Indeed. At domestic lounge now. Lounge attendant just waved me through in a disinterested way. In the end, thanks to an eternity for the bags to come out of the QR flight, I just had a couple of hours to sit at the international terminal, fuelled by coffee from the 24h McD's.
TBH the most unpleasant aspect was dealing with Air New Zealand domestic staff who at 4:30am treated pax as if we were a complete nuisance and actively made announcements for us not to approach staff until after 5am.
Last edited by RafKa; Dec 27, 2022 at 11:12 am