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| Thread ID: 106784 | 2010-01-22 20:57:00 | Are we bing ripped off by Air New Zealand? | porkster (6331) | PC World Chat |
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| 851054 | 2010-01-22 23:07:00 | Probably since you have touched there airport | gary67 (56) | ||
| 851055 | 2010-01-22 23:09:00 | If you book Via Air NZ direct you often have to pay more. When we went to Aussie, we looked at the Air NZ site & pacific Blues Site, and it was going to cost X amount. When we went to a travel agent, even with their fees it was approx $600 cheaper (two adults + 1 child), it was different pricing for tickets, with a package deal exact same flights and times, they juggled pricing around. As they advertised they would beat ANY on line price anywhere. - and they did. The travel agents have specials all the time. We had to make a change to SWMBO ticket two weeks after booking it, Pacific Blue wanted to charge us an extra $250 to make the change, the travel agent said NO if through them - change made-- all 's well cost us $0. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 851056 | 2010-01-22 23:37:00 | AKL/LAX return is available from $1375 pp from Travel Shop in J'vlle today :) | Zippity (58) | ||
| 851057 | 2010-01-23 00:03:00 | AKL/LAX return is available from $1375 pp from Travel Shop in J'vlle today :) Yes on Vaustralia via Sydney |
porkster (6331) | ||
| 851058 | 2010-01-23 00:07:00 | It's worth visiting the Air New Zealand Travel Centre (AirNZ Holiday Centre or whatever they're called now). Several years ago I saved about $600 on a return economy class flight from Wellington to a destination in Asia, by booking through them instead of booking online. Sounds absurd, but true - just because airlines want you to buy your tickets online doesn't mean it's cheaper. | somebody (208) | ||
| 851059 | 2010-01-23 00:50:00 | Emirates want me to fly to Dubai,then back to Bangkok, pack of losers that lot. Build all those silly Islands and rediculous buildings,then can't pay for them. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 851060 | 2010-01-23 01:00:00 | Showing your leftie side again? It's called the free market. Free enterprise is one thing,but the likes of the big banks who lost it in the USA and say Air NZ and Qantas,who seem to me, if things go wrong they put their hand out. In other words there are things going on in the corporate world that can only be done with government complicity.And I do not approve. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 851061 | 2010-01-23 01:56:00 | Emirates want me to fly to Dubai,then back to Bangkok, pack of losers that lot. Build all those silly Islands and rediculous buildings,then can't pay for them. Sometimes that might be cheaper. Emigrates hub airport is Dubai. They have way more Emigrate aircrafts over there ..... I went to Malaysia with Brunei Airlines, I had to stay some hours in Brunei before arrived into Kuala Lumpur. When I went to Japan with Jet Star it was the first flight out of Auckland like 6.30am, so 4.30am checkin to Brisbane then wait some hours to Japan. I had sleep on the seats at McDonalds. I also slept on the floor at Singapore Airport because I had to spend a night before my flight connect to Hong Kong. Sure if I want the same day connecting flight I had to pay more .. They gave you the option - cheaper way is via Dubai or more expensive way is maybe direct. It's not just about there is a seat available and you can just have it. It might be that at the time Bangkok had more passengers that it was not in their interest to cut price. But less people were flying to and from Dubai at the time. I know friends in Japan who have schooled in NZ, they say it is cheaper to fly from Japan to South Korea then to NZ or maybe via Australia too. I always check the prices online and offline before I make a purchase. Companies have different pricing straegies. When I went to Japan it was $1,200, with AirNZ or many others it would of been $1,600 - over $2,000. When I went to KL it was $799, others charged $1,600+. When they have specials, grab a seat specials with AirNZ is pretty good, family went to Vancouver to see family for $1,050 return depart from Auckland. No luggage restrictions or inflight restrictions like some airlines. Just after I bought my $1,200 ticket to Japan, AirNZ had a grab a seat special for $799. AirNZ was a direct service to Japan. Because i was with Jet Star I had no food, no luggage, no flight entertainment, even if I paid for food, alcohol was still bought per the glass, 1.5 meals only - one meal and one snack meal, and munchies like peanuts - that had to be bought as well. No blankets neither. I have bought tickets via travel agents and websites, I tend to go only at sales periods. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 851062 | 2010-01-23 02:24:00 | I think I will give job of buying tickets to 3 companies and see who can do best. With certain times and conditions. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 851063 | 2010-01-23 06:30:00 | When AirNZ was code sharing with Singapore Airlines, there was a joke in Singapore, if you had to get to NZ in a hurry, book AirNZ, plenty of seats. I had the option at the time of going Chch to Singapore with SAL on a AirNZ aircraft then transferring to SAL proper for the rest of the trip for x$ which included no airport transfers or hotel for the night or I could go I think it was Ansett at the time to Auckland free of charge and then SAL all the way cheaper than AirNZ under code sharing with free overnight stay, breakfast and transfers. Or take AirNZ Perth to Chch, can be as high as $900NZ one way while Qantas Jetstar under 400. Checked recently it was cheaper by $70 to fly AirNZ Perth to Auckland to Chch than to fly just Perth to Auckland. Figure that one out. A recent comparsion of airlines east coast Australia to Chch about a fortnight from when I needed a ticket had AirNZ top $300's into the 400's while Jetstar was I think $131+tax, about $214 on Qantas or low 300's on VirginPacific. Chch to Auckland on Jetstar for various fare's from $19 (sale), $29 upwards, never paid more than $89 while AirNZ is I think they dropped there price to $119 from ? Of course AirNZ you get food and a movie if that is what you want while Jetstar and Virgin you pay for the extra services. But as someone else mentioned, you also have to shop around the airlines as the pricing on a route can vary by quite a margin sometimes. |
PinoyKiw (9675) | ||
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