My entire family is banned from Air New Zealand for one year after we "displayed a high level of disobedience" with their facemask policy on a trans-Tasman flight in May. It is an ironic punishment, where the airline suffers, not me. I mightn't fly with Air New Zealand for a much longer period than this, perhaps ever again. The crew chief, a homosexual with too much attitude, repeatedly harassed my wife for not wearing a facemask properly while holding our baby on her lap, even after the over-tired baby destroyed five masks. Another child of ours had motion sickness. I asked him multiple times to go away and let me handle the situation, but he refused to leave, threatened us with a $3000 fine, told us that eight other passengers had complained about us wearing facemasks improperly. This was all bluster and lies, the other passengers around us were engrossed in the in-flight entertainment and paying no attention. It would be unthinkable for a crew member on Singapore Airlines or Emirates to behave like this, why choose to fly Air New Zealand?
When you went through with TIC Bali, did they ask you for an international vaccine certificate? I have presented my exemption but they have said I would need to have it checked by a health officer? Feeling a bit worried!
When I went through, no one asked me for any vaccine-related documentation. It appeared to me that TIC Bali had already checked it and that was enough. However, if you have a medical exemption recorded in the Australian Immunisation Register with the green tick, this is sufficient to progress through Bali airport and into Bali. I got a supporting letter from my doctor just to be safe, but never needed it.
Hmm interesting. TIC Bali asked for my International Certificate when I sent them my Exemption on WhatsApp. I'm curious if that's the same process you followed?
I emailed it, as that was the instruction in my payment receipt email from TIC Bali.
I sent my medical exemption in the email along with a question to ask if it would be acceptable, and no one replied. Per my article, the medical exemption recorded in AIR is the requirement to enter Bali.
If it settles your nerves (I get it!) join this group on FB and check out the #Bali hashtag. HEAPS of people going into Bali on Aus medical exemptions in the last couple of weeks:
I live in Aus and am unjabbed. Emailed my GP one day, said I'm in the US and just got jabbed and want it in the Aussie system. Asked if I can send pic of vax card and would that suffice? He said yes.
I printed the American CDC card onto a reg piece of white paper, filled it in, took a pic, sent it to him and I was in the Aussie system 24 hours and $50 later.
Stop living in fear, Rebekah. Like your Thai friend said, it's the threat of enforcement, not enforcement itself.
These incompetent morons spent $20m on the Covid tracing app and it notified two people in total. There is nothing to fear about them. Live life on your own terms.
My entire family is banned from Air New Zealand for one year after we "displayed a high level of disobedience" with their facemask policy on a trans-Tasman flight in May. It is an ironic punishment, where the airline suffers, not me. I mightn't fly with Air New Zealand for a much longer period than this, perhaps ever again. The crew chief, a homosexual with too much attitude, repeatedly harassed my wife for not wearing a facemask properly while holding our baby on her lap, even after the over-tired baby destroyed five masks. Another child of ours had motion sickness. I asked him multiple times to go away and let me handle the situation, but he refused to leave, threatened us with a $3000 fine, told us that eight other passengers had complained about us wearing facemasks improperly. This was all bluster and lies, the other passengers around us were engrossed in the in-flight entertainment and paying no attention. It would be unthinkable for a crew member on Singapore Airlines or Emirates to behave like this, why choose to fly Air New Zealand?
Goodness, that’s just so stupid. Perhaps NZers love rules as much as Australians?
Hey!
When you went through with TIC Bali, did they ask you for an international vaccine certificate? I have presented my exemption but they have said I would need to have it checked by a health officer? Feeling a bit worried!
When I went through, no one asked me for any vaccine-related documentation. It appeared to me that TIC Bali had already checked it and that was enough. However, if you have a medical exemption recorded in the Australian Immunisation Register with the green tick, this is sufficient to progress through Bali airport and into Bali. I got a supporting letter from my doctor just to be safe, but never needed it.
Hmm interesting. TIC Bali asked for my International Certificate when I sent them my Exemption on WhatsApp. I'm curious if that's the same process you followed?
I emailed it, as that was the instruction in my payment receipt email from TIC Bali.
I sent my medical exemption in the email along with a question to ask if it would be acceptable, and no one replied. Per my article, the medical exemption recorded in AIR is the requirement to enter Bali.
If it settles your nerves (I get it!) join this group on FB and check out the #Bali hashtag. HEAPS of people going into Bali on Aus medical exemptions in the last couple of weeks:
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I live in Aus and am unjabbed. Emailed my GP one day, said I'm in the US and just got jabbed and want it in the Aussie system. Asked if I can send pic of vax card and would that suffice? He said yes.
I printed the American CDC card onto a reg piece of white paper, filled it in, took a pic, sent it to him and I was in the Aussie system 24 hours and $50 later.
🫢 I’m not sure I’d post that on a public page if I were you!!
Stop living in fear, Rebekah. Like your Thai friend said, it's the threat of enforcement, not enforcement itself.
These incompetent morons spent $20m on the Covid tracing app and it notified two people in total. There is nothing to fear about them. Live life on your own terms.
How stupid of them to require a kool-aid exemption to,avoid quarantine. Didn’t they get the memo that the damn injection does not stop transmission?
Obviously hasn't crossed their desk as yet...