Hey Tiffany, great question. For Sydney to LA, we left the plane, went into the terminal but didn't actually fully clear customs. As you walk along the corridor towards Customs you branch off to the side where it says International Transit and go through a doorway. In the transit area you show your boarding pass for the Nadi-LA leg (given to you at check in in Sydney) and your passport. They check your details, then go through a metal detector and carry on bag x-ray, then you exit through another door out into the main departures area of the terminal where you can go get food, sit down, go to the lounge, etc.

@@dainflightz957 Really appreciate the fast response. This was helpful. Just trying to understand the process as I might fly back hom to Australia with my Assistance Dog and looking at choosing this route via Nadi for its business class seat. But transit can be tricky when youre dealing with import permits in Australia.

You're welcome. If it helps, the FJ staff were really wonderful. They couldn't do enough to help you. I'm sure that once you deal with the red tape in Australia (good luck with that lol) you won't have any issues with the Fiji side of things.

No worries at all. This was my first review video so I'm glad you found it useful. I'd fly FJ to the USA again in a heartbeat. If you have any questions feel free to let me know. Cheers.

least of worries

It's a beautiful spot. Recent rain reopened the lake to the ocean so it's even clearer now 🙂

Cheers. Thank you 🙂

Yes, plus one on that comment

Hey. Sure - it was December 5 🙂

Thanks mate 🙂

I thought the same. Apparently they use the One World lounge now, but at the time of this video it was the SA lounge.

Hi James, just my Samsung phone. Shooting in 1080p, 30fps.

Thank you for this report it is very useful. I’m looking to fly over to LAX late July, looking at options from Brisbane.

Thank you 🙂

Cheers. 🙂

Thank you so much 🙂

Thank you 🙂

They are a great airline. The A350 is a beautiful aircraft too.

Thanks for the encouragement! I'll definitely aim to do a review every time I fly. I'll have the return leg of this flight uploaded soon, and also a flight SYD-HNL with Hawaiian later this year.

They are a beautiful aircraft. Back when I took this flight they were only new to FJ and the staff all seemed to have such pride in working their new aircraft. It's great to know they have more on fleet now.

@@dainflightz957they are getting more a350s soon

Oh wow!! Word travels fast!! Yep, back as a ST-Gd.

it sure does in this place

Thanks mate. It was a bit tricky to start out flying backwards, then pan to a point where I was flying forwards - plus adjust the tilt - and fight the wind, which was so strong I was getting warnings on the screen to land asap. I'm going to try again next time the picnic train comes down again and it's a nice day. I'll get a lot closer next time.

Thank you mate. I love getting out for a fly. :-)

Thanks mate. I enjoy making them. Gotta love Minnamurra. :-)