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There are several companies that offer genuine long term travel insurance suited to working holidays. And will pay you in the event of a claim. They are international based or UK based, more than Australian. I got a 12 month policy last year from: worldnomads.com. My opinion of credit card...

I had similar thoughts about the service as well. This trip was sort-of mandated to use Emirates, so that's what I got to use. My tip for the long haul leg to/from Australia next time on Emirates is going to be to ignore the food and drink on the plane. Get to their (very very good) lounge...

April 2015 update. No pyjamas on Emirates long haul business class.

I am pleased to say that Perth-Melbourne 29 Oct and Melbourne-Perth 30 Oct. Both with A330. And both with the champagne.

The champagne is Ayala Brut Majeur NV. Ayala is a revitalized Aÿ-based Champagne house, owned by Bollinger. The styles tend to be lighter and drier, if one could make a generalisation. Aÿ itself is just east of Epernay, and (although not relevant to this champagne) is one of the best Blauer...

I found the article again from the Australian: Last year John Kan and Rachel Evans, from Willoughby in Sydney, faced a hospital bill of up to $1 million after Ms Evans went into premature labour in Canada at 26 weeks and found her travel insurance didn't cover the labour or the baby Piper's...

Two articles in recent press (Dec 2012) have got me concerned about AAMI. One with a 26 week pregnant woman, got a doctor's certificate to travel, went into premature labour while in Canada, hospital bill was $700,000. AAMI didn’t pay, quoting their fine print about pregnancy not being...

I have had the same sort of experiences as Fantic 125 – not all countries / ATMs / banks accept all Australian cards. Some can be quite parochial, and it is very disconcerting to be in a foreign land with the ATM refusing to hand out any money. I have also had the same call as Pushka from a bank...

Umm - there is a school of thought that some credit card insurance has iniquitous limitations (hidden deep in the PDS) that makes it something not to reply on. I suggest that you research the cover and the exclusions in great depth. PS - I found out that my cover was void because pursuant to...

Hi Deejo77, Thanks for sharing that with us. The cost of treatment in the USA is frightening and an incentive for everyone to think of travel insurance. The cost of your parents' travel insurance seemed a bit high, until I did the statistics. The insurance company covered 2 people for $950...

Thanks sammy for the update - very useful for me. If you get any more feedback from subsequent trips/insurance, please share it with us.

Nice one airbound. I didn't even know that trick "HKG.OLD", and I use GCM a lot :)

wafliron, Not sure what specifically caused the limitation. At that time and because of the unsettled security situation immediately after independence and the continuing anti-government dissidence, the Zimbabwe government still kept in force the "state of emergency," which was first declared...

wafliron, Those routes are pretty familiar to me from my own history. I flew continuously back and forth between Australia and South Africa in the period 1986-1990 (and kept on flying back and forth thereafter but less frequently). By the time the SAA 747-200 'Magaliesburg' retired, I...

Re: Virgin Business Class Lottery - now 0 for 2. Pay for Business, get Premium Econom Temporary truce. I just love the J product on the A330's. What a pleasure after years of grinding back and forth over the Nullarbor in narrowbodies with economy / premium economy / blue zone or whatever. They...

Take a close look at Aegean Airlines. My wife and I started flying with them a couple of years ago, and love it. Cheap prices, and they serve a range of destinations (not just internal Greek flights).

Dave, I fully agree with you that the . I plan for it and comply with it when I fly those airlines. But my opinion is that the rule was set with malicious intent, and I wanted to express that opinion.

Everyone is being too nice. I was in the UK when this rule was brought in, and heard the discussion. It is nothing more than a revenue raiser. A clever person in BA thought they would make a lot of money by introducing this rule. And they do. This is nothing to do with weight and baggage and...

What a wake-up call. I've just come back from Europe and was struck by the number of flight changes that I observed (I guess as airlines desperately seek to stay afloat financially and keep flights full and not dispatch half-empty flights). Just to consolidate the flight check sites for the...

smiya, Australia isn't the States, and doesn't get too paranoid about this, and you should have no problem. The other posters have given good advice on checking first, which I endorse. There is online Government stuff about "character" and visas. I can't resist the closing observation that...