Transferring Koru membership?
May 24, 2019, 11:01 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Programs: Air New Zealand Gold Elite
Posts: 31
Transferring Koru membership?
To my great shame, last year I dropped from Gold status to Silver status however I'm about to become Gold status again. During that dark period where I'd dropped below Gold, I bought a Koru membership. I'm wondering if anyone has been in the same position and has had any luck having it transferred to another person? That membership has renewed within the last two months, so has about 10 months left to run.
May 25, 2019, 12:15 am
#2
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: New Zealand (most of the time)
Programs: Air NZ Elite *G, Honors Gold, IHG Platinum Elite
Posts: 6,112
Koru membership as per T&C is not transferable.
Of course that doesn't stop Air NZ letting you do this if you politely write to them and don't go demanding anything..
Of course that doesn't stop Air NZ letting you do this if you politely write to them and don't go demanding anything..
May 25, 2019, 5:42 am
#3
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Programs: Krisflyer, Qantas Frequent Flyer, Air NZ Airpoints, Koru, NZ*S and former *G
Posts: 317
I am not sure about a transfer but I had a membership refunded a few years ago, after hitting gold just a few weeks after renewing it (I didn’t follow my status etc in those days!). I am not sure I would expect them to be so accommodating now, but it doesn’t hurt to ask the question nicely, and there have been precedents that should give you some hope.
May 25, 2019, 5:13 pm
#4
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wellington
Programs: QFWP (LTSG), NZ (Jade), TG ROP (Forgotten), OZ (Silver), AA (Cardboard), EK (Lowest of the Low)
Posts: 4,669
10 years ago I had the KC membership suspended not refunded. You need to contact NZ about this as the KC membership and the Airpoints system are different so there was no automatic suspension.
May 25, 2019, 5:20 pm
#5
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: MEL CHC
Posts: 21,009
As above, ask Air NZ if they can do the same.
Jun 7, 2019, 5:56 pm
#7
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Programs: Krisflyer, Qantas Frequent Flyer, Air NZ Airpoints, Koru, NZ*S and former *G
Posts: 317