Originally Posted by oranjemakker

Its become a rather depressing routine for me setting my alarm for midnight (i actually have one saved on my phone for this!!!). Most of the the time the strategy works if you can be bothered with the inconvenience of the alarm (and annoying your partner with it!).

Ive been caught out on the WEL-AKL with seats not being available but its always worked for me on CHC-AKL-CHC