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Privacy wings make the seat feel enclosed … Cathay Pacific’s new premium economy seats.

This airline’s ‘next level’ premium economy is more like business-lite

While all eyes are on Cathay Pacific’s business-class Aria Suites, my money is on premium economy for the design details and value.

  • Flip Byrnes

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Hotel tragic … we stopped in at the posh Hotel d’Angleterre.

I discovered the key to a perfect (and affordable) city stopover

I felt like a competitor in The Amazing Race. “You have five hours in Copenhagen – go!” But then I did something smart, a move that proved to be very useful.

  • Lee Tulloch
One of the many fresh flower stalls selling marigold garlands in Little India.

The pocket of Singapore that blows apart stereotypes – and reveals the city’s class divide

Singapore has a reputation as orderly, functional and highly efficient. But visit one neighbourhood on a weekend and you will see a very different side of the city.

  • Lisa Visentin
How much will a standard 10-year adult Australian passport set you back?

I’m replacing my long-term travel partner; it’s expensive and it hurts

Some collect boarding passes, some scrapbook ticket stubs, some print travel photos. What I have is my passport. But now, I have to let go.

  • Ben Groundwater
The US’s free Mobile Passport Control (MPC) app promises shorter wait times at 35 US airports for Australians travelling on an ESTA.

I tried the game-changing shortcut for Aussies entering the US

Want to skip the lengthy lines? There’s a much easier – but much-less publicised – option available to Australians visiting on an ESTA.

  • Rob McFarland
Wings Air is a subsidiary of Indonesian budget carry Lion.

‘Is the engine still there?’ This airline has a one-star safety rating

This feels like the longest flight in the world, even though it’s less than two hours. I’m a nervous wreck throughout.

  • Jenny Hewett
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“Bogan business class” is yours … if fate smiles upon you.

The ultimate way to travel in economy: ‘Bogan business class’

Spread out, make the space look unappealing for chancers. Fashion a mini-pillow fort. Pull down two tray tables. Anything to keep this space to myself.

  • Steve Madgwick
New Zealand man arrested after a flight lands in Melbourne, Australia.

‘Anywhere there are bogans’: Alcohol, drugs, cramped aisles fuel air rage surge

Air travel has roared back to life. It’s bringing a surge of threats, violence and arrests.

  • Chris Zappone
Packing cubes … are they really necessary?

Packing cubes, shoe bags, gadgets – you’re making travel too complicated

I understand the desire to buy more stuff. It feels like the more you have, the easier and more efficient travel will be.

  • Ben Groundwater
As travel returns to pre-covid levels, flight crews are increasingly facing belligerent or aggressive behavoiur from passengers.
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Passengers behaving badly: when things go wrong on flights

As travel returns to pre-covid levels, flight crews are increasingly facing belligerent or aggressive behavoiur from passengers.