Melburnian1
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I was idly reading airline reviews on TripAdvisor and came across an American complaining he'd left US$8000 in his carry on bag and stowed it in an overhead bin.
He says the male next to him 'got up a few times during the night' on what by the looks of things was QF44 from DPS to SYD and in the morning, surprise, surprise, his cash was missing.
US$8000 is above A$10000 so it would need to be declared.
While we can take such reports with a grain of salt - after all, it could be part of leaving a credible trail for an insurer to pay out some lesser sum given they've mostly got a small limit on cash thefts - has anyone else seen or been a victim of thieves onboard or is it so rare as to be hardly worth mentioning?
There was some TV feature about this some time ago from overseas (not QF) but I've never experienced it, or seen it.
He says the male next to him 'got up a few times during the night' on what by the looks of things was QF44 from DPS to SYD and in the morning, surprise, surprise, his cash was missing.
US$8000 is above A$10000 so it would need to be declared.
While we can take such reports with a grain of salt - after all, it could be part of leaving a credible trail for an insurer to pay out some lesser sum given they've mostly got a small limit on cash thefts - has anyone else seen or been a victim of thieves onboard or is it so rare as to be hardly worth mentioning?
There was some TV feature about this some time ago from overseas (not QF) but I've never experienced it, or seen it.