patsmb Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) Not me but friends who are in the UK at the minute They plan to come back to Oz in December and have a direct16 hour flight to Perth booked with Quantas from Heathrow They recently applied for the G2G pass and were knocked back the reply stated they do not meet the criteria Both are double vacinated and had a booster Both are citizens too My thinking is should they have completed the Dept of Human Affairs travel form before the G2G ? Would appreciate any input thanks Edited November 11, 2021 by patsmb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaceboy1 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 (edited) I did not think Quantas were flying to Perth at the moment ? Edited November 12, 2021 by palaceboy1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talktosi Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Do they have a flight booked ? The only flights that qantas are offering in December are direct flight to Darwin, then internal to Perth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 On 12/11/2021 at 20:27, talktosi said: Do they have a flight booked ? The only flights that qantas are offering in December are direct flight to Darwin, then internal to Perth. Qantas did originally list the non-stop flight as LHR-Perth, same as pre-pandemic. Due to the WA border issues though they are moving the flights to Darwin, but haven't said if this is a permanent move. I know someone who is booked to go home in May and the flight is ticketed as from Perth, but Qantas said she may well get moved at some point from Perth to Darwin, with her domestic connecting flight moved too. They just aren't moving flights too far ahead until they see how the border closures pan out. The OP's friends may well think they are booked non-stop to Perth but they are far more likely to be moved and be landing in Darwin, with a domestic transfer to Perth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtritudr Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 13 hours ago, Nemesis said: The OP's friends may well think they are booked non-stop to Perth but they are far more likely to be moved and be landing in Darwin, with a domestic transfer to Perth. Which can't happen if the border to WA is closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 1 hour ago, rtritudr said: Which can't happen if the border to WA is closed. It can if you have an exemption Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsmb Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 On 12/11/2021 at 10:22, patsmb said: Not me but friends who are in the UK at the minute They plan to come back to Oz in December and have a direct16 hour flight to Perth booked with Quantas from Heathrow They recently applied for the G2G pass and were knocked back the reply stated they do not meet the criteria Both are double vacinated and had a booster Both are citizens too My thinking is should they have completed the Dept of Human Affairs travel form before the G2G ? Would appreciate any input thanks Thanks everyone -friends now have G2G pass confirmed and as far as i know it is the direct Heathrow -Perth flight they have booked They did i beleive upload the ticket to get the pass but nothing has been said as to the flight being diverted to Darwin Only time will tell I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
db100 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 A colleague was booked on the direct flight to Perth in mid February 2022. A couple of days after Qantas announced Darwin was to be the new arrival point, his flight was changed by Qantas automatically, that was a few weeks ago now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsmb Posted November 15, 2021 Author Share Posted November 15, 2021 Our friends rang Qantas and we’re told no it’s still a direct flight to Perth from Heathrow But the direct flight out now goes from Darwin to Heathrow In some ways I think the left hand does not know what the right is doing Time will tell I suppose 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsmb Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 Friends now in Perth quarantine and yes it went to Darwin first despite what Qantas told them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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