Changes to Airpoints?
#47
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 6,338
Interesting. For folks like me who carefully calculate Gold requal on purely recreational travel that could work nicely... save some real $$ on the trips that have rrelatively poor Airbucks earning anyway... but still get the "points" towards status...
We'll see....
We'll see....
#48
Join Date: May 2008
Location: MSP
Programs: DL Plat, NZ Elite, QF Plat
Posts: 1,776
Unless of course NZ make "enhancements" to the S/G/GE benefits along with the new system. I'm thinking they will do something else as they can't have an influx of literally hundreds or even thousands of new status members and keep the same benefits. Lounges and premium check-in would be massively crowded. Not to mention making it even harder to get paid upgrades let alone complimentary ones.
#49
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 6,338
True.. but I'd lean toward ntddevsys's take in it... more Silvers rather than anything else...
Can't see just that change producing even "hundreds" of extra Golds... I may be wrong of course!
We'll see...............
Can't see just that change producing even "hundreds" of extra Golds... I may be wrong of course!
We'll see...............
#50
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 27
Unless of course NZ make "enhancements" to the S/G/GE benefits along with the new system. I'm thinking they will do something else as they can't have an influx of literally hundreds or even thousands of new status members and keep the same benefits. Lounges and premium check-in would be massively crowded. Not to mention making it even harder to get paid upgrades let alone complimentary ones.
If it is true it's actually quite clever, as it gives ppl a taste of using the services that you get at either Gold, or Koru Level, and will probably entice at least a few to shell out $$$ to join the Koru Club,
#51
Join Date: May 2008
Location: MSP
Programs: DL Plat, NZ Elite, QF Plat
Posts: 1,776
The way I was thinking was that there would be quite a few whose companies have cheapest-fare-available travel policies but those people fly regular domestic or trans-tasman flights but don't currently earn any AP$. Under the new system people like that (and also the self-employed and some consultants/contractors) would earn Gold based on the amount of flying they do. Someone doing 15 round trips to Australia would earn Gold status on Smart Saver fares. That's just over one trip a month. Plus those that fly weekly or even fortnightly domestically.
#53
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: wellington
Programs: NZ*E,SQ ,QF IC AMB Plat, hltn gold
Posts: 215
The way I was thinking was that there would be quite a few whose companies have cheapest-fare-available travel policies but those people fly regular domestic or trans-tasman flights but don't currently earn any AP$. Under the new system people like that (and also the self-employed and some consultants/contractors) would earn Gold based on the amount of flying they do. Someone doing 15 round trips to Australia would earn Gold status on Smart Saver fares. That's just over one trip a month. Plus those that fly weekly or even fortnightly domestically.
#54
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: wellington
Programs: NZ*E,SQ ,QF IC AMB Plat, hltn gold
Posts: 215
period of entitlement
that aslo raises the question of why do other carriers have longer periods of status , from what i read in Lh forums there guys get 2years if the do so many miles we can fly a million miles on nz and still only get one year and as i undertsand it there is no provision for carry over mileage although i thinkthere may be something on that score.in my pers opinion there needs to be some way of ensure nz hears the collective voice of its lowyal flyers and without trying to be smart do they ever read what we say cos collectively these forums count for a lot of the FF they have one way or anothyer and NZ is very depenet on brand loyalty and will need to be with all the other carrier firing up or supposedly so and all the capaicity on the tasman with 380 etc its going to egt mighty murky out there. i think they need some flexibility with there rules now and have a srule that says if you do 125% of the required miles yr status is two years but i guess that leads then for people to acheive that and then feed miles into other programs. hmmm answering my own questions...intered to hear POV from others.
#55
Moderator, Hilton Honors
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: on a short leash
Programs: some
Posts: 71,422
I feed miles into other programs anyway with the current system. There is no extra benefit beyond NZ*E, which I usually reach within the first month or so (my record is under a week) into the qualification year.
#57
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: wellington
Programs: NZ*E,SQ ,QF IC AMB Plat, hltn gold
Posts: 215
anyway o only dream of requalify in a month let alone 6
#58
Join Date: May 2005
Location: SJC
Programs: NZ*G, QF NB, UA 1K, AA ExecPlat, IHG PlatAmb, HHonors Gold, SPG Gold, Marriott Gold, ZE1 PC
Posts: 2,636
I'd expect just within my company alone to see at least 100 extra Silvers, 20 extra Golds, and maybe 5 or 6 extra Gold Elites.
Out of about 900 employees.
#59
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: MSP, WLG, or the forward most A seat in Y I can get
Programs: UA Plat (and all the derivatives on cars and hotels that implies)
Posts: 491
mind-boggling! Is it inappropriate to ask what line of work you're in that allows or requires so much travel?
As an historian I'd be amused by the answer that you are a "gentleman" (thereby living off investments) and doing a 21st century version of the Grand Tour.
As an historian I'd be amused by the answer that you are a "gentleman" (thereby living off investments) and doing a 21st century version of the Grand Tour.
#60
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: NZ*G ELT, VA-G
Posts: 3,597
Date is in!
EARN AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRPOINTS STATUS POINTS ON EVERY FLIGHT
Air New Zealand is making it easier and faster for your customers to work their way up the tiers in the Airpoints frequent flyer programme.
Under changes being made to the programme from 31 October, every fare purchased by Airpoints members on Air New Zealand operated flights will earn Status Points, including all Smart Saver and tactical airfares.
Status Points are used to determine tier status, ranging from Jade to Silver, Gold and Gold Elite.
Previously, tier status within the programme was based on Airpoints Dollars earned, but because these are not earned on some fares, some flights did not count towards customers’ status.
Because of this change it is important that you enter your client’s Airpoints number into all bookings from now on so that they are recognised for all flights they take with us.
EARN AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRPOINTS STATUS POINTS ON EVERY FLIGHT
Air New Zealand is making it easier and faster for your customers to work their way up the tiers in the Airpoints frequent flyer programme.
Under changes being made to the programme from 31 October, every fare purchased by Airpoints members on Air New Zealand operated flights will earn Status Points, including all Smart Saver and tactical airfares.
Status Points are used to determine tier status, ranging from Jade to Silver, Gold and Gold Elite.
Previously, tier status within the programme was based on Airpoints Dollars earned, but because these are not earned on some fares, some flights did not count towards customers’ status.
Because of this change it is important that you enter your client’s Airpoints number into all bookings from now on so that they are recognised for all flights they take with us.