Tasman - Lack of Frequent Flyer Seats on 77W
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Tasman - Lack of Elite reserved seats on 77W
Anyone else noticed the lack of Frequent Flyer seats on the 77W on Tasman Sectors lately. Ive just booked an BNE-AKL in two weeks time, and as there was only 26 allocated as frequent flyer seats they are all gone!
NZ really needs to hold some for later bookings, e.g. us that are buy last minute tickets that are 3x the price they we're selling 2 months ago.
NZ really needs to hold some for later bookings, e.g. us that are buy last minute tickets that are 3x the price they we're selling 2 months ago.
Last edited by cavemanzk; Sep 16, 2014 at 5:16 pm
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An Tasman A320 has 18 Frequent Flyer Seats, yet an 77W only have 26 seats. Doesn't seem right, when surely on an 77W there would be an high proportion of Elite/Gold/Koru?
On my AKL-SYD next week, there is plenty of open frequent flyer seats. Yet when you look at BNE-AKL (on most flights) they are all gone. But with only 26 seats it only takes an couple of familys and they are all gone!
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The more seat available to value add, the greater revenue opportunity for the company. As far as I can tell, NZ really basically value those who regularly purchase Business class seats in the first place - the little given for others is a bonus.
PS- Maybe this thread could be retitled something like "Lack of Elite reserved seats on 77W" - I was wondering why an Airpoints member was lacking in redemption opportunity ...
PS- Maybe this thread could be retitled something like "Lack of Elite reserved seats on 77W" - I was wondering why an Airpoints member was lacking in redemption opportunity ...
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Anyone else noticed the lack of Frequent Flyer seats on the 77W on Tasman Sectors lately. Ive just booked an BNE-AKL in two weeks time, and as there was only 26 allocated as frequent flyer seats they are all gone!
NZ really needs to hold some for later bookings, e.g. us that are buy last minute tickets that are 3x the price they we're selling 2 months ago.
NZ really needs to hold some for later bookings, e.g. us that are buy last minute tickets that are 3x the price they we're selling 2 months ago.
Could be worth giving Air NZ a call, or otherwise asking on check-in
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