[JohnK]

There would never have been a problem if that poor excuse for an airline, AA, had issued my tickets 3 weeks ago. Now I am stuck between a rock and a hard place.

I even went to the point where I quoted return Tiger flights BKK-SIN and the cost came out to ~$400 with luggage, golf clubs and carry on. I did not even bother to try and come back to Australia with a LCC. I can only laugh. No frills, no thank you. The QF flights SIN-SYD are increasing everyday and the dollar continues to tumble. I think I will book now and cut my losses.

I get the feeling that this is not going to be a successful holiday. And to make matters worse the holiday is leave without pay....

[drron]

Of course you are all wrong.As I said before when drron goes to the USA or countries who accept the $US the Aussie falls.I have done it again.Fortunately I loaded up on the stuff when I got 96.58 cents for the Aussie.Unfortunately though the CC bills are going to be a lot higher than expected.

[oz_mark]

I'm back in the country, so thedollar stops falling....

[straitman]

Originally Posted by oz_mark

I'm back in the country, so thedollar stops falling....

Could you please stay home for a while and let the $ go back up

[JohnK]

You could almost be certain it stopped falling as soon as I made the return booking from SIN last Sunday. Although the airfare was S$1402 Amex has approved and converted airfare to US$992 and is waiting for QF to collect funds. It will be interesting to see how much I end up paying in A$. The transaction date is 18/8/2008 and I think the exchange rate is ~$0.865.

[dajop]

Well, maybe time to resurrect this thread. I'm travelling to the US in about a week and half's time ... and well as is usual when I go to the US, things seem to be going south very quickly. Have to laugh at comments in this thread in context of the latest fall to 72c (and Therma - you must be very happy at 1.06 vs SGD)

[docjames]

Recent trip:

Started planning in May $ = $0.92

Started bookings June $ = $0.96-0.98

Fares solidified in July - $ = $0.91

Departed Australia September 6 $0.86

Returned to Australia $0.81

Now: $0.77

[v8Statesman]

Originally Posted by docjames

Now: $0.77

Umm Dont you mean 1AUD=$0.72USD?

Lastnight 1.00 AUD = 1.08 SGD
Today 1.00 AUD = 1.05 SGD

[simongr]

Not sure that the rate cut of 1% is going to help either

[dajop]

Originally Posted by v8Statesman

Lastnight 1.00 AUD = 1.08 SGD
Today 1.00 AUD = 1.05 SGD

Yesterday afternoon (I typed this into a spreadsheet)
1.00 AUD = 1.107 SGD