Originally Posted by
Often1
Nothing embarrassing in the least.
What is most embarrassing is that NZ citizens have to look to a US agency for protection for tickets paid for in NZ on a NZ carrier. The failure of NZ to protect its own is the unfair part and it must be remembered that it is only those who had tickets to or from the US or from the EU who have this protection.
What is actually most pathetic is expecting/needing your (any) pathetic government to protect you from things like this.