Jul 28, 2023, 7:46 pm
Last edit by: Mwenenzi
Auckland airport web site
AKL terminals
The AKL international and domestic terminals are a distance apart. Can take the free inter terminal bus or walk the line
Link--> Travel between terminals
A free terminal transfer bus service operates every 15 minutes between the international and domestic terminalsThe bus operates 5am - 11pm daily and takes approximately ten minutes to travel between terminals.
International terminal: The bus leaves from the forecourt outside Door 8.
Domestic terminal: The bus leaves outside Door 2 at bus stop C.
Alternatively, stretch your legs and get some fresh air by taking our inter-terminal walkway between the two terminal buildings. The walkway is indicated by a green line painted on the footpath and is approximately a 10-minute walk.
International terminal: The bus leaves from the forecourt outside Door 8.
Domestic terminal: The bus leaves outside Door 2 at bus stop C.
Alternatively, stretch your legs and get some fresh air by taking our inter-terminal walkway between the two terminal buildings. The walkway is indicated by a green line painted on the footpath and is approximately a 10-minute walk.
https://www.aucklandairport.co.nz/transport
The AKL web site does not list all transport options.
Is the paid yellow bus to some airport hotels .
New Zealand owned and operated, The Yellow Bus is an exclusive hotel-airport-hotel transfer service now operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This services calls on the various hotels approximately every 25 minutes during peak hours and every 50 minutes outside the peak. We are focussed on high levels of customer contact/service and well-articulate and professional driver
The AKL web site does not list any airline operated lounges options. Only the AKL operated Strata Lounge.
Are no international arrival lounges.
International arrivals and departures are physically separate
Airport Hotels
AKL web site for 2 hotels https://www.aucklandairport.co.nz/in.../accommodation
Novotel and Pullman are across a road : 2~3 minutes walk from international terminal.
FT thread-->Pullman Auckland Airport (opened Dec-2023)
FT thread-->Novotel Auckland Airport
Are other hotels in the immediate area that can be accessed by yellow bus or taxi/uber
Airport info Auckland (AKL) - amenities, transfers, transport
Jan 17, 2017, 1:50 am
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Not sure how reliable UA's flight is. If it was NZ (flights are rarely delayed departing SFO), then 3 hours for separate tickets would be okay. This gives a buffer for small delays on arrival, clearing immigration & customs (can be really busy at times), transfer to the domestic terminal (10 minute walk in the open or allow 20 minutes if bus needed due to bad weather) and check in at domestic terminal for NZ or JQ (jetstar) before the flight closes.
Jan 22, 2017, 8:51 pm
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Auckland Airport prepaid sim card - within security?
Hi, quick question. Transiting at AKL onto Christchurch and have a few hours to kill. Are there any places we can pick up a prepaid sim card within security, or do we have to leave the security area?
Also, what would be the best network for the South Island (it seems the prices are roughly the same).
Thanks!
Also, what would be the best network for the South Island (it seems the prices are roughly the same).
Thanks!
Jan 22, 2017, 10:28 pm
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You have to leave security to get from the international terminal to the domestic terminal (10 min walk) after clearing customs and biosecurity anyway.
If you plan on moving a bit of data I'd suggest spark, because you get access to free 1gb/day at the wifi hotspots at many of the spark payphones around the place.
If you plan on moving a bit of data I'd suggest spark, because you get access to free 1gb/day at the wifi hotspots at many of the spark payphones around the place.
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Jan 24, 2017, 12:16 am
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You will go landside on arrival at AKL - clear immigration and customs. Once landside you can pick up SIM card at the counters.
You will also have a terminal transfer (10 minute walk or bus) and then security before your onward flight to Christchurch.
You will also have a terminal transfer (10 minute walk or bus) and then security before your onward flight to Christchurch.
Jan 31, 2017, 9:14 pm
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Feb 24, 2017, 7:01 am
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Jul 26, 2017, 7:47 pm
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Have to get from the int'l arrivals to the nearby Holiday Inn, should I take the shared shuttle ($6/person), or Uber? Uber shows up just fine in the app and is only a dollar or two more then the shuttle for two...
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Arriving from SYD on NZ J, continuing on to ZQN on NZ domestic on a separate ticket four and a half hours later.
- It sounds like one transfers one's own bags between international and domestic terminals, so it's not even worth trying to check anything through?
- Does this combination of travel plans allow access to the domestic lounge?
Sep 29, 2017, 12:34 pm
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Variant of the same questions as others are asking in the thread, for anybody who can tell me what's probably obvious.
Arriving from SYD on NZ J, continuing on to ZQN on NZ domestic on a separate ticket four and a half hours later.
Arriving from SYD on NZ J, continuing on to ZQN on NZ domestic on a separate ticket four and a half hours later.
- It sounds like one transfers one's own bags between international and domestic terminals, so it's not even worth trying to check anything through?
- Does this combination of travel plans allow access to the domestic lounge?
If the flight to ZQN is on NZ then you can use their domestic checkin/bag drop in the check in area of the international terminal (turn right after exiting customs and the kiosks are in the first zone, zone A).
For the benefit of others, if the domestic flight is not on NZ (or it is on NZ but departure time is under 1 hour away) then you need to bring your luggage to the domestic terminal and check in there.
As for lounge access, not on separate tickets (unless have *G status).
Feb 20, 2018, 8:31 pm
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NZ Lounge Access
I'm StarAlliance Gold, with a couple of questions regarding NZ lounge access:
1. Not flying NZ on my international journey. Will they allow me in the lounge?
2. Flying NZ on domestic journey (two flights). Will I get lounge access as Gold for departure and arrival cities?
Many thanks!
1. Not flying NZ on my international journey. Will they allow me in the lounge?
2. Flying NZ on domestic journey (two flights). Will I get lounge access as Gold for departure and arrival cities?
Many thanks!
Feb 20, 2018, 9:20 pm
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I'm StarAlliance Gold, with a couple of questions regarding NZ lounge access:
1. Not flying NZ on my international journey. Will they allow me in the lounge?
2. Flying NZ on domestic journey (two flights). Will I get lounge access as Gold for departure and arrival cities?
Many thanks!
1. Not flying NZ on my international journey. Will they allow me in the lounge?
2. Flying NZ on domestic journey (two flights). Will I get lounge access as Gold for departure and arrival cities?
Many thanks!
Lounge Access Policy - Star Alliance - Star Alliance
So you can access the NZ lounge if you are flying NZ or a Star Alliance airline. If not flying them, then no, you can't...
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Feb 20, 2018, 10:49 pm
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I'm StarAlliance Gold, with a couple of questions regarding NZ lounge access:
1. Not flying NZ on my international journey. Will they allow me in the lounge?
2. Flying NZ on domestic journey (two flights). Will I get lounge access as Gold for departure and arrival cities?
Many thanks!
1. Not flying NZ on my international journey. Will they allow me in the lounge?
2. Flying NZ on domestic journey (two flights). Will I get lounge access as Gold for departure and arrival cities?
Many thanks!
Lounge Access Policy - Star Alliance - Star Alliance
So you can access the NZ lounge
Would not be expecting "arrival" access. On departure only with an Air NZ / Star Alliance flight
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