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  • I need to travel to Sydney to go to one meeting and sign some agreements for work. I have no need to be there for anything other than this one meeting and can't really afford to be out of the UK for any more than a few days.

    To those of you who have flown to Australia from the UK before, would I die if I tried to do this trip over three or four days? At a pinch I could extend the trip to a week but then I'd just be killing time for the sake of it and I can't imagine that I'd be any better off jet lag wise.

    Am I going to die?

  • It's doable, I wouldn't bother trying to change your body clock from UK time. If it's possible to fly business then it will be a lot easier.

    People react differently to jetlag though. I can generally reset myself within a day, others I know will take a week upwards.

  • I tend to agree that it is doable too, albeit torturous. I don't handle long haul well now days.

    Work is paying for 1st class so at least I'll be set up with the best chance of success.

  • That’s 2 13 hour flights. Each way. Doable in 3 days, not in 2 and pretty hellish either way.
    I got caught by delays and cancellations on the way back once and from stepping foot in the airport Aus side, it was 42 hours until stepping out at Heathrow.

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