Originally Posted by NPCtom

I just don't understand why it's always the high-income people who make such a fuss about it? Heather du Plessis-Allan (NewstalkZB) was saying the other day that she "cancelled" her holiday plans to Wellington due to fare pricing from AKL.

I'm a Uni student (not sure how much poorer you could get) and I'm not running to the media whenever I have to pay full Y to get home due to my poor planning lol.

I get there are probably edge cases e.g medical/funeral (even though there are compassionate fares), but the reality is that travel is a luxury. Take a bus if you want to save money...