Recent content by Keith009

Just wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar since this OP, and can advise whether I'm unduly panicking? TLDR: New ticket matches itinerary on old ticket, been reissued due to downline changes with AA, but EK doesn't seem to have fresh ticket details. Extremely uncomfortable with...

I take mine off as soon as I sit down at a restaurant and the water is poured, and take a quick sip of water, as then I'd be be "eating or drinking." Even more reason to order champagne as an aperitif to make sure we're actually "eating or drinking."

Probably due to cost or wait times to get reimbursed? The hotel mentioned that since the pandemic, it's become not uncommon for drivers to demand cash payment even if they might have credit card facilities. I am not aware if they're legally allowed to refuse. We used Grab for the rest of the trip.

Some additional thoughts on COVID management in Singapore - most of these are likely phased out by now: - On the whole things felt very light touch and close to pre-COVID. - On clearing immigration, activating the Trace Together App (which you'd have had to pre-download and create a profile...

Been a while since I'd been to Japan but I don't remember beds in the hotels there being this firm. We'd normally stay at Hilton in Shinjuku and they had nice, soft beds. From memory the other hotel approaching this level of firmness is the old W Seoul. But it wasn't this uncomfortable either...

Stayed at the Andaz. Unfortunately I can't recommend it because of how uncomfortable the bed was, unless you like very firm beds - we like soft, marshmallowy, cloud-like beds.

Arrival in Singapore Flight arrived 20 mins early and I’d never seen Changi this quiet. We also landed in T1 which was a new experience with SQ. It felt like we were the only flight in terminal. Fuelled by liquid courage, I’d expressed perhaps a little too enthusiastically to a rather...

Pre-departure With Australia finally opening its international borders, we were determined to go overseas for our annual Easter break. Trouble was, where could we go without too much hoop-jumping? We also wanted to stay within an 8-10 hour flight of Australia in case our government went feral...

We're booked for another trip in Oct 2021 too! We were going to visit Mudgee but as soon as I saw 2 Award seats to LDH available I booked without a second thought. 32k Points + $384 for the pair of us SYD-LDH-SYD. In fact avails are great throughout Oct. Realistically we're less likely to visit...

Looking forward to your report. Planning a trip to NLK for Easter 2021 as it's about as 'overseas' as we can get within Australia (from Sydney anyway), and less of a hassle to get to than the Indian Ocean Territories. Apparently you don't need passports, but due to remoteness it's strongly...

I heard they do, but people often get majorly seasick!

We were comfortable with the level of coverage provided by the AMEX Explorer card's complimentary travel insurance policy so relied on that. We'd normally take out a retail policy for overseas travel, but between the allowances for delays/cancellations and emergencies and Medicare we were more...

I feel exactly the same way. I am so glad I came and can't wait to return.

Thanks! The Island Trader became a lot more irregular when the island was shut to visitors. On the day we arrived, we were told the barge had just arrived for the first time in 6 weeks! We were also told to pre-order alcohol with Dan Murphy's and ship them across using the Island Trader (a...

They now sell fish feed at Ned's Beach. There was a sign requesting that we limit ourselves to one cup per person per day and to not feed them anything else to avoid attracting sharks. The fish are so used to people that they swarm around you as you enter the water, until realising that you've...