Well spotted.

Air NZ PE was $500 more expensive then QF via Syd. I weighed up the options and decided the extra flight times in the wrong direction are worth the 50,000 points i'll earn, but I'll probably blow 45,000 of those on an upgrade to J on the way back to Syd.

Plus booking PE means the trans tasman flights are Business and i'll sleep a bit. Allthough the 737 is tiny, I've really enjoyed the trans jetconnect business service before so I went for it.

Don't think I'd sleep in the Air NZ PE Spaceseat on the 777, wheras I like the PE seats on QF 747s and A380s Will be one way on each aircraft.

Also really wanted lounge access at LAX and ORD so going this way give me the all important shower in between legs.