Originally Posted by
songsc
Would strongly suggest purchasing preferred seats with extra legroom.
My preference is NZ with one stop over AC non stop, because the service is much better on NZ.
To me the extra travel & transit time via AKL would overide the nominally better service. NZ to Au is ~3:30hr. I would also be looking at the actual departure & arrival times. The back of the bus is the back of the bus. Service is limited.
Does depend a little which Australian destination
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