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Yes, got the Smart Traveller email. As usual, DFAT is behind the game. As of 1 May, the Green Pass requirement has been dropped in Italy for most situations. It is still needed for long distance travel, entry to hospitals, aged care facilities etc. but no longer a requirement for restaurants...

The screen is only so you can see what is on offer. You still have to order from the attendant (unless you BTC 🙂). I had the same issue recently with the entertainment system working fine but not being able to access the menu and the crew having to recite it to me (it was working for others...

FWIW, currently in Italy (Sardinia) since April 10. Arrived via Singapore into Milan, various paperwork clutched tightly in hand (international vax certificate from Australia and European passenger locator). Walked up to the automated passport gate, straight through, then an automatic stamp from...

Yes, many fond memories of flying upstairs on earlier models (all of them I think) so will probably want to repeat that. Flying as a couple so can (probably) cope with my immediate seat neighbour!

Thanks MEL_Traveller, it looks like the MCT that LH publish for FRA is 45 minutes so 90 minutes should work - although tight I suspect. As you say though, the worst case is not too bad. Notwithstanding that LH J seats don't seem to be front of the pack, I'm sort of keen for a ride on a 747-8...

Thanks - I'll see what is able to be ticketed. Good advice to double it though. The ones I am looking at (not necessarily the minimum - I will hunt round) are around 1:30 and whilst I regularly (or used to) go through Changi on SQ with that connection time, it is decades since I have been...

Apologies serfty, MCT?

Hi All, There are some pretty good return flights (J circa $4K) out of the secondary airports in southern Europe for March/April/May next year (sold by LH) flying typically through Frankfurt and then LH down to Singapore to pick up SQ to Sydney or ANA via Tokyo. Some of them have tight...

Hi Ansett, for similar reasons to you I have been looking at alcohol free options. I've recently tried, experimented with and compared some of the Lyres range, Altd Spirits and Brunswick Aces. Of these, for a "gin and tonic" style drink, I found the Brunswick Aces most palatable. When mixed with...

Won't see this again......Virgin Australia 777 at dawn somewhere over the Pacific on the way to LA.

Somewhere over Indonesia on the way up to HCMC from Sydney. The slightly surreal blue tint is from the semi dimmed window of the Vietnam Airlines 787.

Hi Rooflyer, It's a bit clunky and may not suit your purpose but it is possible to shoot slightly offset, just enough that the reflections are of (for example) a black card or drape which will minimise or eliminate visible reflections and then to correct the shot in post processing to make it...

A colleague of mine travelling in the US bought a small souvenir - being a pot bellied stove with detachable legs and chimney and a little plate that swivelled out. The guy on the x-ray at security in Miami decided it was a hand grenade and promptly hit the alarm. Colleague had two guns drawn on...

Quite true. Cheaper (factoring in the hotel) and faster but an 8 hour transit can be awkward and the next segment is a night flight in PE. In this case, we like the two daytime flights with a civilised dinner and full night's sleep in between - even though I am usually a "press on and get there"...

It is also worth noting that the Sydney to Europe flight is a very civilised day flight up to Tokyo arriving around 5pm local, no longer requires an airport change (both arrives at and departs from Haneda) and then a mid/late morning flight the next day to Paris or Frankfurt arriving mid...

Earlier, in around 1997 you did need a visa even to transit. I got caught out when I had to find a flight back from Helsinki near Christmas. I'd stayed over an extra few days in Finland and even the large corporate travel office there was struggling to find me a way home. Eventually they found...

I particularly liked the "lack of uncertainty" as well........

Hi GMOH, I likewise had a couple of reward bookings with SQ. When we got the flight cancellation notice it gave the rigmarole about rebooking etc. and we used the online form linked in the email to post messages (one for each booking) requesting that as SQ had cancelled the flight, we wished to...

The curve is a moving feast but I came across this. It is a couple of days out of date but seemed to me to be directly relevant to what we may need to expect.