Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
The odds aren't that low. NZ only has 7 (or is that 6 now?) 767s. TBU is mostly served by 767 and PER is only served by 767. AKL-TBU-AKL was bound to be the same a/c.
OK, with those numbers things are a bit different... though still, an interesting coincidence (apart from the AKL-TBU-AKL run.
Sometime ago I did SFO-xIAD-EZE/GRU-xORD-SFO on UA, and I got N641UA for SFO-IAD, IAD-EZE and GRU-ORD. Having the same bird to EZE did not surprise me, but having it GRU-ORD did!