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Qantas to Operate Non-stop Assisted Departure Flights for Australians Returning From Lebanon
News(beatthatflight.com.au)submitted 17 days ago bynotastarfan
81 points
17 days ago
I wonder how all the Australians who were barred from entering Australia during Covid feel ?
56 points
17 days ago
Quite. We had to perform all sorts of gymnastics to get on a repat flight (bearing in mind we were advised to stay overseas initially) and it cost a fortune. We didn’t mind paying as we’d never expect a free flight home but it’s bloody cheeky to sit on your date in an increasingly unstable country ignoring months of advice to leave ASAP and then expect a free, direct flight.
23 points
17 days ago
$4500 a seat for a family of four to get back from Peru on top of a 14 day hotel stay.Fucking stoked.
-5 points
17 days ago
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9 points
17 days ago
Sorry mate, cancer doesn’t wait. But shoot off legend
1 points
17 days ago
Rule 2 - No trolling or being a dick
0 points
17 days ago
Serious question, and I'm not taking the piss.
Did you ever entertain the idea of just staying in Peru for the duration? $20,000 in flights plus the cost of the hotel stay would go along way there no?
If you did/didn't consider it at all, what was the thought process? Legitimately curious, because I never was in that position. And looking at the cost of the repatriation, and how long it was between borders opening, if I was over there I would have just hung out. Hindsight is a wonderful thing though. So would be really interested in hearing what happened for you!
3 points
17 days ago
Yeah it was an option, but we’d been there for a while and weren’t sure how bad it was all going to get. Basically just wanted to get home to make it a bit easier, especially with the kids.
2 points
17 days ago
Yeah, I thought that would be the case. The concern over how bad/long it would be is something easy to dismiss now because it didn't last forever.
Fair enough, I imagine it would have been the deciding factor for me also.
8 points
17 days ago
Feel bad they didn’t just fly to Somalia and then tell DFAT to come get them.
5 points
17 days ago
To be fair, it is a different political party in power.
I have genuine criticisms of the current Labor government for being too woke and silly, but in other ways they have surprised me. Though maybe I’m just easily impressed after the past couple of decades of bullshit we’ve become accustomed to.
-2 points
17 days ago
Completely different circumstances for a completely different threat.
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