Originally Posted by
Ellice
Has anyone found that increasingly those low fare alerts from air nz are just computer generated click bait to make you go to their website? They will send you an alert saying for e.g. that AKL-SFO, as this morning, is $377 one way, but when you go through there is virtually no availability and the return fare brings you back to the normal price. Those low fare alerts are BS, I'd like to know if anyone actually scored a cheap flight off them. They need to have the option of low fare return flights, not just one way.
No, I haven't. These are definitely on offer but as they say seats are limited. I have seen sometimes 20 seats will sell out within 5 minutes. The emails arrive later in the day, which by that time have well and truly expired.
Originally Posted by
cavemanzk
Which brings back to the point, should we go back to not having taxes included in the lead-in fare with taxes added during the booking process. That sure would make the NZ/AU Govt and Airport Companies not look so great, and help bring the tax down.
e.g SYD-AKL
AU Passenger Movement Charge $61.80
F1 Border Clearance Levy $18.20
KK Passenger Service Charge $18.22
WY Passenger Service Charge International $33.50
Total $131.72
I don't quite think that will have the effect you are hoping for. The net effect will be more misleading fares. More-so, I imagine it would probably contravene the Fair Trading Act to do so.
Originally Posted by
luckypierre
FWIW, from US perspective, AA is conducting a fairly expensive launch campaign-billboards focusing on the exotic, end of the world destination, lots of web ads, etc. Most include the QF connection. Heavily discounted promotional fares (arnd $700 USD from LAX).
I have seen these but it has been rather disappointing to see that the deals are heavily biased in one direction (ex-USA). I have seen as low as USD$200 each way at one point but it was only ex-USA.