Incident free trip up to Sydney to a hotel across the road from the international terminal.
Up early next morning with the advice we would need a minimum of 3 hours for check in and exit formalities due to the chaotic situation at Sydney Airport.
We decided on four.
Lucky we did as it took just under three hours to get to our gate.
Check in was fast but emigration and security was extremely slow. Only half the gates are open due to post covid staffing problems.
We had time for breakfast and for the co driver to collect her tax refund on her electronics she was taking with her.
The three hour flight to Auckland on Air New Zealand was very pleasant despite the plane being full.
A quick security check to enter Auckland airport transit, a shop for some more duty free goodies, then onto the non stop 16.5 hour Air New Zealand flight to New York City (JFK).
Luckily we both had two spare seats beside us so we could spread out and sleep.
We also had an internet connection most of the way.
We arrived in time and I spent an hour in the immigration queue before grabbing our bags and getting a taxi to a La Guardia airport hotel.
A room service pizza and a beer before hitting the sack.
It was a long long day.
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