Originally Posted by
timsparks
Slightly unrelated, but how would you get a Visa for 12 months in Australia? Or would you just fly back and forth between NZ to keep it active?
The fare is SYD-USA, not USA-SYD, so there would not be a 12 month stay in AU.
As far as Americans are concerned this fare is basically useful to fly this way:
Award ticket one way US->AU
Paid round trip AU->US->AU nested dates
Award ticket AU->US
It is a nice way to stretch two one way award tickets into two visits to AU for relatively little investment in $.