Originally Posted by
LegalEagle
Question: Anyone have any low-cost ideas on how to get back to the US mainland about 10 days later?
And what is the weather like in Queenstown in what I think is the early fall in New Zealand?
April is school holidays in NZ, and there normally aren't any cheap ways to get to US. Just as Oz->US is QF's moneymaker, NZ->US is NZ's moneymaker.
Queenstown is nestled in the mountains. It is autumn so that means anything goes. Could be nice, sunny and mild (say 22C or low 70sF) or wet and cold with snow on the tops (unlikely in the town itself but not impossible) (say 5C or about 40F). Could be both on the same day. Most likely is fine or isolated showers and mid to high teens C, low 60s F.