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We're flying to Sydney mid February. My son spent Christmas there and in the city, the air pollution was noticeable, particularly in the evening. There was also ash on the swimming pools & lawns in the suburb where his friends live.
Unless it gets much worse, we wouldn't be covered for cancellation, and wouldn't want to cancel anyway. I was in Hong Kong in December and the situation there was tense but I wouldn't want to cancel on the basis of what might happen:cool:.
Unless Foreign Office advises against travel - we go!0 -
Update ( sorry for delay) . They are going to friends in the suburbs of Melbourne. Friends say the nearest fires are about 200 miles away, but the air pollution is bad and this is what worries me as SiL has a heart condition.
They are checking for updates, also checking for a possible plan B, to just use their tickets to Singapore, if advised when the time comes. Thanks for the comments.0 -
Newly_retired wrote: »Update ( sorry for delay) . They are going to friends in the suburbs of Melbourne. Friends say the nearest fires are about 200 miles away, but the air pollution is bad and this is what worries me as SiL has a heart condition.
They are checking for updates, also checking for a possible plan B, to just use their tickets to Singapore, if advised when the time comes. Thanks for the comments.
Hopefully they'll rebook with the airline if they plan on doing this.
If they just get off at Singapore and don't board the next leg of the journey they'll find that their return flights will be cancelled.0 -
Exactly, so they are checking this out. Thanks.0
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Ive recently come back from 3 weeks in Melbourne. Apart from the polluting smoke drifting from hundreds of miles away I see no reason not to go because of fires which are mainly on the east cost.0
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There are a couple of potential stumbling blocks to rebooking and/or cancelling. Many lower price tickets are non-refundable and can't be modified either. The sister-in-law has a heart condition, was that declared at the time of booking? If not her travel insurance may be void anyway. On the other hand, if it was declared, and her GP is prepared to put in writing that she should not travel to a smoke affected area, she may be able to claim. Lots of if's, but's and maybe's there.0
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Unless you are traveling to the affected areas you won't see A fire, just the smoke. It's all happening in the bush, small towns, not the cities. My in laws live in parramatta nsw and the fires are still a good 2 hours away from them.
I am sure Parramatta got mentioned today on Sky news regarding the fires,sure looks like bad news for a lot of Australians:eek:0 -
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Rather than try and rebook alternative options you could consider taking an internal flight from Melbourne to Perth or Brisbane or Cairns etc.
I'm pretty sure this would work out cheaper overall0 -
Ive recently come back from 3 weeks in Melbourne. Apart from the polluting smoke drifting from hundreds of miles away I see no reason not to go because of fires which are mainly on the east cost.
It's precisely because of the smoke that the OP is worried for the health of one of the travellers. As you say, the smoke can drift massive distances. It has been reported that glaciers in South Island New Zealand have a layer of ash on them. If there is that effect over 1000 miles away the concentration could be much greater in eastern Oz.0
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