Booking multi city one-way flights with Air NZ
Aug 22, 2014, 7:21 am
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Booking multi city one-way flights with Air NZ
Hi guys,
Apologies if this has been asked before.
I'm trying to book some one-way flights with Air New Zealand in January 2015 for a major trip. Unfortunately, their website's international multi-city booking feature is crap (excuse my French).
I'm trying to book these legs:
January 7: BNE to ZQN
January 10: ZQN to WLG
January 14: AKL to PPT
(From WLG to AKL I can get a better deal with Jetstar)
All of them are operated by Air NZ on the dates in question.
I couldn't figure out how to use Air NZ's own website (without doing 3 seperate bookings) since the origin city is different from the destination. In my experience, even if you book one-way flights, it's usually cheaper if you book them together than seperately.
Is there a website for booking multi-city one-way flights within the Star Alliance?
I tried united.com's website since I'm a member of their frequent flier programme, but it couldn't find the flights. I will probably never fly Air NZ again, so signing up for their frequent flyer programme doesn't make much sense.
I also tried using a site like momondo.com but it gives me a ridiculous price if I do a search for all three legs. Seperately, I've found a price of approx. $1,000 for the three flights all together. But like I said, I figure I can get a better price if I book them together somehow instead of in 3 orders? And it would be great to get the miles..
Thanks!
Apologies if this has been asked before.
I'm trying to book some one-way flights with Air New Zealand in January 2015 for a major trip. Unfortunately, their website's international multi-city booking feature is crap (excuse my French).
I'm trying to book these legs:
January 7: BNE to ZQN
January 10: ZQN to WLG
January 14: AKL to PPT
(From WLG to AKL I can get a better deal with Jetstar)
All of them are operated by Air NZ on the dates in question.
I couldn't figure out how to use Air NZ's own website (without doing 3 seperate bookings) since the origin city is different from the destination. In my experience, even if you book one-way flights, it's usually cheaper if you book them together than seperately.
Is there a website for booking multi-city one-way flights within the Star Alliance?
I tried united.com's website since I'm a member of their frequent flier programme, but it couldn't find the flights. I will probably never fly Air NZ again, so signing up for their frequent flyer programme doesn't make much sense.
I also tried using a site like momondo.com but it gives me a ridiculous price if I do a search for all three legs. Seperately, I've found a price of approx. $1,000 for the three flights all together. But like I said, I figure I can get a better price if I book them together somehow instead of in 3 orders? And it would be great to get the miles..
Thanks!
Aug 23, 2014, 5:40 am
#2
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: SYD
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For Air New Zealand shorthaul flights (including most Australia and Pacific Island flights), booking flights as individual one ways will cost the same. The only time that this is a disadvantage is when there are specific sale fares that only apply to round trip flights... but that wouldn't help you on a multi-city itinerary anyway.
However, AKL-PPT is in some ways treated as a long haul, so that may not be the case here... Have you tried using a third party site like kayak or expedia?
However, AKL-PPT is in some ways treated as a long haul, so that may not be the case here... Have you tried using a third party site like kayak or expedia?
Aug 24, 2014, 1:00 am
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Fare rules do not allow routing BNE to WLG via ZQN so separate tickets will cost the same as constructed ones.
You should however check WLG-AKL-PPT. You might get a far similar to AKL-PPT.
You should however check WLG-AKL-PPT. You might get a far similar to AKL-PPT.
