Fast bag
Jun 7, 2021, 10:49 pm
#47
Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: New Zealand
Programs: Air NZ Elite
Posts: 18
Fast bag
ATR crew today said Fastbag will be back from 21st June. No other details available except you will need to have a ‘seat+bag’ or higher ticket and to check it in as fast bag min 30min prior to flight.
Jun 11, 2021, 12:21 am
#48
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 87
Having to purchase a seat+bag fae? Hmm... I'll just keep taking my bag onboard with me going forward.
Jun 11, 2021, 2:50 am
#49
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Jun 11, 2021, 11:54 pm
#51
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 2,645
Think I was early 2020 they were starting to ask to view boarding passes on random flights. As before then don't think they ever enforced it.Often not even a person at the cart to check if have a blue tag on it or not.
Jun 12, 2021, 12:14 am
#52
Join Date: Apr 2013
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Jun 12, 2021, 12:21 am
#53
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Hokitika, New Zealand
Programs: Air New Zealand
Posts: 144
The airline is not stupid. It's the few that spoil it for the majority who are abiding by the rules. It's been no secret you need a Checked In baggage allowance to use the Fast Bag benefit.
Jun 14, 2021, 4:23 am
#55
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In defence of ZaphB, I also fairly frequently used Fastbag on fares where I didn't pay for a checked bag, and I don't think it was particularly clear or obvious. I always thought it was positioned as a way of making the kind of carry-on which would be no problem in a jet aircraft more feasible in the turboprops with their smaller bins etc, without forcing you to endure a flight with no legroom, rather than a 'checked bag for free' style deal. If nothing is ever said at time of dropping off your bag outside the plane, how would you ever find out that you were supposed to be on at least S+B fare?
Once I found out that you were supposed to have paid for a bag I always did after that, but no need to pile onto the poster for just pointing out that nothing was ever said.
Glad to hear FB is coming back... though I have to say, for me the ability to avoid check-in was just as big an appeal. Meant that you didn't need to worry about arriving at the airport before cutoff time for checked bags (which admittedly is usually pretty lax at regional airports, but still an appreciated benefit).
Once I found out that you were supposed to have paid for a bag I always did after that, but no need to pile onto the poster for just pointing out that nothing was ever said.
Glad to hear FB is coming back... though I have to say, for me the ability to avoid check-in was just as big an appeal. Meant that you didn't need to worry about arriving at the airport before cutoff time for checked bags (which admittedly is usually pretty lax at regional airports, but still an appreciated benefit).
Jun 15, 2021, 12:40 am
#56
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 87
In defence of ZaphB, I also fairly frequently used Fastbag on fares where I didn't pay for a checked bag, and I don't think it was particularly clear or obvious. I always thought it was positioned as a way of making the kind of carry-on which would be no problem in a jet aircraft more feasible in the turboprops with their smaller bins etc, without forcing you to endure a flight with no legroom, rather than a 'checked bag for free' style deal. If nothing is ever said at time of dropping off your bag outside the plane, how would you ever find out that you were supposed to be on at least S+B fare?
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Of course now we have the usual suspects taking aim at my statement without any context, just like the school yard. Reading what I wrote might help, especially the part that state "I'll just keep taking my bag onboard with me going forward." Hopefully it makes them feel better about themselves.
Last edited by ZaphB; Jun 15, 2021 at 12:57 am
Jun 15, 2021, 2:13 am
#57
Join Date: Apr 2013
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Yes enforcement was never a big thing, but to suggest it was "never clear that you needed to buy a bag to use it" really is blatantly untrue.
Since the inception of Fast Bag in 2010 the Air NZ website has been very clear that it's for checked luggage, there are even 11 years worth of pages on wayback machine if you want to view every incarnation.
Since the inception of Fast Bag in 2010 the Air NZ website has been very clear that it's for checked luggage, there are even 11 years worth of pages on wayback machine if you want to view every incarnation.
Jun 15, 2021, 3:34 am
#58
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 87
Yes enforcement was never a big thing, but to suggest it was "never clear that you needed to buy a bag to use it" really is blatantly untrue.
Since the inception of Fast Bag in 2010 the Air NZ website has been very clear that it's for checked luggage, there are even 11 years worth of pages on wayback machine if you want to view every incarnation.
Since the inception of Fast Bag in 2010 the Air NZ website has been very clear that it's for checked luggage, there are even 11 years worth of pages on wayback machine if you want to view every incarnation.
Jun 15, 2021, 4:26 am
#59
Join Date: Apr 2013
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So you've saying the average Air NZ customer with status would have never read the Air NZ website to see the benefits of their status? How would they know what their benefits were?
Anybody who has done this in the last 11 years should be familiar with the requirements for Fast Bag. Because people have chosen to exploit them it's meant Air NZ have finally decided to make changes.
Anybody who has done this in the last 11 years should be familiar with the requirements for Fast Bag. Because people have chosen to exploit them it's meant Air NZ have finally decided to make changes.
Jun 15, 2021, 10:05 pm
#60
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 87
So you've saying the average Air NZ customer with status would have never read the Air NZ website to see the benefits of their status? How would they know what their benefits were?
Anybody who has done this in the last 11 years should be familiar with the requirements for Fast Bag. Because people have chosen to exploit them it's meant Air NZ have finally decided to make changes.
Anybody who has done this in the last 11 years should be familiar with the requirements for Fast Bag. Because people have chosen to exploit them it's meant Air NZ have finally decided to make changes.