RYF! Cheap US-Australia flights

[Speedy]

Mike Johnson wrote: Just don’t drive in downtown Melbourne. For the love of God, don’t drive in downtown Melbourne.

You're right about this. They all seem to want to drive on the wrong side of the road. But they have free trolley rides in the downtown area of Melbourne.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....confused.....pretty sure all the guys here...go Down Under....all the time for free.....

[Mike Johnson]

Speedy wrote: You're right about this. They all seem to want to drive on the wrong side of the road. But they have free trolley rides in the downtown area of Melbourne.

Driving on the left, sure. Right handed drive, easy peasy. Trolleys, um, no worries. Then you get to this:

[GuyGene]

I've only been to Sydney. Would like to go back, but these flights about kill me.

[OWC Jamie]

21+ hours for me with a one hour stop in LAX. (BOS ->SYD)
( a 4 hour layover in LAX is $765 today, which is about $300-500 off on AA )

18 hour non-stop from NJ to Singapore is the only flight I've binge watched movies.
watch movie, read book. watch movie, read book. wqtch movie, read book. LOL
I almost never sleep on a plane and even when for a brief few minutes, it's not sleep

[Will Collier]

billb wrote:
21+ hours for me with a one hour stop in LAX. (BOS ->SYD)
( a 4 hour layover in LAX is $765 today, which is about $300-500 off on AA )

Yep, that was about what our flight was like (ATL>SFO>SYD) last year. Very very very long ride. Worth the trip, but I'm not anxious to spend that much time on an airplane again.

[RgrF]

I almost never sleep on a plane and even when for a brief few minutes, it's not sleep

It's alcohol treatment barnaclebill - swill in it and do the recovery once (if) you land.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....love going Down Under.....and so will your partner.....

[Speedy]

When we flew back from Melbourne we had a three hour ground delay because a passenger had a medical issue. We were next to take-off when it happened so we stayed in the plane but returned to the gate. Had we taken off, we would have returned meaning an even longer trip. I walked around on the big jet - a lot. And I stood wherever I could - a lot, too.

[mrbigstuff]

I don't sleep in planes, either, so long flights are brutal, can't imagine more than 12 hours.