Note - at time of writing NZ appears to still be adding sale seats for today, but perhaps not new routes (each route shows how many seats available and some of the numbers have increased since I first looked at it).
The sales are still going. Interestingly, todays one included some for travel from this coming Friday! Not sure if this is NZ's way of helping out pax caught up in Origin Pacific's collapse, or if it is a sign they are experimenting with discounting close-ish to departure.
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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
The sales are still going. Interestingly, todays one included some for travel from this coming Friday! Not sure if this is NZ's way of helping out pax caught up in Origin Pacific's collapse, or if it is a sign they are experimenting with discounting close-ish to departure.
Interesting.
I usually leave my bookings to the last moment more from a lack of planning than anything else, but check the prices a few days before hand. I have noticed recently that there can be significant reductions close to the departure date.
My understanding is that "Grab a seat" is to be a permanent feature of the website - largely to increase web useage such as online purchase, itin changes, and new features including OLCI and seat selection for elites.
I just had a look at today's Grab-a-seat sales site. The routes on sales are still domestic only, but the map now includes the Pacific Islands (except Australia). Perhaps it's a sign of things to come?
I just had a look at today's Grab-a-seat sales site. The routes on sales are still domestic only, but the map now includes the Pacific Islands (except Australia). Perhaps it's a sign of things to come?
The first grab a seats to pacific islands AKL-RAR available from today for $129! Will come online soon to book, new destinations every day just like the domestic grab a seats.
The first grab a seats to pacific islands AKL-RAR available from today for $129! Will come online soon to book, new destinations every day just like the domestic grab a seats.
I wonder that these Pacific fares will be more like an off-load of excess capacity? i.e. the domestic destinations appear to allow you to book a return flight at the grabaseat fare over a short-ish period of a week or fortnight, but the fare shown today for RAR is one way only, over a limited two day period.
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I wonder that these Pacific fares will be more like an off-load of excess capacity? i.e. the domestic destinations appear to allow you to book a return flight at the grabaseat fare over a short-ish period of a week or fortnight, but the fare shown today for RAR is one way only, over a limited two day period.
You are able to book the return on the website at the same price (at that date range), it seems to be a system error not showing the return dates on the grab a seat pop up.
