Originally Posted by
appfly
- LAX - RAR is a 10 hour flight. Is Space + OK or is it a huge difference to premium economy considering I am coming off a 11 hour flight from LHR?
LAX-RAR will normally be on 767 (space+ seats) but sometimes on 777 (premium economy seats). Either way the seats are a little worse than 747 premium economy, and on 767 food & beverage is economy not business class standard.
Originally Posted by
appfly
- Upper or lower deck for premium economy and what seats to requests? Are Seatguru.com up to date as there are som discrepancies netween seatgur and the NZ mater thread in the seating advise.
I definitely prefer lower deck premium economy on 747. Much smaller cabin, don't have to look at the nice business class beds in front of you (upper deck shared with business class) and a little quicker off the a/c.
Originally Posted by
appfly
- Do NZ have high or low *G reckognition, i.e. do op-ups occur often or never as *G? I am of course hoping for Y->C op-up if I can't upgrade for points.
Op-ups are fairly rare on NZ. As *G you'll rank behind NZ*E and NZ*G passengers, of which there are likely to be several on your flights.
Upgrade for points. Assuming you mean non-NZ points, then this requires an expensive booking class, and so may or may not be available to you.
Originally Posted by
appfly
- Since I am flying from Europe I can choose to take the route via Asia instead. Is that a betetr choice in order to avoid transit at LAX. My only reason to take this route is the stop-over at RAR.
Transit in Asia is much nicer than at LAX. However, a stopover in the islands is nicer still. For the sake of a couple of hours of unpleasantness at LAX I'd think it is worth it.
Originally Posted by
appfly
- Is Cook island worth one week of a total 4 week trip? Or are there better pacific Islands to visit?
Depends on what you want to do. Different island groups are better suited for some purposes than others.
Originally Posted by
appfly
- Will it be better to cancel the stop over att RAR and take a separate flight AKL-RAR instead so I can fly premium economy the whole way from LHR to AKL on the outbound trip. I can then choose to go to RAR anytime during my 4 weeks in NZ as there are daily flights and not too expensive.
While not expensive, it is a significant back-track to RAR and will take up 1/2 a day each way travelling (with possibility of middle of the night flights). Of course there are also closer islands you can get to, to reduce the amount of back-tracking.
Originally Posted by
appfly
- I have an optional route with similar pricing that goes with SK and TG via BKK but then I am in C with TG and premium on SK. Then I "avoid" a 10 hour flight in Eco or Space+ and the transit in LA (LAX-RAR)
C on TG is rather poor. I can't comment on premium economy on SK.