New Elite Airpoints Dollars upgrade rates
Dec 13, 2019, 1:27 am
#16
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Programs: NZ *G
Posts: 413
I guess we can all agree these changes are bad for long haul travellers. Meh, it’s their airline so they get to set the rules. We either put up or shut up about booking future flights elsewhere.
My particular beef is the lack of comms - as an Elite I expect NZ to tell me about something as significant as this before I read it here. I don’t understand why NZ makes this so hard for itself.
My particular beef is the lack of comms - as an Elite I expect NZ to tell me about something as significant as this before I read it here. I don’t understand why NZ makes this so hard for itself.
Dec 13, 2019, 1:50 am
#17
Join Date: Feb 2016
Programs: NZ Silver A3 Gold Qantas Gold Accor Platinum
Posts: 223
Yep yet another slide in AIRNZ FF benefits but has been a pattern for a while now. On the upside they have been having some great deals of late which takes the sting out if somewhat.
Dec 13, 2019, 4:12 am
#20
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: New Zealand (when I'm home!)
Programs: Air NZ Elite
Posts: 1,218
That is a really harsh upgrade increase, to say the least. I earned enough APDs generally for my family and I to upgrade our flights, now I very much do not, so that will factor into whether I choose Air NZ heavily for flights now.
Dec 13, 2019, 11:12 am
#21
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: AKL
Programs: NZ*E, QR Plat
Posts: 366
Dec 13, 2019, 2:23 pm
#23
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: New Zealand (most of the time)
Programs: Air NZ Elite *G, Honors Gold, IHG Platinum Elite
Posts: 6,122
With the incredibly poorly though put move to scrap LHR and dated BP hard product this is only going to end up driving NZ and AU based HVCs to other airlines.
Dec 13, 2019, 2:47 pm
#24
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: New Zealand
Programs: Air NZ *E
Posts: 146
Just before Christmas, plus the LHR end-story and Dreamliner dramas - what absurd messaging to push at this time. Essentially a Christmas 'up yours' to HVCs, never mind the now-ancient history gifts.
This will influence change in pax purchasing policies for sure (will certainly change ours), and Air NZ would do well to run a u-turn on this, before they bleed lots of HVC pax.
Dec 13, 2019, 4:48 pm
#25
Join Date: May 2008
Location: MSP
Programs: DL Plat, NZ Elite, QF Plat
Posts: 1,776
Yes will definitely change my purchasing patterns. For example I need to get from AMS-AKL and was going to go NZ PE and use APD for upgrades and go via LAX. But for the cost of NZ PE + new APD rates it makes more sense to buy China Airlines via TPE in J (on A350’s and reverse herringbone seats).
Dec 13, 2019, 11:15 pm
#26
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Programs: NZ Elite; QF Platinum; CZ Gold; MU Platinum; Marriott Titanium; Accor Platinum
Posts: 1,467
Considering I bought a flight Auckland to Bangkok in business last week for 1250 airbucks, 890 for a one leg upgrade is completely outrageous. I will now aim very carefully to not get a single SP above requalifying (exclusively by domestic travel) and actively avoid flying NZ on long haul flights except for using my free upgrades.
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Dec 14, 2019, 12:02 am
#27
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: NZ*G ELT, VA-G
Posts: 3,601
Considering I bought a flight Auckland to Bangkok in business last week for 1250 airbucks, 890 for a one leg upgrade is completely outrageous. I will now aim very carefully to not get a single SP above requalifying (exclusively by domestic travel) and actively avoid flying NZ on long haul flights except for using my free upgrades.
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Dec 14, 2019, 3:57 am
#28
Join Date: Sep 2017
Programs: Air NZ Koru, Air NZ ELT *G, IHG Spire Ambassador, Emirates, Flying Blue, QANTAS Club
Posts: 424
Just booked 2 x QATAR Auckland to Edinburgh in business / Q suite for less than 2 x PE on Air NZ.
Big change for me. Sorry Air NZ. You made me do it!
Big change for me. Sorry Air NZ. You made me do it!
Dec 14, 2019, 1:11 pm
#29
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: San Francisco, CA
Programs: NZ *E
Posts: 346
As a bonus you get to switch out those crowded NZ international lounges (with the ambience of a mall food court) with relatively serene QF First lounges
If I had a better option ex-SFO getting to AKL I would be abandoning NZ*E now (this just after earning a banked year on paid J fares)
Dec 14, 2019, 1:52 pm
#30
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Auckland
Programs: NZ*GE / EK*GOLD
Posts: 2,512