We're Gokce and Steve. After more than a year of planning we quit our jobs in
February 2020 to travel the world, leaving New York behind on a thirty hour
travel day. After a quick stop in Los Angeles we continued on to our first
destination, Australia. Of course due to the coronavirus we're at home and not
currently traveling, but we wanted to share the first parts of our journey with you.
Just one quick note, we booked all these flights to Australia with
credit card points, so be sure to subscribe to see how you can do it too.
Now back to the video.
Now we're heading to Australia and we have 14 hours to fly to Brisbane
and then we're gonna have a lay over and going to get to Melbourne after.
And this is going to be the longest flight I've ever taken
so I am curious about the experience. We're headed on to our Qantas flight right now.
We are taking a bus to the plane
Very rare for any American airport but we are on to the plane
Cheers baby, Cheers to Australia!
Can I come over?
They are so big on you! Oh boy, can't wait!
what is this - as you said?
Yeh I will do that, thank you!
Bon Appetit!
Wow, what does it mean then?
It's like we are in IKEA, we're going through this duty free first in order to get
to the security check so they want to make sure once more you want to buy
something from the duty-free, nice tactic!
everybody is just super nice
like they talk to us everywhere. Even police came over and said
"Sorry you can't video record here...
...there's actually a fine for $20" to do now we're gonna go and check in to the
and he didn't even fine us, he just said "Sorry!"
Now we are gonna go and check in to the
domestic lounge to wait for our Melbourne flight.
After a 14-hour flight it was so
nice to find a domestic terminal has a separate screening area and entrance for
the Qantas lounge. It made the end of the transfer process a breeze
we really appreciate the access we get to these lounges through credit card points
it makes traveling so much more enjoyable. While we weren't hungry we
really appreciated the barista made coffee that the lounge was off.
So I think we are good!
on behalf of the captain Dow Hall and all the crew, I hope we made it a comfortable and pleasant
start to the day for you. We look forward to seeing you when you next fly
with Qantas, thank you! Goodbye, have a nice day.
finally made it
so we made it to the baggage claim and then we're gonna get the heck out of here
We are probably going to take a Sky Bus
or take an Uber, haven't decided on that yet.
so we checked Uber, Uber actually, it's pretty much supported and encouraged to use
here even in the airport. Uber is only eight Australian dollars more expensive
than if we took the Sky Bus for two people people
Go big, or go home right?
Our room is not ready yet.
So we are just gonna enjoy our coffee right now
It is our first Australian coffee
Complimentary of the hotel
We are waiting for them to confirm that our room is ready
and we're finally got the room it was a little bit of a wait but it's well worth it
and we are finally here after long crazy travel day
Yes, finally we are going to our room!
Alright, come on in
Oh my God!
They weren't joking...
So we finally made it into the room in our 30 plus hour travel
day is finally complete we're gonna relax, get ready to go explore Melbourne
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our journey is just beginning and we're gonna start out here in Melbourne Australia
Melbourne, Australia let me say it like the locals
with you guys so stay tuned for the next one see you soon