WOW.. that was fast.
Aug 26, 2015, 7:18 am
#1
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Auckland - New Zealand
Programs: NZ*G,Accor-Gold
Posts: 232
WOW.. that was fast.
I applied for a renewal of my 10 Year Passport (I was probably one of the only people who had a valid 10 Year one in NZ) at 14:14 yesterday (as it expires on Sunday) yesterday. I got confirmation today at 12:39 than its being sent out.
It was a shame I couldn't wait for another couple of months or I would have got a new 10 Year one but I have to get a 5 Year now at the moment :-(
They said it would take 10 days online and an urgent one would take 3 days. but 2 days is impressive for a standard renewal.
The only probably I had was taking the Photo myself.. (Right size/ratio/no shadows etc) but they accepted it with no problem.
It was a shame I couldn't wait for another couple of months or I would have got a new 10 Year one but I have to get a 5 Year now at the moment :-(
They said it would take 10 days online and an urgent one would take 3 days. but 2 days is impressive for a standard renewal.
The only probably I had was taking the Photo myself.. (Right size/ratio/no shadows etc) but they accepted it with no problem.
Aug 26, 2015, 1:16 pm
#2
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: New Zealand (most of the time)
Programs: Air NZ Elite *G, Honors Gold, IHG Platinum Elite
Posts: 6,115
Based on a few people I know in recent months who have has new passports as well this seems to be a fairly typical timeframe. It's amazing how efficient they are!
Aug 26, 2015, 8:39 pm
#5
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: NZ
Posts: 731
Aug 26, 2015, 10:49 pm
#6
Join Date: Nov 2012
Programs: NZ GE, QF
Posts: 390
I too have wondered about the quietness, is everybody happy, or have lots of HVC's taken their business elsewhere?
Aug 26, 2015, 11:47 pm
#7
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: New Zealand
Programs: NZ Elite, QF Platinum (LTS), VA Platinum
Posts: 1,672
looking forward to trying out the NZ Syd lounge (especially if they can do a nice mojito cocktail!) and the new Akl lounge when it opens (secretly hoping for nice cocktails there too but if it's the usual offerings then that's not the end of the world either). And looking forward to the beech aircraft disappearing off the radar. I'll look to the back of the magazine for updates I'm glad they're going back to 10 yr passports.
Aug 28, 2015, 9:14 pm
#11
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Auckland - New Zealand
Programs: NZ*G,Accor-Gold
Posts: 232
Relevance to Airnz ? Well if I don't have a Passport then I can't use AirNZ to get out of NZ :-)
Every time I went to Australia within the 6 months of expiring the machines always used to beep at me and tell me to go see someone real so the staff could tell me I only had 6 months on my passport - which I knew (even if 6 months left on my NZ Passport was not a requirement to go to Australia - Only a Valid One)
Every time I went to Australia within the 6 months of expiring the machines always used to beep at me and tell me to go see someone real so the staff could tell me I only had 6 months on my passport - which I knew (even if 6 months left on my NZ Passport was not a requirement to go to Australia - Only a Valid One)