NZ2 inaugural AKL-JFK on Sat Sept17
Sep 21, 2022, 6:41 pm
#17
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Who decides which bags to leave behind ?
Im booked in business JFK-AKL in a few months . The ticket cost and eye watering amount of money . How does NZ decide which bags to off load in the event of extra fuel is needed? Surely they won’t start pulling from business premier passengers 😡
Air NZ will have a tough time reuniting me with my bags in the remote south island
Air NZ will have a tough time reuniting me with my bags in the remote south island
Sep 21, 2022, 8:00 pm
#20
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Just sharing my review/story on the inaugural NZ2 – not the typical 'review', done as more of a timeline-based story.
https://www.executivetraveller.com/r...-direct-flight
https://www.executivetraveller.com/r...-direct-flight
Sep 21, 2022, 9:49 pm
#21
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“Just sharing my review/story on the inaugural NZ2 – not the typical 'review', done as more of a timeline-based story.”
Thanks.
Looking forward to our flight on Monday connecting from Sydney.
We’ll be ‘down the back’ so not as salubrious a journey as yours.
Catching up with family after a 3 years absence will be worth it however.
Thanks.
Looking forward to our flight on Monday connecting from Sydney.
We’ll be ‘down the back’ so not as salubrious a journey as yours.
Catching up with family after a 3 years absence will be worth it however.
Sep 21, 2022, 10:13 pm
#22
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Maybe I'm being a dummy and not understanding, but....is this paragraph in the article correct?
"As it turns out, Air New Zealand’s practice is to assign odd numbers to flights departing from Auckland and even numbers to the return journey, which is why the New York-Auckland flight carries the prestigious NZ1 badge."
"As it turns out, Air New Zealand’s practice is to assign odd numbers to flights departing from Auckland and even numbers to the return journey, which is why the New York-Auckland flight carries the prestigious NZ1 badge."
Sep 21, 2022, 10:20 pm
#23
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Maybe I'm being a dummy and not understanding, but....is this paragraph in the article correct?
"As it turns out, Air New Zealand’s practice is to assign odd numbers to flights departing from Auckland and even numbers to the return journey, which is why the New York-Auckland flight carries the prestigious NZ1 badge."
"As it turns out, Air New Zealand’s practice is to assign odd numbers to flights departing from Auckland and even numbers to the return journey, which is why the New York-Auckland flight carries the prestigious NZ1 badge."
North and East is even.
E.g. my WLG to AKL this morning was 408
Sep 21, 2022, 10:41 pm
#24
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Maybe I'm being a dummy and not understanding, but....is this paragraph in the article correct?
"As it turns out, Air New Zealand’s practice is to assign odd numbers to flights departing from Auckland and even numbers to the return journey, which is why the New York-Auckland flight carries the prestigious NZ1 badge."
"As it turns out, Air New Zealand’s practice is to assign odd numbers to flights departing from Auckland and even numbers to the return journey, which is why the New York-Auckland flight carries the prestigious NZ1 badge."
You're quite right – I got the even and odd references transposed – silly error, blame that on writing a long article while jet lagged! But yes, even that "even numbers ex-AKL, odd numbers back" doesn't hold – I was just going on the explanation given me by AirNZ at the time I asked, but just realised by AKL-SYD flight was NZ103, so this is indeed based on direction of travel rather than being AKL-centric. A bit of an edit needed there!
Sep 22, 2022, 12:27 pm
#25
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I always understood it to be even flight numbers for flights leaving north or west of an sirport (doesn't matter what airport) and odd numbers heading south and east from an airport.
That is true for domestic and intl flights however I am pretty sure there will be some glaring exceptions to that.
That is true for domestic and intl flights however I am pretty sure there will be some glaring exceptions to that.
Sep 22, 2022, 5:31 pm
#26
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How much would it be people maxing out bags? Could you limit PE to 1 checked and BP to 2 checked?
And they are already carrying 50 less on way home.
But getting bags from JFK to LAX is going fun. Wondering if they have to start buying allocated cargo to LAX. To make the following days AKL flight. Assuming sending to LAX as is daily flight if not more.
And they are already carrying 50 less on way home.
But getting bags from JFK to LAX is going fun. Wondering if they have to start buying allocated cargo to LAX. To make the following days AKL flight. Assuming sending to LAX as is daily flight if not more.
Business Premier can check up to 3 bags. I plan to check 3 - mostly my camping gear as well, with no apologies, since I purchased a Business Premier fare ( which was quite dear mind you !)
Sep 26, 2022, 6:26 am
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Putting it on the UA JFK-LAX flight the next morning would allow the bags to make it onto the LAX-AKL flight that evening, so the bags would arrive one day after the passengers. Then you'd have to get the bags to their owners in New Zealand, so one or two more days (?) for that, I guess.
Sep 26, 2022, 6:30 am
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Putting it on the UA JFK-LAX flight the next morning would allow the bags to make it onto the LAX-AKL flight that evening, so the bags would arrive one day after the passengers. Then you'd have to get the bags to their owners in New Zealand, so one or two more days (?) for that, I guess.