I am always hesitant to criticise but in this case someone needs to do their job or take responsibility. We flew from Sydney to London via Hanoi, with a long layover of near 14 hours. A part of the service and experience for business class passengers with a long layover is a Transit Tour, which upon application will provide free visas, transport service from and back to the airport, a tour and a hotel stay with meals. We did everything correctly, completed and sent our paperwork weeks before our flight as it is a minimum of 8 days prior to flying to apply. We also sent a separate application on a separate email for our return trip through Ho Chi Min Airport with only a 6 or 7 hour layover. They responded to the latter by stating it was accepted and what to do when we arrived in Saigon. I waited another day or two for the Hanoi stopover and didn't receive anything, so I rang the Sydney office and they were of no help, I don't think the lady understood me. I told her not to worry as we were not getting anywhere. I emailed the help desk in Sydney again with the first application and received a response that it was approved, but I had my doubts as they sent me back a copy of the approval for Saigon. I said no, I'm talking about Hanoi, is it approved? Again, they said yes, it was. And guess what, the staff in Hanoi, at the transfer desk, who were excellent had no record of it. They couldn't do anything. I said I'm not spending 14 hours sitting in the airport, with my wife. I asked them to book me a hotel and I would pay for it, we needed somewhere to go, as it was now 10.30pm on a Saturday night. They couldn't as we didn't have visas. You can't just walk up to the visa counter and get a visa on arrival. So we sat in the lounge for 14 hours. Not happy.