Coronavirus - Australia
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - Australia:
I don't know why because if you aren't flying for reasons outside your control why should you pay the tax?
Tax was probably paid to IRD on receipt of ticket payment so funds already gone. Too hard to go back and get refunds on that from govt, same would apply to credit card fees. Airline would still hold the balance of ticket price. One of the ways airlines stay afloat is the cashflow model - they take full payment in advance for services that are provided some time in the future, often quite a long while.
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If we're talking economics, apparently the statistical value of a life in Australia is $4.2 million. That's probably part of the consideration in the policy work.
In terms of government spending, the old cost more than the young to keep alive, so letting them die would certainly help the economy in that sense. Might not be politically palatable however.
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@voodoo - it is why I'm always a bit hesitant to book the family trips with them. Flew to NZ Solo on Jetstar in 2017, but if they fucked up it was only me impacted. Having to put up with wife/kids pissing and moaning about ruined holidays has been done exactly once in my life and never again.
@Snowy said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@NTA Did you get an email from Air NZ about getting credits for your flights? They will hold a credit for you until you can rebook.
I was reading that is for domestic NZ flights only at this point. International flights are under different consideration, while they try to work out reductions in scheduling etc.
My mistake - cancelled flights out to April. Looks like our route doesn't appear in April so fingers crossed.
If they aren't running the flight, I'll be going hard on the "you aren't offering the service I paid for" but we all know the fine print will get you
Given circumstances, there might not be a rugby season to watch that weekend as planned
Hotels at this stage have charged us the night we land (midnight touchdown) but the one we booked in the Tron hasn't charged us from what I can see, but that was a non-refundable apparently. Just lock the credit card and come to terms
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@Godder said in Coronavirus - Australia:
If we're talking economics, apparently the statistical value of a life in Australia is $4.2 million. That's probably part of the consideration in the policy work.
In terms of government spending, the old cost more than the young to keep alive, so letting them die would certainly help the economy in that sense. Might not be politically palatable however.
$.5 million - that figure comes from PMC: (https://www.pmc.gov.au/resource-centre/regulation/best-practice-regulation-guidance-note-value-statistical-life).
The important bit is each year of premature death is costed as $195k, but that certainly wouldn't hold true for the retired elderly.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Snowy my neighbour said they only hold the credit for a year (from when you take the refund)
12 months from the date of issue so, if like me, you bought tickets last year that 12 months will creep up quickly.
The exact wording:
As we continue to have to make changes to the schedule over the next few weeks, if your international flight is cancelled, we will save you the hassle of trying to contact us and simply put it into credit for you. All credit is valid for 12 months from the date of issue and is for the full cost of your fare.
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@NTA said in Coronavirus - Australia:
but that was a non-refundable apparently. Just lock the credit card and come to terms
Accor (Novotel, Sofitel, etc) were giving refunds on "non-refundable" prepaid too. Probably because they were going to be closed, so not sure how long that applies for.
We were the last to leave our hotel in Queenstown last Wednesday - was actually quite amusing as no-one had ever shut down a large hotel before, none of them had a clue what to do so none of them did anything (except throw out all of the food before they had got rid of the last 3 guests). The last night was a bit like being in The Shining though.
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@Bovidae said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Snowy my neighbour said they only hold the credit for a year (from when you take the refund)
12 months from the date of issue so, if like me, you bought tickets last year that 12 months will creep up quickly.
The exact wording:
As we continue to have to make changes to the schedule over the next few weeks, if your international flight is cancelled, we will save you the hassle of trying to contact us and simply put it into credit for you. All credit is valid for 12 months from the date of issue and is for the full cost of your fare.
I think it might be 12 months from the date the credit was issued? A quick look at my email confirms this.
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@Bovidae said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - Australia:
I think it might be 12 months from the date the credit was issued?
I hope so, the wording is a little ambiguous.
See below
My air points dollars account is now healthily in credit. I wonder if you can use these in the air points shop?
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@canefan Good to know. My generic email didn't have that information as I didn't purchase the ticket.
I was going to Sydney for a specific reason (a concert) that has now been rescheduled for later in the year so hopefully everything is sorted before then regarding trans- Ta$man travel.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Godder said in Coronavirus - Australia:
If we're talking economics, apparently the statistical value of a life in Australia is $4.2 million. That's probably part of the consideration in the policy work.
In terms of government spending, the old cost more than the young to keep alive, so letting them die would certainly help the economy in that sense. Might not be politically palatable however.
$.5 million - that figure comes from PMC: (https://www.pmc.gov.au/resource-centre/regulation/best-practice-regulation-guidance-note-value-statistical-life).
The important bit is each year of premature death is costed as $195k, but that certainly wouldn't hold true for the retired elderly.
. 5? That link says $4.9 million.
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Advantage of working from home? Lunchtime hoops with my boys. Working on my god awful shooting mechanics
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Advantage of working from home? Lunchtime hoops with my boys. Working on my god awful shooting mechanics
That and wine with lunch.
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i really wanted to open a beer in my last Teams meeting, just for the Lols
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when we do our next Zoom meeting I am gonna put on a shirt, tie and wear my glasses haha
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@NTA said in Coronavirus - Australia:
(I am really going to fucking struggle going back to structured work day after this).
We're having a company meeting tomorrow. My question to the executive was "now we've proved the capability are you going to reduce your capital expenditure on office space?"
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@NTA said in Coronavirus - Australia:
(I am really going to fucking struggle going back to structured work day after this).
We're having a company meeting tomorrow. My question to the executive was "now we've proved the capability are you going to reduce your capital expenditure on office space?"
I might have to steal that!