Originally Posted by
davand
Having recently done this flight in J I can tell you that I had a total of 23922miles post. I flew AKL to LAX on NZ2 and had a 11 day stay in Cal before my onward NZ2 flight to LHR. AKL-LAX posted at 13036 and LAX to LHR as 10886.
You only got 23922 because you stopped over in LAX, and thus got the sum of the mileages for AKL-LAX and LAX-LHR. Those travelling straight through on NZ1/2 only get the mileage for AKL-LHR, which is less. NB you can also book a different flight between AKL & LAX, although these may or may not connect well with NZ1/2 between LAX & LHR, and get the summed mileage because you are booked on 2 separate flights.