Hi all!
Does anyone know if there is an active forum in which people share their travel experience in and or out Australia? I am wondering on how reliable are airlines and airports are at a given point in time. It is taken me a lot of time to gather information, which I also wish to share around.
Thank you!!
Why are there stranded Aussies ANYWHERE?
A dramatic change in the migration program over the past year will place a greater burden on Australian taxpayers at a time when they can least afford it.One Nation leader, Senator Pauline Hanson, said that in 2020-21, the program had seen a massive rise in places for the family stream of the program at the expense of skilled immigrants.
“Under the cover of COVID-19, the Morrison Government has substantially increased the numbers of unskilled immigrants who will sponge up more taxpayer resources by about 50% rather than prioritising immigrants who can contribute much needed skills to our workforce and economy while not being a burden on social welfare."
“This is a giant Ponzi scheme which Scott Morrison knows Australia cannot afford."“Another concern from the latest migration program figures is that the vast majority of immigrants—almost 90,000 out of 160,000—signaled their intention to reside in New South Wales or Victoria, which really means Sydney and Melbourne.” “These are cities that are already struggling with housing supply and affordability, as well as hospital bed shortages, road congestion, and out-of-control outbreaks of COVID-19.”
“So much for a closed international border during the pandemic. More than 160,000 people have moved to Australia in the 2020-21 migration program. And more than 1.67 million people have come across our international border during this pandemic, while millions of Australian citizens can’t even cross state borders or leave their homes.”
A good question for the politicians I guess?
Australian Frequent Flyer is generally pretty good
I am wondering on how reliable are airlines and airports are at a given point in time.
That's all anecdotal and subjective. It doesn't mean anything to me if someone else had a good or bad experience. Not necessarily the same result will happen to me so would question the usefulness there.
People have had both good and bad experiences with every company, shop, restaurant, staff, product etc.
That's not my experience.
TripAdvisor used to be pretty good pre covid.
Situation is pretty fluid so anecdotes can't really be relied on past a few weeks old.
https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/
https://www.executivetraveller.com/community
This lists all the flights in the world and has historical data on each. So you can see if it was cancelled in previous months and on time performance.
https://flightaware.com/
This is great! Thank you!!
By any chance, if you don't mind, do you also know of a site that compares credit card insurances?
There is plenty of credit card comparison sites. Insurance coverage is normally listed in comparison.
Some specialise in travel and point earning bonuses.
Recent trip to letter box, 6/10 too short.
australia, the biggest prison in the world
Whirlpool has a travel lounge
I am not familiar with any forums but I know there are heaps of Facebook groups for stranded Aussies and those looking to leave the country.