Well after an eventful evening with both John & myself being ill with a tummy bug we decided to leave Albany at 2.30am to drive to Perth to catch our flight to New Zealand...arrived at my Zia's at 7ish. Zio then took us to the airport, I am feeling much better however John still not feeling the best! Rested in the Qantas Club Lounge, I ate a piece of toast as haven't eaten for 24 hours, John was to nervous to eat anything!!!
As I had a business class seat I asked at the gate if John could have my seat & I would have his economy seat at the same time mentioning that John was not well, the Qantas staff said there could be a possibility that we would not be able to board the flight because it was gastro related. Interesting that when you have any form of gastro, airlines have the right to deny boarding! With all the years of being in travel I was not aware of this. Makes sense on many levels - it could be contagious and can have a serious impact your wellbeing. Apparently you dehydrate more and if the situation becomes life threatening the captain would have to divert the flight! Costly exercise...
Thankfully we were able to board the flight the Qantas staff were amazing, the bonus was that I also was able to sit in business class...
In the end all worked out well...we are in the air on the way to Sydney where we connect through to Wellington!