Originally Posted by
rayonline
He is in Christchurch so his family in Singapore / Malaysia, he said he didn't book on AirNZ / SIA because on the return leg it gets in at night into AKL therefore he misses the last flight into CHC. So reward flights and upgrades are out.
The SQ-operated flights get into AKL mid-morning, so why not use Airpoints to redeem on those? In the other direction he could use either SQ or NZ. Or, of course, just redeem on SQ's nonstop services between Singapore and Christchurch - no connecting flight needed!