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OR.. to be able to hold a fare for 24 hours. It is the airlines choice WHICH of those to offer. I couldn't name an airline off the top of my head offering the hold rather than the 24 hr cancel...but it is unwise to assume all airlines "have" to offer the 24 hr cancel.

That will depend on the specific fare conditions of your ticket...

And to complete the circle. The check in and flight experience at BOTH ends was very good. We were travelling to the "2019 Australasian IPSC Match" ( a very large pistol shooting comp - over 900 competitors from around the world) . Staff at Sydney were friendly, helpful..AND (shock!) KNEW...

The baggage storage at SYD (international) is very conveniently located.... another option?

And that is a good bit of advice that sometimes seems to be less well known!

That seems relatively easy to explain..... non stop flights nearly always command a premium...(How much to fly one way AKL-LAX on the same day?) ….add in the fact its a one way AND the necessity to depart from a different COUNTRY to get the better pricing and Im sure other factors come into play...

It is not requested..it is required....as already mentioned there is no (or very little) actual "Transit" possible through the US (I believe several airports have sterile transit procedures for some I-I transits but it is certainly not widespread)...it is due to the way most US airports are...

Especially for purely recreational aircraft....

Aren't we going to need a "propellor to jet" type of leap in battery technology to make this a realistic proposition?

This one is a wise saying... but is used in a mistaken and not-so-wise way by many.... ;) "The exception proves the rule" People say that in the sense that the exception confirms the rule... which is of course ridiculous... "Proves" in that saying is the other, older meaning of...

STILL in production....

Bill Engvall summed it up nicely... "They check their brains with their luggage"

Who suggested that? Like many (most?) my understanding is that IDL's are only required when the license uses a different alphabet (or syllabary) from the country being visited.

Far simpler to establish a relationship with a TA who is prepared to book from ITAmatrix itineraries... Be warned though...not everything you find on ITA is actually able to be booked....

And Ho Chi Minh city is still SGN and Beijing is still PEK..... and people still ask for Fax numbers.....

Sure did! Albacete, Spain...Dezful, Iran..... Awww... nothing for GHI... bummer! :D

That's not my experience at all with US based airlines... I am aware of prospective PASSENGERS who got that wrong, thinking "Comfort +" or "Economy Plus" or whatever WERE Premium Economy- suffering the obvious disappointment and then whining........ but I never saw UA (for instance) advertise...

Maybe so... but if you CHOOSE to live in such a place , don't you have to accept the limitations that come with that choice? We seem to have a fair number of people in this country who voluntarily live in out of the way - or even remote - places who somehow expect access to all the same...

And then if they didn't get it for $999 they'd be all over social media talking about 'bait and switch".... ;)

I was watching a short youtube doco about Skylab...and (due to damage at launch) the first mission onboard was one of repair..... comments were made that THAT was the huge benefit of manned programs rather than unmanned. People can improvise and adapt....