NZ02 Auckland airport earliest check-in and bag drop
Aug 28, 2011, 4:45 pm
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NZ02 Auckland airport earliest check-in and bag drop
Can anyone advise me how early one can check-in for NZ02 from Auckland to Los Angeles?
Will I be able to access the Business Class lounge anytime after checking in? It may be 6 to 8 hours before the 22:30 departure time.
Thank you for your help.
Soccer
Will I be able to access the Business Class lounge anytime after checking in? It may be 6 to 8 hours before the 22:30 departure time.
Thank you for your help.
Soccer
Aug 28, 2011, 6:33 pm
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Where are you coming from?
IMO 6-8 hours in the Koru Lounge at AKL is ridiculously long. I reccommend that you either delay your arrival or go somewhere out of the airport eg. Villa Maria Winery.
IMO 6-8 hours in the Koru Lounge at AKL is ridiculously long. I reccommend that you either delay your arrival or go somewhere out of the airport eg. Villa Maria Winery.
Last edited by Blackcloud; Aug 28, 2011 at 8:35 pm
Aug 29, 2011, 2:15 am
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Is there something better or "naughty" about the domestic lounge? I would think that if you were going to hang around the airport, you'd rather be in the international lounge. Also, isn't the domestic lounge past security? How would the OP get in with an international boarding pass?
Aug 29, 2011, 2:19 am
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Is there something better or "naughty" about the domestic lounge? I would think that if you were going to hang around the airport, you'd rather be in the international lounge. Also, isn't the domestic lounge past security? How would the OP get in with an international boarding pass?
No boarding pass is required to get airside at Domestic.
My understanding, is that the self scan in at the AKL Dom/International feeds from the same database. Therefore its goes green at both of the lounges.
Aug 29, 2011, 2:23 am
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It certainly did for me earlier this month. Went green after arriving from WLG and I dropped in before heading over to International. (Ran into Thai-Kiwi who was heading home.)
Interestingly it did not do so when I tried this over a year ago.
Interestingly it did not do so when I tried this over a year ago.
Aug 29, 2011, 2:48 am
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I'm pretty sure the AKL self-scan thing has been there only since around November. I'm guessing when they added one at AKL International, they just programed it the same as domestic allowed International bps on that setting
Aug 29, 2011, 4:10 am
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Aug 29, 2011, 5:29 pm
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