AKL-EZE *A Availability
Feb 22, 2017, 8:59 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: MSP
Programs: WN, UA (old CO), AA
Posts: 27
AKL-EZE *A Availability
Curious if anyone has experience booking this route with United award miles. I'm reading that Air NZ typically has very limited *A award seats, but I thought I'd ask for a more standard long haul, as opposed to AKL-NAN or some other strictly tourist route. I can't seem to get it to show up anywhere for any dates. Cheers.
Feb 23, 2017, 2:44 am
#3
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: NZ*G ELT, VA-G
Posts: 3,598
Jul 12, 2017, 9:09 pm
#6
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 2,645
I think they release the absolute minimum the *A requires to be a member airline. They don't need to release reward seats for Airpoints members, as APD can be used to buy any seat on any flight. As APD can be used as an alternative to NZD in the checkout process. So NZ are only releasing the reward seats for *A not their own members.