Air New Zealand service between New York/Newark and Auckland
#1
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Air New Zealand service between New York/Newark and Auckland
Schedule announced on UA website
https://hub.united.com/2019-10-23-un...641076365.html
However nothing on NZ website still
Flight numbers are NZ1/ NZ2 ..so does that mean only 1x daily service to/from LAX (NZ6 /NZ5)
https://hub.united.com/2019-10-23-un...641076365.html
However nothing on NZ website still
Flight numbers are NZ1/ NZ2 ..so does that mean only 1x daily service to/from LAX (NZ6 /NZ5)
Last edited by gambda; Oct 23, 2019 at 2:29 pm Reason: .
#2
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Schedule announced on UA website
https://hub.united.com/2019-10-23-un...641076365.html
However nothing on NZ website still
Flight numbers are NZ1/ NZ2 ..so does that mean only 1x daily service to/from LAX (NZ6 /NZ5)
https://hub.united.com/2019-10-23-un...641076365.html
However nothing on NZ website still
Flight numbers are NZ1/ NZ2 ..so does that mean only 1x daily service to/from LAX (NZ6 /NZ5)
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It’s a 96.40 USD includes tip Uber trip from NYC to EWR !
*** It was actually $96.40 USD
I did not say it was a bad thing, just making a statement on the Uber ride. Public transport was not practical and was considered.
![](https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.flyertalk.com-vbulletin/497x1001/screen_shot_2019_10_25_at_3_17_44_pm_70a250a9ee6754136cf4ed925d1a450f7909042b.png)
"Times Square to EWR" 27/9/2019 @1.30 pm
*** It was actually $96.40 USD
I did not say it was a bad thing, just making a statement on the Uber ride. Public transport was not practical and was considered.
![](https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.flyertalk.com-vbulletin/497x1001/screen_shot_2019_10_25_at_3_17_44_pm_70a250a9ee6754136cf4ed925d1a450f7909042b.png)
"Times Square to EWR" 27/9/2019 @1.30 pm
Last edited by kiwicyclo; Oct 24, 2019 at 8:20 pm
#10
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EWR > Midtown: 15 miles
JFK > Midtown: 14.4 miles
Airtrain Newark > Northeast Corridor > Midtown: 1 hour
Airtrain JFK > Port Jeff line or Far Rockaway line > Midtown: 1 hour
Honestly, they're almost exactly the same distance (EWR a bit closer to downtown).
JFK > Midtown: 14.4 miles
Airtrain Newark > Northeast Corridor > Midtown: 1 hour
Airtrain JFK > Port Jeff line or Far Rockaway line > Midtown: 1 hour
Honestly, they're almost exactly the same distance (EWR a bit closer to downtown).
#11
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Edit: Seeing 40-70 with Uber currently
Last edited by NZbutterfly; Oct 24, 2019 at 4:15 am Reason: Add info
#12
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#13
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Regardless of a few more dollars either way to get to and from EWR, I'll definitely be taking this flight northbound once it commences.
Will still return via LAX or SFO with a night or two on the West Coast; I'm not toooo motivated to spend 17h40 on the return leg just to get home and go to the office.
Will still return via LAX or SFO with a night or two on the West Coast; I'm not toooo motivated to spend 17h40 on the return leg just to get home and go to the office.
#14
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The only real question that matters is...will the planes have updated business class seats. i.e. not the worlds-worst flip over, stare at each others heads/IFE's/feet seats. The people and food are great! The seats suuuuck.
#15
Join Date: Jun 2015
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For one thing, JFK has also access to the subway via Airtrain so you can connect to the A/E/J (making trips to lower Manhattan easier), as well as trains from Jamaica to Atlantic Terminal (better for large parts of Brooklyn).
The other thing is that the weekend timing for trains from Newark Airport to NY Penn on NJT results in long gaps every hour in the schedule -- for example, this Saturday there is an 10:59, 11:06, 11:15 and 11:21 train from Newark Airport to NY Penn; then there's a 45 minute wait for the next train at 12:06, then 12:16, 12:18 and then another 41-minute wait for the next train at 12:59. There's a similar gap between the 13:17 and 14:04 (47 min), the 14:18 and 15:06 (48 min), etc. It's incredibly annoying to arrive at Newark Airport station and released you've just missed three trains within the last 15 minutes and now you have to wait 45 minutes for the next train.
By contrast from Jamaica to Penn Station the LIRR trains are more evenly spaced out: this Saturday we've got 10:54, 11:01, 11:14, 11:22, 11:39, 12:01, 12:14, 12:22, 12:29, 12:54, 13:01, 13:14, 13:22, 13:39, 13:54, 14:01, 14:14, 14:22, 14:39, 14:54, 15:01, 15:14, etc. The longest gap is 25 minutes, and in 4.5 hours there's only one of these. And of course there's always the subway if for some the reason the LIRR isn't working, whereas at Newark the only game in town is New Jersey Transit rail.