... your year in the air has landed (email from NZ)
Dec 21, 2018, 1:30 pm
#31
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Wellington
Programs: AirNZ Airpoints Elite
Posts: 121
30 flights..
29000km.
1173 APD, 17% on NZ metal
My other benefits:
Around 50 meals (I regularly use Wgtn lounge with unaccompanied daughters when delivering them for flight home to AKL)
6 or so bottles reasonable wine, a couple of bubbly, a few Bloody Mary’s
A few great experience for flying companions.
20 reasonable coffees.
Fast bag + extra luggage.
2 x RU Upgrades (AKL<>PER)
$200 Skycouch (Gold uplift)EZE - AKL
Some outstanding service.
Not too many complaints really even if the earn for flying is pretty average.
1173 APD, 17% on NZ metal
My other benefits:
Around 50 meals (I regularly use Wgtn lounge with unaccompanied daughters when delivering them for flight home to AKL)
6 or so bottles reasonable wine, a couple of bubbly, a few Bloody Mary’s
A few great experience for flying companions.
20 reasonable coffees.
Fast bag + extra luggage.
2 x RU Upgrades (AKL<>PER)
$200 Skycouch (Gold uplift)EZE - AKL
Some outstanding service.
Not too many complaints really even if the earn for flying is pretty average.
Dec 21, 2018, 2:38 pm
#33
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: YYZ/SFO/AKL
Programs: NZ*G, back of the bus UA, corner of the MLL AC.
Posts: 373
Dec 22, 2018, 1:47 pm
#37
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Wellington, NZ
Programs: NZ *Gold
Posts: 1,371
31 flights,
60000 kilometres,
$1900 APD earned,
$1100 APD spent,
37% of APD from Air New Zealand.
Successful RUs = 0/2 successful one up bids 1/1.
1335 status points earned, will tick over to 1500 by Mid-Jan.
60000 kilometres,
$1900 APD earned,
$1100 APD spent,
37% of APD from Air New Zealand.
Successful RUs = 0/2 successful one up bids 1/1.
1335 status points earned, will tick over to 1500 by Mid-Jan.
Dec 23, 2018, 12:05 am
#38
Join Date: Sep 2017
Programs: Air NZ Koru, Air NZ ELT *G, IHG Spire Ambassador, Emirates, Flying Blue, QANTAS Club
Posts: 420
Dec 23, 2018, 2:27 pm
#40
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: JER
Programs: NZ Elite *G, QF Gold, Accor+ Diamond
Posts: 157
Are you saying you use the lounge before your daughters' flight when you're not personally flying? Surely not! If you can somehow do this, please tell me how it works because we often drop off our unaccompanied son for regional flights from Wellington and have to hang around the terminal while we wait for his departure.
Dec 23, 2018, 2:58 pm
#41
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: AKL
Programs: NZ Silver
Posts: 1,816
Are you saying you use the lounge before your daughters' flight when you're not personally flying? Surely not! If you can somehow do this, please tell me how it works because we often drop off our unaccompanied son for regional flights from Wellington and have to hang around the terminal while we wait for his departure.
Dec 23, 2018, 6:45 pm
#42
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: New Zealand (most of the time)
Programs: Air NZ Elite *G, Honors Gold, IHG Platinum Elite
Posts: 6,099
I know somebody who's done this a number of times for totally legitimate reasons - last minute flights for tech support issues that have ended up being solved before he's made it onto the plane.
Dec 23, 2018, 7:36 pm
#43
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Sun Peaks, Taupo.
Programs: NZ Elite, AC SE100K, Westjet Teal, Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite, Nexus, Global Entry
Posts: 6,127
1454 Status Points, all BIS, not able to have an AP earning CC as a foreigner.
19 segments
RU's cleared.
APD upgrades cleared.
19 segments
RU's cleared.
APD upgrades cleared.
Dec 23, 2018, 11:08 pm
#44
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Wellington
Programs: AirNZ Airpoints Elite
Posts: 121
Are you saying you use the lounge before your daughters' flight when you're not personally flying? Surely not! If you can somehow do this, please tell me how it works because we often drop off our unaccompanied son for regional flights from Wellington and have to hang around the terminal while we wait for his departure.
A nice benefit - but their flights do earn AirNZ $7-8k per year.
Dec 24, 2018, 12:56 am
#45
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: WLG/BKK
Programs: TG*G, NZ*GE, QF G, Accor Gold
Posts: 10,176
Never had any problems doing this. Generally around 3pm on a Sunday. I’ve done it as Koru and/or *G, they both have BP’s (and are Airpoints members, no status) while I’m not flying obviously. A bit cheekily once my partner came in as well (Koru member) but we were told it wasn’t strictly allowed. Pretty sure their Mum does it in AKL Domestic lounge as well on Friday afternoons (even peak). - she’s Koru member.
A nice benefit - but their flights do earn AirNZ $7-8k per year.