Air NZ air point restrictions
Apr 25, 2018, 8:43 pm
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2018
Programs: ANZ airpoints
Posts: 1
Air NZ air point restrictions
If it wasn't bad enough to find that the temporary HiFly flight did not have normal business class seats, we later discovered that somewhere deep in Air NZ rules you don't get extra air points when you upgrade to Business Class at the airport. Beware all!
Apr 25, 2018, 9:37 pm
#2
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: New Zealand (most of the time)
Programs: Air NZ Elite *G, Honors Gold, IHG Platinum Elite
Posts: 6,102
If you want points you'll need a full paid upgrade into a paid booking class.
Apr 25, 2018, 9:41 pm
#3
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: MEL CHC
Posts: 20,994
Zardoz88 Welcome to FT
That's normal practise for most(all?) airlines
I am not aware of any airline freq flyer program that gives you business class points/status when you upgrade at the airport at checkin. As above, the upgrade will be at a cash discount to the normal fare difference.
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I am not aware of any airline freq flyer program that gives you business class points/status when you upgrade at the airport at checkin. As above, the upgrade will be at a cash discount to the normal fare difference.
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Apr 26, 2018, 4:45 am
#5
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: New Zealand
Programs: NZ Elite, QF Platinum (LTS), VA Platinum
Posts: 1,672
Zardoz88 Welcome to FT
That's normal practise for most(all?) airlines
I am not aware of any airline freq flyer program that gives you business class points/status when you upgrade at the airport at checkin. As above, the upgrade will be at a cash discount to the normal fare difference.
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That's normal practise for most(all?) airlines
I am not aware of any airline freq flyer program that gives you business class points/status when you upgrade at the airport at checkin. As above, the upgrade will be at a cash discount to the normal fare difference.
.
Apr 26, 2018, 5:15 am
#6
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Canada, USA, Europe
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 31,452
Zardoz88 Welcome to FT
That's normal practise for most(all?) airlines
I am not aware of any airline freq flyer program that gives you business class points/status when you upgrade at the airport at checkin. As above, the upgrade will be at a cash discount to the normal fare difference.
.
That's normal practise for most(all?) airlines
I am not aware of any airline freq flyer program that gives you business class points/status when you upgrade at the airport at checkin. As above, the upgrade will be at a cash discount to the normal fare difference.
.
Apr 26, 2018, 11:33 am
#7
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: YYZ/SFO/AKL
Programs: NZ*G, back of the bus UA, corner of the MLL AC.
Posts: 373
Apr 26, 2018, 11:28 pm
#8
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: BNE
Programs: NZ*G, QF Bronze, VA Red
Posts: 563
Apr 28, 2018, 11:40 am
#10
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: New Zealand
Programs: NZ Elite, QF Platinum (LTS), VA Platinum
Posts: 1,672
It does sound like an error or glitch though. Have you read of others with the same outcome?
Apr 29, 2018, 5:33 pm
#11
Join Date: Feb 2011
Programs: NZ*E
Posts: 808
I wonder how CZ First is like? their J is not worth it I think.... as with most Chinese carriers- the likes of CA/MU/FM/HX/HU and I am not putting CX/SQ/(NH/JL/OZ/KE - Asian) there.
May 1, 2018, 4:24 am
#12
Moderator, Hilton Honors
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: on a short leash
Programs: some
Posts: 71,422
Both first & business on CZ can be vastly cheaper than NZ (e.g. 50% or less).