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Hi, central Asia was awesome in every way, I am a bit adventures and don't worry much about being out of my comfort zone. The main issue was the language and I wish I could speak some basic Russian and that would have helped everywhere in central Asia no matter which country. Central Asia is...

Unfortunately I can not claim because I closed the credit card. I will take this as an expensive learning experience. Etihad is a terrible airline the way they handled the original flight cancellation and the subsequent reschedule and the overall experience. We were stuck on the tarmac for 4...

I had through a credit card which ad $300 excess fee and I didn't bother with it because the Etihad ground staff assured me it would all get compensated.

Ok, they don't fly to the destination so it wasn't a possibility.

Thanks for the responses. I am new to this and haven't dealt with cancelled flights in the past. Isn't it the airline's responsibility if they cancel the flight and as a result you miss your connecting flight? And regardless of whether or not you have travel insurance?

Hi, I booked a flight with Etihad through VA from Melbourne to Istanbul and a separate flight with a different airline to central Asia as Etihad doesn't fly there. The original flight from Melbourne got cancelled and a new flight was arranged 18 hours later and this resulted in me missing my...

It was amazing, I made two trips there which is silly but I had no other option and liked the region. I returned back home on the 14th of December and went back on the 23rd of December and spent three more weeks. The second time the weather was proper wintery weather and I wasn't prepared for...

Also with the catering in general it was terrible and the crew were apologetic. I have never had such a terrible food on any plane.

Wow, I didn't think there would be so much valuable info shared. Thanks everyone and I have learnt to research the aircraft before spending points on upgrades. I was a points millionaire before this trip but I spent a fair few points on the emirate bookings through Qantas. The aircraft is...

I travelled to central Asia in December and returned to Melbourne a few days ago, Outbound was on Emirates and the return to Bali was also on Emirates, great service in business class and very comfy flat bed from Melbourne to Dubai but not so comfy from Dubai to Bali, it was 777 with two two...

I got this as well and booked the holiday Inn at Melbourne airport through an online site. My flight had been delayed and I wanted to spend the night there, this was at 3:am. Upon entering the lobby it seemed the two people at the counter had no interest to make an eye contact or looking being...

Finally some common sense from the feds, this will hopefully make it easier for a lot of people wanting to come back home.

I flew back home on the weekend after my negative PCR result. @straitman if you are staying in Pacific Harbour you can do your PCR test at Navua hospital where I did mine and it cost $150 Fijian with the taxi fare on top of that. Otherwise all Nav Med labs charge $180 and have several locations...

Thankyou all once again. Just to clarify that if you are on the main island there is no issues in getting a PCR test and most resorts provide this on site. However if you are on one of the other islands that is when you are in trouble. To give you a bit more info, there is a dive shop and a...

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I do have travel insurance with SCTI and they cover up to a maximum of $5k which is not enough given that I have missed work and had no leave to begin with, but it is there. I knew the risk before deciding to travel, however I never thought the isolation...