Originally Posted by
mad_atta
I can think of another, fairly serious, downside: you'd be flying UA not NZ
My last biz class far on UA included a seat that would not recline properly, no audio on the headset despite several replacements, and a meal that was worse than anything I have ever been offered in cattle class on ANZ or AC.
So I would also recommend going with ANZ. Also as someone else pointed out, *A upgrades are the last to be considered by ANZ if at all from what my friends on AC and UA tell me.