Qantas will suspend overseas travel until [December] 2021
Jul 18, 2020, 9:15 pm
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Air NZ seem to still have flights AKL/LAX from Sept available to be booked, so why not Qantas ?
Jul 18, 2020, 9:19 pm
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Seems strange that Air NZ are selling seats via AKL but not Qantas nonstop ?
Lots of agendas going on & feel some of Qantas's are to do with staff & unions.
Jul 18, 2020, 9:27 pm
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Qantas is not the entity that is in place to decide when quarantine and travel restrictions are eased - I doubt very much that Qantas will be able to take people for non essential travel to NZ in a controlled environment without there being controls in place where the people will not be able to breach travel restrictions once they get to NZ
Jul 18, 2020, 9:35 pm
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However you may be able to book, which I have done but you need more than a ticket to leave. I did notice that the bookings Air NZ departing Auckland are via Sydney to LAX
Jul 18, 2020, 9:42 pm
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AKL/LAX SEPT 28 nonstop, back 2 weeks later nonstop. Expensive in economy - cheapest at NZD$2774. Maybe expensive because very few other options, ie. no Qantas, Virgin etc. nonstops from OZ to USA.
However, just found that you can fly some Qantas codeshare flights direct SYD/LAX (but via Fiji) same dates for only AUD$1185 on skyscanner & think you can bid to upgrade on any of 4 sectors to business class & think those flights are on new A350s, but obviously airline (air pacific) could switch to smaller A330s on any sectors.
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Jul 19, 2020, 1:36 am
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Jul 19, 2020, 1:41 am
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just looked at air NZ website
AKL/LAX SEPT 28 nonstop, back 2 weeks later nonstop. Expensive in economy - cheapest at NZD$2774. Maybe expensive because very few other options, ie. no Qantas, Virgin etc. nonstops from OZ to USA.
However, just found that you can fly some Qantas codeshare flights direct SYD/LAX (but via Fiji) same dates for only AUD$1185 on skyscanner & think you can bid to upgrade on any of 4 sectors to business class & think those flights are on new A350s, but obviously airline (air pacific) could switch to smaller A330s on any sectors.
AKL/LAX SEPT 28 nonstop, back 2 weeks later nonstop. Expensive in economy - cheapest at NZD$2774. Maybe expensive because very few other options, ie. no Qantas, Virgin etc. nonstops from OZ to USA.
However, just found that you can fly some Qantas codeshare flights direct SYD/LAX (but via Fiji) same dates for only AUD$1185 on skyscanner & think you can bid to upgrade on any of 4 sectors to business class & think those flights are on new A350s, but obviously airline (air pacific) could switch to smaller A330s on any sectors.
Jul 20, 2020, 10:38 pm
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AKL-LAX is currently 5x weekly on NZ for passengers. They are still flying LAX 14x weekly, with most being freight only.
NZ hasn’t stopped passengers flights on since March, but at reduced frequently.
AKL-BNE
AKL-SYD
AKL-MEL
AKL-LAX
AKL-HKG
AKL-NRT
AKL-MEL has only just stopped taking passengers at VIC’s requests, but are still flying passengers MEL-AKL.
They also just re-added an weekly AKL-PVG passenger service.
NZ hasn’t stopped passengers flights on since March, but at reduced frequently.
AKL-BNE
AKL-SYD
AKL-MEL
AKL-LAX
AKL-HKG
AKL-NRT
AKL-MEL has only just stopped taking passengers at VIC’s requests, but are still flying passengers MEL-AKL.
They also just re-added an weekly AKL-PVG passenger service.
Jul 20, 2020, 11:21 pm
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it is getting more difficult to get an exemption too.
We truly are living up to the name, Convict Country.
Jul 21, 2020, 3:07 pm
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Yes indeed. QF just notified me that my October TT flights had become credit vouchers. Now to get the credit vouchers turned into a refund.
Jul 21, 2020, 3:31 pm
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For a while, until the (self inflicted) NZ issues with quarantine/isolation and now increasing cases in Victoria (probably self inflicted), was 75% certain the TT bubble would start 20 July.
QF have been pushing back start of TT flights every few weeks.
Edit
Thread for TT bubble ---> https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ocea...islands-3.html
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Jul 22, 2020 at 1:38 am
Jul 21, 2020, 4:36 pm
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And QF with Air NZ will have contacts with the Governments as to when the TT bubble may start.
For a while, until the (self inflicted) NZ issues with quarantine/isolation and now increasing cases in Victoria (probably self inflicted), was 75% certain the TT bubble would start 20 July. QF have been pushing back start of flights every few weeks.
For a while, until the (self inflicted) NZ issues with quarantine/isolation and now increasing cases in Victoria (probably self inflicted), was 75% certain the TT bubble would start 20 July. QF have been pushing back start of flights every few weeks.
You would think JQ/QF would just cancel Tasman flights, until the bubble is announced? Then it would probably purely be for routes like OOL/BNE.