Extra koru club passes Suggestions?
Nov 22, 2015, 3:22 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: bne
Programs: Velocity Gold, AIRNZ Elite, Qantas Silver ,Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,320
Extra koru club passes Suggestions?
For a gold member to take 2 guests into the koru club is the only way to an extra pass is by the way of
Using a kiwibank or ANZ? (We choose the Westpac ..only just realised they don't give lounge passes)
(I was told they don't sell access anymore)
Using a kiwibank or ANZ? (We choose the Westpac ..only just realised they don't give lounge passes)
(I was told they don't sell access anymore)
Nov 22, 2015, 4:51 pm
#2
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Auckland
Programs: NZ*G
Posts: 101
Before I reached gold I paid $50 to get into LAX lounge for a long layover.. But they also say if the lounge is busy or full they decline to sell access. It's something thats not promoted.
Nov 22, 2015, 5:16 pm
#3
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: New Zealand (most of the time)
Programs: Air NZ Elite *G, Honors Gold, IHG Platinum Elite
Posts: 6,114
I haven't seen any mention of paid access being removed.
What lounge was it? Paid access is not available at all lounges, and vouchers are not accepted at all lounges (such as partner lounges and LAX) either .
What lounge was it? Paid access is not available at all lounges, and vouchers are not accepted at all lounges (such as partner lounges and LAX) either .
Nov 22, 2015, 7:22 pm
#4
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wellington
Programs: QFWP (LTSG), NZ (Jade), TG ROP (Forgotten), OZ (Silver), AA (Cardboard), EK (Lowest of the Low)
Posts: 4,669
Yes NZ posted a reply on their Twitter account that paid access is no longer offered.
Reason was to improve the experience of their most frequent/best customers or somesuch thing.
Reason was to improve the experience of their most frequent/best customers or somesuch thing.
Nov 22, 2015, 7:36 pm
#5
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: New Zealand (most of the time)
Programs: Air NZ Elite *G, Honors Gold, IHG Platinum Elite
Posts: 6,114
I would have hardly thought paid access was an issue - the bigger issue seems to be that they gave Gold away to thousands of customers and now give Koru passes to anybody who spends money on their credit card!
Nov 23, 2015, 12:20 am
#6
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 68
I asked the question a week or two ago as couldnt see official note about paid ad hoc entry on the website anymore.. and as always paid to take extra colleagues in to the lounge.. or could sometimes manage to buy in even when flying another airline etc.. I would have thought it would have been more profitable for airnz @ $35 or $55 a pop than the members annual fees... seems not as they emailed back and confirmed the door is shut to non members.. maybe lack of space issues nowadays?
Nov 23, 2015, 10:33 am
#7
Join Date: Feb 2007
Programs: NZ Koru
Posts: 6,414
Koru has an guest card product - I've used it a couple of times now for when I needed an extra guest a couple of times in an short period. You could see if they would sell one to an Gold?
http://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/koru-membership
http://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/koru-membership
Nov 26, 2015, 12:16 am
#8
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 93
On an unrelated note, this has been bugging me for a long time. cavemanzk - why do you always use "an" incorrectly?
Dec 4, 2015, 4:14 pm
#10
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: New Zealand (most of the time)
Programs: Air NZ Elite *G, Honors Gold, IHG Platinum Elite
Posts: 6,114