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Old Feb 26, 2019, 12:19 pm
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YXUFlyboy
 
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Originally Posted by mellon
well NZ has only 26 business class seats on its 777-200 plane, so its no surprise its hard to redeem a J award.
this might be a tough one to compete for AC, because NZ is 50% owned by the govt, profit "might" not be the #1 reason for all of NZ flights.
However awesome AC will add 20 more J seats to the mix, with its tourist 787-8
It's more that NZ doesn't release award space to partners - it's notorious for this. Not even in Y. You can find it but it's really hard.
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