Qantas does Vegas direct

[justinbrett]

I was told pre Obama or post Obama cant get ESTA

There’s lots of misinformation about this. It’s 2021. Black and white on the website.

You have to declare it in the ESTA application but its automatically approved if it was before this date.

 

[newtrex]

Why do Qantas always skip Melbourne? They fly mostly out of Brisbane and Sydney

 

[Aeryn]

Why do Qantas always skip Melbourne? They fly mostly out of Brisbane and Sydney

Whilst SYD has the most QF flights being QFs Australian base, MEL has or connects with quite a few. It certainly isnt always skipped.

From MEL you can fly QF non-stop to Asia (SIN, DEL, DPS, NRT, CGK, HKG), USA (LAX, DFW), NZ (AKL, CHC, ZQN, WLG). Or flights with 1 stop/connection to LHR, CDG or FCO.

Plus there are code shares with other OW partners from MEL such as FJ to NAN, LATAM to SCL, Hawaiian to HNL, AA to LAX. Plus many more on CX, MH, JL and QR.

The advantage BNE has over MEL is closer proximity to many SEA and Pacific destinations meaning that QF can use smaller planes to service those international routes from BNE. QF has a shortage of long haul aircraft. As BNE is closer to USA than MEL; it means the A330 is an option whereas MEL always needs a 787 or A380.

Domestically its self explanatory Qld is much much larger geographically than Vic, so more regional airports to service.

QF has invested in MEL as it has an F and J lounge, BNE only has a J.

 

[newtrex]

Whilst SYD has the most QF flights being QFs Australian base, MEL has or connects with quite a few.

Luckily, LATAM, United, Delta fills the gap left by Qantas.

 

[OZDUCK]

Been to Cuba previously.

Not eligible for ESTA, no consulate in Brisbane for tourist visa, booking 6-9months in advance for an interview, costs of flying return to another state for an interview, costs of a tourist visa. All for a 1-2 hour transit in a country I no longer wish to visit.

It is going to be lot harder to fly to Cuba anyway. Air Canada & WestJet have already cancelled flights and seemingly even Aeroflot is pausing them.

Cuba says airlines can no longer refuel on the island as U.S. blockade deepens energy crisis

Political pressure from President Donald Trump on Latin America has effectively severed Cuba’s access to its primary petroleum sources in Venezuela and Mexico.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[CaptJCool]

The Luxor Good memories

Getting a solo day as my then friend went to the Grand Canyon. And I still never made it there

$2 NEW YORK steaks at 3am

And an impromptu movie set
Late night Vegas And here’s to the series
“Saved by the Bell”

 

[justinbrett]

Why do Qantas always skip Melbourne? They fly mostly out of Brisbane and Sydney

I don’t agree with that statement. There’s more international flights out of MEL than BNE. US flights from MEL almost have to overfly SYD to get there, and BNE is even closer than SYD, but I think that’s a minor factor. Some of the Pacific flights are out of Brisbane because it’s either closer and/or Brisbane has a large Pacific Islander community. For longhaul I definitely think that’s statement is false.

 

[Aussie_flyer]

I don’t agree with that statement. There’s more international flights out of MEL than BNE. US flights from MEL almost have to overfly SYD to get there, and BNE is even closer than SYD, but I think that’s a minor factor. Some of the Pacific flights are out of Brisbane because it’s either closer and/or Brisbane has a large Pacific Islander community. For longhaul I definitely think that’s statement is false.

Agree, #fakenews

 

[FlyingKangaroo]

There’s lots of misinformation about this. It’s 2021. Black and white on the website.

You have to declare it in the ESTA application but its automatically approved if it was before this date.

We had an EU citizen employee denied an ESTA last month and the only potential outlier to their application that we could identify was a visit to Cuba in 2018. If it was something else that triggered rejection, it'd be even less rational.

Given the current state of things in the US, nothing surprises me, and they're demonstrating daily that what's written down in black and white matters increasingly less.

I consider it a win for the employee who didn't have to go to Las Vegas. I was jealous.

 

[ChrisFlyer]

My favourite line from the Exec Traveller story is this one from Jetstar CEO Steph Tully about a Brisbane-Vegas flight - or, as she puts it, “Bris-Vegas to Las Vegas.” “It’s very Jetstar, we think."

Nothing like breaking out a quote from last year to try and make a nothing burger story seem like anything other than clickbait.