Originally Posted by
NZbutterfly
Apologies I read the immediate heading under checked in baggage referring to fares, connecting flights etc and found the excerpt under number of bags.
Are you interpreting the part where it says where the ticketed itinerary has two or more Star Alliance airlines,..... as excluding single airline tickets??
Because I read "where" as being IF your ticket includes two or more carriers rather than ONLY IF you have 2 or more carriers.
There must be someone with *G (non NZ) that's flown even TT or Pacific Islands with NZ on a seat + bag or more fare and been allowed to take an extra bag. I'd think we would have had many complaints on this forum if that were the case. I mainly recall enquiries around the free bag with regards to the seat only fare.
* Airpoints™ Gold, Elite, and Star Alliance Gold members can add an extra bag for no charge to the standard allowance for their fare (not a family member’s fare), where the ticketed itinerary has two or more Star Alliance airlines, except for Seat fares
Thanks. I get what you mean now but the way this is worded is still problematic. Under the heading, it doesn't tell you what extra Airpoints Gold/Elite will get when travelling on NZ services but jumps to tells you what you will get when connecting to a second carrier? There is no logic.
Also when an itinerary includes a second carrier, only Works fares can be sold so why do they need to say "except for Seat fares?" Again, no logic.