Originally Posted by
raznz
i wrote off going for a banked year, but with this i might push for it. Just a shame that regional backtrack trick doesnt work anymore, need a more time-conscious way to aim for 180SP (or i guess 90 in this case)
You can get good deals with domestic flights crediting per flight instead of journey now. For eg: AKL-CHC-DUD will credit as 2 separate flights instead of AKL-DUD. I had one recently on this route and had to go via CHC each way as the directs were all sold out. Got 32 SP's per flight so 128 in total. You'd get 256 SP's for it plus 128 SP ANZ Plat bonus (if you have it) which would be 384 total. Probably be about $1000 return but $2.60/SP which is pretty decent. Could do it in a day.