I feel the Air New Zealand OneUp program is just a big money making scheme for Air NZ which does not benefit Airpoints members.
Flight end of September 2012
AKL- LA, Economy to Premium Economy, bid NZ$860 for 2 seats, rejected.
LA - LHR Premium Economy to Business Premier, bid $460 for 2 seats, rejected.
I then called AirNZ direct and found out that the AKL to LA flight was indeed sold out in Econ and Premium Econ.
I then questioned the LA - LHR leg.
And told that there were a 'number' of seats available in Business on my LA- LHR leg?
I questioned why we had then not been allocated those seats, to which I was told, 'I'm unable to answer that question, please direct your question to
[email protected].
Uhm?
It's early days in the OneUp programme for sure.
But my initial thought is it's another 'lose lose' for us and a 'gain gain' for AirNZ.
Bring on the competition.