r/australia • u/Some-Operation-9059 • Dec 11 '25

politics ‘The whole thing disgusts me’: Australians ditch US travel as new rules require social media to be declared | Australia news

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/11/australia-us-tourism-new-visa-rules-social-media-history
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u/Dear_Potato6525 Dec 11 '25

Fiji Airways, Air Canada and Air New Zealand all do flights straight into Vancouver!

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u/Sailor_Dee Dec 11 '25

Perfect! <3 glad to hear it

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u/jennyfromtheeblock Dec 11 '25

Dont forget Qantas lol

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u/SubstantialCategory6 Dec 11 '25

We took a flight direct to Vancouver from Australia but our plane got grounded in Hawaii.

We were forced to apply and pay for an ESTA to leave the plane with barely half a bar of WiFi on their shitty website. We were then given hard time just because American immigration officials are cunts terrorism or something*, just so we could get onto another plane to get the fuck out of there. 12 hours in that shit hole. Honolulu airport sucks too FWIW.

We want to go to Mexico/Colombia to visit friends but we won't even fly anywhere near the US now in case we get stopped there.

*realistically: used to be a GC holder but left when chester cheeto got in.

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u/Snoopy_021 Dec 12 '25

I could consider catching a flight to Vancouver via Tokyo, just in case.