Originally Posted by
sweetsleep
I am going to Oz in January 2023 (I hope!) and feel fortunate that my TA who books my flights using points has me from LAX>HND>SYD on ANA in Business. My tour starts in MEL but I have a couple of days after I arrive into SYD to either stay there and explore or fly out the next morning beforeI decide about onward travel.
Still have to get from my home airport (which I can use award miles) but I grabbed the options I was given using Aeroplan after transferring miles from Chase. I may go a day early to LAX-that gives me extra time to start to adjust to the time change so I am okay with that. I live in the Central Time Zone.
Still waiting to see if I can get back to the US from Auckland in February where my tour ends. Seems like an eternity but if it happens it happens. Just glad to at least try to plan.
I hope the OP is successful in October! Good luck!
May be interest to some. But in these times announcing a route and actually flying are not always the same.
Few airlines have restarted flights to/from NZ. NZ has been/will be closed ~4 months longer than AU.
17 Mar (ExecTrav AU)--->
Air Canada restarts Brisbane, Auckland flights; Sydney goes daily
With travel confidence continuing to improve in 2022, Air Canada is making the most of the upbeat mood.
The Star Alliance member will boost its Sydney-Vancouver flights to a daily schedule as of May 1, up from the current four days a week, in the face of
Qantas’ own thrice-weekly Sydney-Vancouver service. Air Canada will also bring back direct Brisbane-Vancouver flights – the only carrier serving this trans-Pacific corridor – beginning July 1 from Vancouver (on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) and July 3 from Brisbane (on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday). If you’re
not in Sydney or Brisbane, Air Canada’s
partnership with Virgin Australia offers easy connections from a slew of other cities.
Auckland is also back on Air Canada’s map, with three flights a week from November 10
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