Originally Posted by
taupo
In typical Air NZ fashion, it is a nothing sandwich,
The aligning of qualification and effective dates just makes sense.
No ability for non Kiwi residents to earn SPs in a different way or a lower threshold such as Air Canada's Chase Card for non Canadians.
No Shairpoints for non-residents.
Having flown my family of seven back and forth to NZ on NZ since youngest was born 18 years ago and oldest 22 years ago annually, with many in between trips for smaller numbers, last week I spent C$32,000 on AC instead of NZ for our Xmas trip. This sum is insignificant to Air NZ, but when enough of us do it, it adds up.
I fly to NZ at least four times a year now and more of those will on AC as opposed to NZ.
Kate O'Brien is the queen of platitudes and obfuscation.
Having had several emails back and forth with her, it is like asking Chippy for straight answers about Bellis being more welcomed by the Taliban than her own government, no answer.
Also in the same boat after previously being a big NZ fanboy in years gone past. Now it's one bad thing after another -- the latest thing to grate me is seeing NZ fire sale reward seats to UA members while charging unreasonably high cash fares for their own customers grrr
I really wonder if they've grasped how bad things have gotten -- back in 2015 you would always see NZ mentioned alongside any list of "best airlines" but now the brand is nowhere to be seen.
I'm only holding out at this point to see if they offer some sort of lifetime status, but I suppose that's wishful thinking