FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - "We can arrange for an equivalent amount of miles/points"
Old Feb 25, 2015 | 11:33 am
  #1  
doro
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: NZ
Posts: 32
"We can arrange for an equivalent amount of miles/points"

Short version: Does anyone know how much NZ views Airpoints as worth vis-a-vis other Star Alliance partners?

Long version:

Due to a broken IFE on the inaugural AKL-NRT flight, I was given four Air New Zealand vouchers in the amount of NZ$30 each (for a total of NZ$120 in Airpoints).

The voucher states (after saying I could credit voucher to Airpoints account): "If you are a member of a Star Alliance partner airline loyalty programme, we can arrange for an equivalent amount of miles/points to your account."

There's no scenario where I can use the vouchers other than the store, although I could also gift them to a friend. There's nothing on NZ's website on how many points I would get, I literally got zero hits on Google for Air NZ and the quoted language, and even a supervisor at Airpoints said that I would have to send in the vouchers and cash them out to find out. The only ratio floating out there is SPG's 65:1 which I would gladly take to UAL, Air Canada, or any other Amex or Chase partner.

So I'm wondering if anyone here has any idea what these are worth. Thanks!
doro is offline