NZ6 now NZ3 23/4/2018
#16
Join Date: Apr 2018
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I'm also affected by this - and now doubting I'll get the RU I applied for. I applied to 'stack' my 2 RU on this flight AKL - LAX, but following the flight time change, I tried to make a dummy booking only to find now that business class is 'not available on this flight'. Does that mean I won't get the RU to business as they've sold all the seats?
#17
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My mistake - I've just tried that again to find a few business seats still available. I may have chosen the other flight time for that day when trying the dummy booking I described above. Does anyone know if they reserve any Business seats for RU or just allocate any they haven't sold?
I only switched to this flight yesterday as was originally from AKL - IAH on the 24th April . . .
#18
Join Date: Jan 2016
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My mistake - I've just tried that again to find a few business seats still available. I may have chosen the other flight time for that day when trying the dummy booking I described above. Does anyone know if they reserve any Business seats for RU or just allocate any they haven't sold?
#20
Join Date: Apr 2018
Programs: Air New Zealand
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Lax to akl Wednesday 10:30pm cancelled
Our flight was cancelled and they couldn’t put us on the 9:30pm earlier flight as we need 4 business class seats and they only had 2 left.
Rebooked for Thursday with a layover in Auckland for one night.
Does anyone know if and how much AirNZ pays for food allowance for 2 days and 4 ppl.
Call center was useless and just said they needed ‘approval’ for everything
Rebooked for Thursday with a layover in Auckland for one night.
Does anyone know if and how much AirNZ pays for food allowance for 2 days and 4 ppl.
Call center was useless and just said they needed ‘approval’ for everything
#21
Join Date: Dec 2014
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My mistake - I've just tried that again to find a few business seats still available. I may have chosen the other flight time for that day when trying the dummy booking I described above. Does anyone know if they reserve any Business seats for RU or just allocate any they haven't sold?
Our flight was cancelled and they couldn’t put us on the 9:30pm earlier flight as we need 4 business class seats and they only had 2 left.
Rebooked for Thursday with a layover in Auckland for one night.
Does anyone know if and how much AirNZ pays for food allowance for 2 days and 4 ppl.
Call center was useless and just said they needed ‘approval’ for everything
Rebooked for Thursday with a layover in Auckland for one night.
Does anyone know if and how much AirNZ pays for food allowance for 2 days and 4 ppl.
Call center was useless and just said they needed ‘approval’ for everything
We were stuck in Tonga and bussed to a hotel which provided all food. It wasn't anywhere near the town but I'd already seen town anyway. We stayed at least 2 nights. The food was the same every day! I would gladly have paid for something different but I was too cheap to pay for a cab back towards town and there was nothing else in the area. At least nothing I saw on the bus on the way in.
For my own sanity with your layover time I would leave the hotel / airport area if ok with the group. Other eating / activity options instead of the hotel: eating at the airport, there's a shopping centre by Ibis and maybe some cafes on the street behind, or taking skybus into town. Cheap cabs provide a fixed fare. There's a yellow bus for $6? that goes between airport hotels back to the airport if you want to eat there. I liked the Macs bar? on the departure level and have eaten there a couple of times. I don't recommend driving after long haul.
Last edited by NZbutterfly; Apr 20, 2018 at 3:52 pm
#22
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Last edited by Kiwi Flyer; Apr 21, 2018 at 4:21 pm
#23
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Also now they know how many 789s are out, when the wet leases are turning up, and what RR's parts timeline is, so they should be able to put the long term schedule.
#24
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There are still lots of unknowns for Air NZ to manage - e.g. ETOPS changes, flight loads, availability of alternative flights for rebooking passengers, passenger choices about cancelling or changing flights, length of time the aircraft will be out (and knock-on effects on maintenance schedules), etc.
I.e. I expect there will be fluidity in the schedule for some time to come.
#25
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Auckland NZ
Programs: NZ*E
Posts: 106
My wife and I are travelling on NZ6 on our way to London on 10 May, and realise that the flight may also leave early. I note from the AirNZ website that the earlier departing time , and the change from NZ6 to NZ4, now occurs daily until 5 May. Presumably Air NZ may have to extend this further on in the month. Fortunately it doesn't worry us one way or the other, as long as we catch the flight!