Airfares to US to drop?

[SYD]

A good reason to avoid that country even in transit like the plague at least for 4 years.

Technically less than 4 yrs from now but could also depend on how Nov 2026 pans out and whether the Houses get spine implants.

 

[clifford]

whether the Houses get spine implants.

We're talking about the USA here...

 

[SCM]

There's not really enough competition to drop prices.

I was on some United flights SYD - SFO for work trip, quite a few empty seats, but tickets were far from cheap.

I see airlines downgrading to dreamliners or even a330s if they have any on US routes.

 

[SYD]

There's not really enough competition to drop prices.

I was on some United flights SYD - SFO for work trip, quite a few empty seats, but tickets were far from cheap.

I see airlines downgrading to dreamliners or even a330s if they have any on US routes.

Yep, still a lot a hay making while the sun’s shining….

And it’s not just transpac….

 

[clifford]

Yep, still a lot a hay making while the sun’s shining….

Maybe the sun will set at some stage. Then the airlines will scurry (and ask for Govt bailouts).

 

[ellen10]

Update on my neighbour's Esta. 12 days after her interview at the US consulate in Sydney and her passport taken away. They got a message to go back to the consulate to pick up her passport and visa.

Walked in, was handed her passport, visa granted. No other conversation entered into, 30 seconds all up. No reason for the original refusal and no conversation entered into. They fly out in 5 days. Cut that close. They will fly direct to Canada for a two week tour and then an Alaskan cruise.

 

[cove]

The price of jet fuel is helping airlines keep running A380s running despite being thirstier than the latest large 2 engined planes. I was surprised how full the business class upper deck was in May on our Qantas flights to and from Los Angeles.

 

[DirectConnect]

Update on my neighbour's Esta. 12 days after her interview at the US consulate in Sydney and her passport taken away. They got a message to go back to the consulate to pick up her passport and visa.

Walked in, was handed her passport, visa granted. No other conversation entered into, 30 seconds all up. No reason for the original refusal and no conversation entered into. They fly out in 5 days. Cut that close. They will fly direct to Canada for a two week tour and then an Alaskan cruise.

The visa is the first hurdle, please report back to see how her Port of Entry clearance goes.

 

[jb747]

The price of jet fuel is helping airlines keep running A380s running despite being thirstier than the latest large 2 engined planes. I was surprised how full the business class upper deck was in May on our Qantas flights to and from Los Angeles.

The 380 is quite respectable with regard to fuel burn, as long as you keep the cabin mostly full. It does not work at all if you've only got a 787 load!

 

[RSD]

The 380 is quite respectable with regard to fuel burn, as long as you keep the cabin mostly full. It does not work at all if you've only got a 787 load!

And given how awful the economy seats are on the 787 we all need to keep praying that the A380's are kept alive!

OPEC+ should keep the fuel prices down until at least the end of the year, they are looking at another 411,000 bpd production increase in July. How far they eventually let the oil price fall will depend on what their actual end game is.

 

[jrfsp]

Current affairs in LA wont be helping bookings - especially if it spreads to other parts of the country.

 

[dajop]

Current affairs in LA wont be helping bookings - especially if it spreads to other parts of the country.

Although LA always lends itself to trouble and theatrics - on both sides of an equation.

 

[SYD]

Current affairs in LA wont be helping bookings - especially if it spreads to other parts of the country.

The area where they’re having troubles is off the tourist tracks.

But that could change.

 

[mrsterryn]

The area where they’re having troubles is off the tourist tracks.

But that could change.

Nowhere near Disney ?

 

[SYD]

Nowhere near Disney ?

Definitely not! It’s the Happiest place on Earth!

 

[mrsterryn]

Definitely not! It’s the Happiest place on Earth!

Think that wouldn't go over well if it was.

 

[justinbrett]

I’m in the US right now. Nobody is even talking about the “riots”. I transited LAX yesterday and didn’t notice anything.

I’m in NYC today and it’s packed with tourists. I was in vegas for 5 days and it’s as busy as ever.

If there’s a drop off it’s in range of a single digit percentage, nothing dramatic. I think it’s mostly ex-Canada, that’s what the UA CEO said in a recent interview.

 

[burmans]

The area where they’re having troubles is off the tourist tracks.

But that could change.

In terms of this thread not sure that matters, most travellers would have no idea of where the troubles are, just that there are troubles and that may be enough to put people off.

Different country but I’ve just returned from Georgia (the country not the state), can’t tell you the number of people who commented to me about the danger as they’d heard about protests and government overreaction (those who actually knew there was a country called Georgia!).

The reality was that these protests were vary limited in location and even when we stayed near there (we stayed in 3 separate areas) impact was extremely limited.

Similarly a few years ago people were put off going to HK because of their troubles, my niece lives there and was largely unaware of any problems!

 

[Forg]

Similarly a few years ago people were put off going to HK because of their troubles, my niece lives there and was largely unaware of any problems!

This gels with what little experience I've had in the same area ... while at school & Uni I had a part-time job working for one of Mum & Dad's friends, this was during the initial rise of Pauline Hanson. He & his wife have Chinese background, and family in both Singapore & Hong Kong were on the 'phone regularly offering places for them to stay because they really needed to get out of Australia because of "all the racist riots" & "the constant threats to their lives" ... the press throughout Asia were apparently having a field-day generating whatever they used to call clicks when people bought physical newspapers.

 

[elanshin]

The area where they’re having troubles is off the tourist tracks.

But that could change.

In terms of this thread not sure that matters, most travellers would have no idea of where the troubles are, just that there are troubles and that may be enough to put people off.

I’m in the US right now. Nobody is even talking about the “riots”. I transited LAX yesterday and didn’t notice anything.

Well it just made a big round of news cycle in Australia and to some degree overseas too as a 9 news reporter was deliberately aimed at and shot in the calf with rubber bullets by riot police whilst standing there reporting (shes physically ok). Lots of calls for Albo to make a formal complaint.