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As a Melburnian I do remain sceptical that MEL will ever see QANTSAS doing non-stops to either LHR or JFK! They have talked about CDG, and I think the other one in the mix that has been mentioned is SYD-ORD.

Agreed, Will service #3 be MEL-LHR, or SYD-CDG or a second daily either SYD-JFK or SYD-LHR?

So to bring this thread back on topic, you don't think we'll see project sunrise flights from WSI-LTN any time soon? 🤣:p

Ummm perhaps not in this thread, which has gone way off on a tangent on WSI, which of course has its own thread where it is covered about 10 times. 🤣

Something I didn’t know - I’d always been led to believe that weight issues were important during take off and landing , but less of an issue in flight. Are the parameters so sensitive that the location of 8 people on a 120 t aircraft is criticall during cruise?

Most (all?) banks have a SWIFT code. This is only needed for international transfers. It is usually not needed for domestic transfers. So if IB were transferring from a domestic US bank account the SWIFT code is superfluous information - thus when provided with it, my take on this is that...

Surely it's not about plans to stay illegally, but whether the CBP think that you at risk of doing so. All the media articles suggest people with links to the US (such as having had a long term visa to stay there, past or present, having marital or relationship connections with a US citizen or...

I read it the other way around, that it could not be refunded via Swift. If OP gave them the swift number (unnecessarily), that could cause agent to say "computer says no" . If OP just gave them the ACH and account numbers, it might well have been OK.

Yes and I think these should suffice for intra-US transfer. I understand SWIFT number is only required for international transfers.

Unless you are in relationship (thus could be considered Domestic Partners), it is against the T&C, as you can only redeem tickets for or transfer points to "eligible family members". However as long as you are not doing this routinely and/or selling points/tickets through public forums...

It's odd they offer it in the first place. Because I would have thought if they are transferring from within the US they don't need SWIFT (the Wise account is a US account), but if they are transferring from outside the US I would have thought any US account needs SWIFT. Although who knows...

One thing worth trying is to do individual airline searches. Sometimes that returns different results than the general “star alliance” search or “smart search”.

The Senior myki gets extra benefits - such as free weekend travel - that are it would seem not offered to interstate and international visitors. So yes it seems there are different types of concession mykis.

No doubt it will be, particularly for late evening departures. But I can’t see it being attractive for flagship routes such as sunrise that are targeting the premium market. WSI-LHR has probably as much chance of happening as SYD-LGW.

Many gated stations have an open gate which you can pass through along with the fare evaders. 🤣 If not, show a staff member who will let you out. The third option is tailgating, rare, but I think I had to do that once at Footscray (where I was connecting between Vline trains and trying to...

The talk of early arrivals is really not that relevant to sunrise unless Qantas decides to operate completely different schedules during summer vs winter. Due to LHR constraints assuming a take off of 10:30pm at the latest during Australian summer landing time would be around 5:30am but during...

I wonder when (or rather if) the train comes to MEL if they’ll have a bus that routes via Keillor East so people can avoid the invariably extortionate gate fee they charge at the airport itself. 🤣 (like Mascot).

With Wise can’t you just the ACH (routing) number and account number for USD transfer? No need for SWIFT code with ACH. Or for EUR transactions just the IBAN number? We did the latter for recent claims with Vueling.

I think I've mentioned it before, if you want to avoid purchasing a Myki and your travel in Melbourne will last longer than 2 hours, you can get a ticket from Vline (for example Beaufort to Melbourne on first train of the day). It will be cost $11 and can be purchased using credit cards...

I think even without them stating it, we could assume they wouldn't as it would defy logic to operate sunrise to/from WSI. In aiming to command a premium for non-stop I don't think it would be in any plans to dump passengers 90 minutes from the city in normal scheduled operations. Would...