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Old Aug 21, 2017, 9:51 pm
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Tasman Changes - Booking Locked
Is anyone else finding NZ is playing with the Tasman flights for later on this year? and the bookings changes have been locked out online for weeks at time?
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Old Aug 22, 2017, 2:50 am
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Originally Posted by cavemanzk
Is anyone else finding NZ is playing with the Tasman flights for later on this year? and the bookings changes have been locked out online for weeks at time?
Yes, I'm locked out currently.
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Old Aug 23, 2017, 3:41 am
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This has happened to me a number of time before. I believe that on most occasions you can just ring and ask what is the changes to the itinerary and they should unlock it for you if you are happy to accept. It's usually 5 minutes or so, in my experience.
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Old Aug 23, 2017, 1:23 pm
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Originally Posted by codyc1515
This has happened to me a number of time before. I believe that on most occasions you can just ring and ask what is the changes to the itinerary and they should unlock it for you if you are happy to accept. It's usually 5 minutes or so, in my experience.
Getting through to NZ lately seems to take more like 15minutes, then they want to transfer you to somebody else

Its like they are currently moving the flights around, to prepare to ditch VA?
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Old Aug 23, 2017, 10:47 pm
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Looking at booking to SYD from CHC in December and the earn is AP$1 for a seat and bag. I can see why they moved to offering $ and cents earn - future-proofing the earning rates to .50c.
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Old Aug 24, 2017, 1:19 am
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Originally Posted by CHCflyer
Looking at booking to SYD from CHC in December and the earn is AP$1 for a seat and bag. I can see why they moved to offering $ and cents earn - future-proofing the earning rates to .50c.
Meanwhile I get 50 SP and APD $24 this weekend on a $412 return to CBR on SQ.
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Old Aug 24, 2017, 2:14 am
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It seems like November/December is an time to avoid flying NZ on the Tasman? yet another flight change.
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Old Aug 25, 2017, 1:40 pm
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Originally Posted by sbiddle
Meanwhile I get 50 SP and APD $24 this weekend on a $412 return to CBR on SQ.
You do have to go to Canberra though....
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Old Aug 25, 2017, 2:20 pm
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Originally Posted by brenrox
You do have to go to Canberra though....
That's what I always said. It doesn't seem so bad though once I got here.

SQ plane was so dated it felt like it was 1999 but the airport here is great.
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Old Aug 25, 2017, 6:23 pm
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Originally Posted by brenrox
You do have to go to Canberra though....
But you do get to avoid those AM lines in SYD
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Old Aug 25, 2017, 7:57 pm
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No queues at CBR. Wait for manual processing (no smartgates) took about 5 mins. Out of the airport with bag in 10.
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Old Aug 26, 2017, 2:05 am
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Originally Posted by sbiddle
Meanwhile I get 50 SP and APD $24 this weekend on a $412 return to CBR on SQ.
sounds great, but these are honored by SQ so SQ pays NZ for that?
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Old Aug 26, 2017, 2:18 am
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Those SP don't count as the 'air nz and partner airlines' do they?
They fit into the same category as CC earn or other * alliance?

still a good TT deal tho..
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