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White Rabbit

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Sydney to LAX - 14 hrs. I agree, LAX/Tom Bradley is the most boring and poorly run airport I've ever visited. Abosolutley terrible organisation, very little facilities, people are so rude! I was in for the LATE, QUITE flight on QF108, which leaves at midnight, and the place was packed, there were people everywhere, lines out of the terminal onto the road. I never want to go back to America.

Europe is usually ~25 hours from Sydney isnt it? I really want to go to Ireland, but I'll stay for a long time.

I use to do Sydney - Woodonga, Sydney - Moruya, Sydney - Dubbo, Sydney - Warren etc a bit, Dubbo is ~5 1/2 hours, Moruya was ~6.5hrs, Warren was about 7 or 8, Woodonga was about 8 or so too.
 

H?

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One and a half days straight.

Left home 7AM
3 hrs
Departed SYD 1045
13 hr 20m
Arrived LAX 0705
14hr 25m
Departed LAX 2130
2hrs 10m
Arrived LAS 0040
45m
Departed LAS 0125
2hrs 15m
Arrived ORD 0345
1hr 45m
Arrived Destination (accommodation) 0530

Total of 37hr 40m of travelling. All of which was spent in full suit and tie due to ticket dress code restrictions.
 

H?

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White Rabbit said:
Sydney to LAX - 14 hrs. I agree, LAX/Tom Bradley is the most boring and poorly run airport I've ever visited. Abosolutley terrible organisation, very little facilities, people are so rude! I was in for the LATE, QUITE flight on QF108, which leaves at midnight, and the place was packed, there were people everywhere, lines out of the terminal onto the road. I never want to go back to America.

Europe is usually ~25 hours from Sydney isnt it? I really want to go to Ireland, but I'll stay for a long time.

I use to do Sydney - Woodonga, Sydney - Moruya, Sydney - Dubbo, Sydney - Warren etc a bit, Dubbo is ~5 1/2 hours, Moruya was ~6.5hrs, Warren was about 7 or 8, Woodonga was about 8 or so too.
You'll be happier now. QF flights to Sydney are now run out of T4, which is a much more pleasant terminal. TBIT is a shithole. I still remember having to run barefoot to my gate because of all the security delays.
 

Jessie moo moo

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23 hours of hell, pure hell, and to top it off, some dickwad was snoring the whole way. Dunno what drugs he was on, but next time I'll have what he's having :rolleyes:
 

PerfectByNature

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probably when we went to Great Keppel Island for yr 10... it was about ... um... 12-14 hrs or something... long and evil.. and i couldnt sleep
 

Orange Juice

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H? said:
One and a half days straight.

Left home 7AM
3 hrs
Departed SYD 1045
13 hr 20m
Arrived LAX 0705
14hr 25m
Departed LAX 2130
2hrs 10m
Arrived LAS 0040
45m
Departed LAS 0125
2hrs 15m
Arrived ORD 0345
1hr 45m
Arrived Destination (accommodation) 0530

Total of 37hr 40m of travelling. All of which was spent in full suit and tie due to ticket dress code restrictions.
how come you had dress restrictions?
 

christ_ine

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I did the 7/8hr stretch from Sydney to Singapore, 1hr "waiting time", then a 14hr flight from Singapore to Paris. I think I had 3 dinners or something :/
 
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SYd - LA (14 hrs)
but later ill be goin Syd - LA- NY- Canada so itll be longer i spose
 

olchik

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The longest flight I had was a 12 hours flight: Moscow-New York. I don't mind to do it again :)
 
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William_Lawry

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lome - togo (western africa) did aid work there

syd - johnannesburg (13 + hrs)

joburg - harare (5 hrs)

harare - brazzavile. congo(4 hrs )

brazzaville - yaounde, cameroon ( 3 hrs)

cameroon - laso nigeria ( 3 hrs)

nigeria - lome togo (6 hrs)

all in all 34 hrs travel... mind you this doesnt include stop overs etc.... the total journey was shocking, considering this is africa, they dont have the best air crat or roads. but i enjoyed the experience
 

seremify007

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i've never gone on anything really long.. just.. syd-sing-beijing i think?... can't remember how long but i remember being delayed for our stopover in singapore airport which was really cool to wander around.. really interesting stuff.
 

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seremify007 said:
i've never gone on anything really long.. just.. syd-sing-beijing i think?... can't remember how long but i remember being delayed for our stopover in singapore airport which was really cool to wander around.. really interesting stuff.
Where would you like to go most of all? What country?
 

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Longest TRAVEL for me is driving across Australia (stopping @ nights) which took 4 days...and 3 days non-stop (cept 4 at stations) on the Indian Pacific...In a Plane it would have been 25hourish to Germany
 

Wooz

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Longest travel Sydney to LA (14hrs)when i was 10 or something.

Most recent travel: Richmond (Sydney) RAAF base, to RAAF WAGGA to Brisbane International and back to Richmond RAAF in a RAAF C-130J in 5hrs.
 

cro_angel

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*looks at her itinerary*
Syd -> LA = 13 and a half hours
LA -> NY= 5 hours
NY -> London= 7 hours
London -> Dubrovnik= 3 hours
Dubrovnik -> London= 3 hours
London -> Thailand= 11 hours
Thailand -> Sydney= 9 hours

51 hours on a plane.. how depressing!!
 

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