AKL lounge access on arrival
Mar 2, 2023, 5:48 pm
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AKL lounge access on arrival
Another question. Have a mixed cabin award itinerary coming up. US-NZ, SFO AKL in J and then AKL ZQN in Y.
Any business lounge arrival access in AKL? It appears that *A Gold should be enough to get in to the NZ 2nd floor international lounge? We'll have 5 hours to kill...
Any business lounge arrival access in AKL? It appears that *A Gold should be enough to get in to the NZ 2nd floor international lounge? We'll have 5 hours to kill...
Mar 2, 2023, 5:53 pm
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Another question. Have a mixed cabin award itinerary coming up. US-NZ, SFO AKL in J and then AKL ZQN in Y.
Any business lounge arrival access in AKL? It appears that *A Gold should be enough to get in to the NZ 2nd floor international lounge? We'll have 5 hours to kill...
Any business lounge arrival access in AKL? It appears that *A Gold should be enough to get in to the NZ 2nd floor international lounge? We'll have 5 hours to kill...
Last edited by gusd; Mar 2, 2023 at 5:56 pm Reason: Edited to add info about domestic lounge access
May 30, 2023, 12:34 pm
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May 30, 2023, 12:48 pm
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Yes, provided you are on one ticket AND it is on AirNZ 086 ticket stock:
”Air New Zealand customers connecting to or from an international Air New Zealand Business Premier flight on the same ticket, are entitled to lounge access prior to departure. Must be travelling on a through-ticketed journey, departing on an Air New Zealand ticket (starting with '086') and 'NZ' marketed and operated flight”
https://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/lounges
May 30, 2023, 1:37 pm
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Just to clarify the earlier comment there is no access to the international lounge (it is airside) so any access is only at the domestic terminal.
May 30, 2023, 1:46 pm
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Yes, provided you are on one ticket AND it is on AirNZ 086 ticket stock:
”Air New Zealand customers connecting to or from an international Air New Zealand Business Premier flight on the same ticket, are entitled to lounge access prior to departure. Must be travelling on a through-ticketed journey, departing on an Air New Zealand ticket (starting with '086') and 'NZ' marketed and operated flight”
https://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/lounges
”Air New Zealand customers connecting to or from an international Air New Zealand Business Premier flight on the same ticket, are entitled to lounge access prior to departure. Must be travelling on a through-ticketed journey, departing on an Air New Zealand ticket (starting with '086') and 'NZ' marketed and operated flight”
https://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/lounges
I ask as AC and UA offer many NZ metal flight options.
May 30, 2023, 3:26 pm
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Apparently so according to the website (and assuming pax is not *G) - but in practise not sure what would happen unless this is somehow coded into the boarding pass barcode.
May 31, 2023, 3:01 am
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May 31, 2023, 8:43 pm
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