days in a hotel room.
Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
Moderator Note: 3 threads have been merged into one, so that it is easier for those who are in a similar situation to find help and information. The title has been edited accordingly.
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Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
Moderator Note: 3 threads have been merged into one, so that it is easier for those who are in a similar situation to find help and information. The title has been edited accordingly.
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Last edited by LTN Phobia; Mar 23, 20 at 4:56 pm
Mar 15, 20, 3:46 am
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Originally Posted by Richardc77
We’re UK residents (virus free!) in NZ and have flights from Auckland to Sydney next Weds viA ANZ then flight out of Sydney with BA 5 days later via 241...the rules for self-isolation in Aus is low on details but we don't want to get there to spend 4 days in a hotel room.
Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
if BA pulls the SYD flights, do you have travel insurance? If you do I would start talking to them anyhow and see what th3y can do to assist you within their policy.
hope you make it home ok and soon
Mar 15, 20, 3:50 am
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Originally Posted by Richardc77
We’re UK residents (virus free!) in NZ and have flights from Auckland to Sydney next Weds viA ANZ then flight out of Sydney with BA 5 days later via 241...the rules for self-isolation in Aus are mighty low on specific details but we don't want to get there to spend 4 days in a hotel room.
Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
Mar 15, 20, 3:53 am
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Originally Posted by lcyguy
I would check that the Australians will allow you to go landside on your layover. I think that's a pretty big assumption to make in the current climate
Mar 15, 20, 3:55 am
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Originally Posted by Richardc77
Crikey...but who to check with? Nobody seems to know online, who can you.check with who actually knows? It all seems rather like a piss up in a brewery
Mar 15, 20, 3:59 am
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Originally Posted by Richardc77
Crikey...but who to check with? Nobody seems to know online, who can you.check with who actually knows? It all seems rather like a piss up in a brewery
Originally Posted by Cw novice
Have you tried the British Embassy/High Comission in NZ, the FCO have been pretty good at updating advice on this.
or equally the Australian high commission in NZ
Mar 15, 20, 4:05 am
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Will go through the process advised in the morning...if we go to Sydney is it even clear if we only have to self isolate for the 4 nights we are booked there or the full 14 days?
it’s all well and good making these statements but they really should explain all the friggin scenarios somewhere! Grrr
it’s all well and good making these statements but they really should explain all the friggin scenarios somewhere! Grrr
Mar 15, 20, 4:17 am
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The Australian ABC news network is inviting people to “ask a covid-19 question you would like us to investigate”. Worth a try? See the on-line form at the bottom of this news article about the quarantine annoucement.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-...ralia/12057772
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-...ralia/12057772
Mar 15, 20, 4:36 am
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Send you luggage home by DHL/Fedex or whoever so you can travel hand baggage only, they are after all your dirty washing.
When you are hand baggage only see if you can get a seat through DOH on QR. I would just try to get home and forget your 2 for 1. I'm sure you can get some sort of voucher from BA later.
When you are hand baggage only see if you can get a seat through DOH on QR. I would just try to get home and forget your 2 for 1. I'm sure you can get some sort of voucher from BA later.
Mar 15, 20, 4:36 am
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Originally Posted by Richardc77
We’re UK residents (virus free!) in NZ and have flights from Auckland to Sydney next Weds viA ANZ then flight out of Sydney with BA 5 days later via 241...the rules for self-isolation in Aus are mighty low on specific details but we don't want to get there to spend 4 days in a hotel room.
Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
I looked to see if there is availability on the Qatar AKL-DOH-LON flights but the AKL-DOH service appears to have been cancelled.
EDIT: I forgot the AKL-DOH on QR is not daily. It has seats available this week, at a cost of around NZ$1100 in economy, NZ$3000 in business for a one-way ticket.
Last edited by Mapman; Mar 15, 20 at 4:55 am
