What happens to NZ? Very hard to get business class award seat nowadays!
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What happens to NZ? Very hard to get business class award seat nowadays!
Searched the next 335 days for the flights AKL-SYD, SYD-AKL, AKL-NAN, NAN-AKL, AKL-HKG, HKG-AKL, AKL-PPT, PPT-AKL, not even 1 single business award seat is available. Wonder what happens to NZ, it used to be a very generous airlines few years back! Now it seems the available routes with business class seats are NRT-AKL-NRT and PVG-AKL-PVG but PVG-AKL-PVG aircraft is downgraded from 777 to 767 non lie-flat seat (5 out of 7 days weekly).
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I Gave Up...
Did the same thing 2 years in a row with them. IMPOSSIBLE to find even ONE Biz class reward seat )-:
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It seems such awards in premium cabins are reserved for when NZ think they cannot actually sell a seat.
The one-up $$$ (premium seat auction) upgraders are their preference it seems.
The one-up $$$ (premium seat auction) upgraders are their preference it seems.
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They probably make more money auctioning a seat off than whatever the partners pay for the award seat .
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Searched the next 335 days for the flights AKL-SYD, SYD-AKL, AKL-NAN, NAN-AKL, AKL-HKG, HKG-AKL, AKL-PPT, PPT-AKL, not even 1 single business award seat is available. Wonder what happens to NZ, it used to be a very generous airlines few years back! Now it seems the available routes with business class seats are NRT-AKL-NRT and PVG-AKL-PVG but PVG-AKL-PVG aircraft is downgraded from 777 to 767 non lie-flat seat (5 out of 7 days weekly).
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That Sydney to Auckland flight only had 3 people in business...
Hoping that there'll be some room open in June!
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NZ's "innovative" FFP structure means their own members can only redeem points on revenue seats not those I, X classes usually reserved for FFP redemption. So when they don't have their own members to answer to, there is probably no need to release I, X classes for others when they have good load factors.
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This is where I wish Star Alliance would actually have some contractual teeth to make carriers release a percentage of seats to reward availability for some consistency across the network.
Some carriers like Thai play well, whereas others like SQ and NZ get away with reward seat availability mayhem.
Some carriers like Thai play well, whereas others like SQ and NZ get away with reward seat availability mayhem.
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That's strange, in 2011 (assuming we still mean 2-3 years ago, literally) my dad kept finding J seats from SFO-AKL-SYD or the latter. First one round trip was in May second round was only SYD-AKL-SFO in August (went on the latter).
That Sydney to Auckland flight only had 3 people in business...
Hoping that there'll be some room open in June!
That Sydney to Auckland flight only had 3 people in business...
Hoping that there'll be some room open in June!
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I wish Star Alliance would have some straight guidelines on award seats on its members.