Originally Posted by
Thai-Kiwi
Flight Date: Sep 2026
Route: NZ284 AKL-SIN (77W)
Class: PE to J
Type: Elite RU
Lodged: At booking 22 Feb 2026
Status: Elite
Result: Pending Cleared 27 Mar, approx 6 months out. Must have released some R class
Family member with fixed dates so they didn’t bother to call about R class - but still somewhat surprised it didn’t immediately clear. I made a dummy booking and can see there are 9 pax in J with allocated seats (based on the grey ‘head’ silhouettes) - presumably the 2 R class usually released have already been taken.
Family member (Elite) very please to see this clear 6 months in advance after being pending. They have onwards travel to Europe via Dubai on a separate EK biz ticket. Overall pricing WLG-AKL-SIN (PE) and SIN-AKL-WLG (Biz) combined with EK SIN-DBX-Europe (biz saver) was much cheaper than booking WLG-Europe in biz via AirNZ tools. They were reluctant to take cheaper biz options on OZ or CA.