Originally Posted by
hockeyinsider
I need to get to New Zealand for a youth conference in mid-January (10-18) and am running out of options. I have enough Northwest miles to get to some of the Asian cities, but Northwest doesn't go into Australia or New Zealand.
Does anyone know of anything? I was hoping I could find a flight to Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, etc. and then a low-cost carrier to New Zealand.
I even tried bidding up to $950 on Priceline, but nothing has been accepted.
I can't find anything ... Anyone have any thoughts?
It's too bad you weren't looking a bit earlier. The was a $460 or so fare, LAX-SYD a couple of months ago. I think it was on one of the Virgin budget airlines.
Korean does fly to SYD and MEL, I think. You're going to have to concentrate on Skyteam partners, instead of a NW flight. There are also some Chinese airlines that might go there.
You can go to
http://www.skyteam.com/ and find out more info, including a downloadable program that shows which partner flies to which destination.