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The ultimate guide to saving money on long-haul flights from Australia

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Sydney International Terminal

Australia’s major international airport hubs are a long way from pretty much anywhere, except for New Zealand and the South Pacific Island nations. It’s not that far to fly from any Australian east coast international airport to New Zealand, New Caledonia, Fiji, or Vanuatu. If you happen to want to go anywhere else though, you … Read more

Maximise point earning with the Bankwest Qantas transaction account

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Bankwest Qantas Transaction Account

The Bankwest Qantas transaction account is one of a very small number of Qantas Frequent Flyer Point earning cards that is not a credit card. So if you can’t or don’t want to get a credit card, it presents a way to earn points on all eligible card transactions as well as your balance. Now, … Read more

10 Tips for Saving Money on Fuel while Road Tripping Around Australia

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130km/h Sign in the Northern Territory

We have done quite a lot of road-tripping in a number of countries, but Australia is our home turf and there is a lot of ground to cover here. As a result, we have done a lot of road-tripping in Australia (like our road trip between Darwin and Perth and Sydney to Uluru return) and that experience has taught us a few things that add up to make a big difference in the cost of a road trip. It doesn’t matter whether you are driving a car and staying at motels/hotels/cabins/etc, towing a caravan or cruising in a camper van, these things will help save you money.

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How long does it take to clear security on arrival domestically at LAX and transfer for an international departure?

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That my friends is the question.

As we neared completion of planning the itinerary for our trip to the USA and Canada we needed to figure out how to get back. It seemed the cheapest and easiest route that didn’t involve lengthy stopovers anywhere that potentially required overnight accommodation was to fly from Seattle to Los Angeles and then depart our international flight home.

The cheapest option involved booking the flights together, so the booking was Seattle -> Los Angeles -> Sydney. The flights were with Alaska Airlines from Seattle to Los Angeles and then Qantas the rest of the way to Sydney. The stopover at LAX though was only 1 hour and 30 minutes and we had to get from Terminal 6 to the Tom Bradley International Terminal. My gut instinct was that this time is tight for a transfer between domestic and international terminals at Sydney airport, even without checked baggage, let alone at LAX.

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