Originally Posted by
mikew99
Perhaps, but this particular rule relates to where the ticket is purchased, not where it is flown. According to the U.S. DOT, this rule applies to all airlines that market their flights to consumers in the U.S., so if you are an American using an airline's U.S.-facing Web site, the airline must allow holds or cancellations for tickets purchased a week in advance.
If you were to complain to DOT about a AU-NZ journey it would say that it is outside its juristiction
people have tried using DOT regarding things such as fares from Europe to Central/South america that have tramsitted through the USA and these have been rejected since it has no juristiction on even these
The US has no control over anything AU-NZ