Originally Posted by
Xiaotung
NZ do not thru check bags to any airlines on separate tickets which means this is never a *A requirement.
The logic doesn't quite follow. Just because an airline does (or doesn't) do something doesn't mean it is (or is not) a *A requirement. *A has many requirements that individual airlines willfully violate (such as SQ's and BR's lounge policies). Effectively, the only *A "requirement" is that the airline pays the marketing fee to retain membership.