Originally Posted by
reubee
Many years ago when it was Air NZ and Ansett, Air NZ ran an ad along the lines that as the 737 cruises at a higher altitude than a 146, you will have a smoother flight. Naturally karma bit and my parents on a flight from AKL to WLG found themselves diverted to PMR with the rest of the journey being completed via bus. Dad wrote a letter along the lines that 2 hours on a bus at flight level zero was not consistent with their advertising campaign and was rewarded punished with a trip for two to anywhere in the Air NZ network. So they had a weekend in Invercargill.