Hi Pandaperth and Himeno,

Thanks for your time and quick response!

We are actually flying to NZ in October to visit family (aunt works for Air NZ and can get us there cheap), and also visiting Australia before starting our RTW in December. Would we be cutting it too close to purchase the LONE5 in NZ mid October for early Dec departure? Since i'll physically be in NZ, i'm assuming the Cdn credit card won't be a problem...

Other idea is to ask my aunt to call CX New Zealand and pay for it with my credit card. Do these sound like workable solutions?