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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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| 851064 | 2010-01-23 06:42:00 | 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. I was told my a lady that works at a major airline..............booking online, while it suits many people and especially if you don't have time or other reasons, then you can pay more than at a travel agent. The airlines give the travel agents various concessions, etc in turn for pushing there airlines, etc, so there can be savings made there. But as a comparsion between local pricing and international, I took the family to Manila last year, 2 adults and 2 kiddies, we wanted to book a side trip to HongKong for a few days, $1600 extra in airfares alone if we booked it from Chch. Instead we flew into Manila and went to a local travel agent and $149USD later total we had flights for 4 return, transfers and 4 nights on the 35th floor of a hotel in the New Territories of HK. And it was using the same airline between Manila and HK that we had requested the travel agent for when enquiring about bookings while still in Chch. |
PinoyKiw (9675) | ||
| 851065 | 2010-01-23 07:26:00 | If you are flexible, you can ignore the $$ fares and the mid price fares and go when you get the real low prices. $899 to Hawaii, $799 to Asia etc etc... I don't think I will fly a no frills airline again for long haul flights. It's not that cheaper, at my time or purchase. $999 return not incl a admin fee for CC, had to buy food, what else you gonna eat you get 1x meal and 1x snack and unlimited drinks but no peanuts and no alcohol that you need to pay. It was like you get dinner but a snack for breakie - 2 danish pastries or a muffin. I paid food on mine and the luggage surcharge so I paid $1,200. I think luggage might of been $25NZ each way, you added this after tickets were bought you pay $50 but if you leave it until checkin it cost $100 each way. No flight entertainment that was $40 more I think on each flight, if you go to Asia via Aussie that means 4x flights that you need to pay separately or maybe a cheaper when you bough the tickets. No blankets. You couldn't really take your food with you. I flew to Gold Coast then to Japan. In Auckland you cannot take liquids with you unless they are dry and sealed - like biscuits or chippies. But you can buy them in Auckland after cleared via customs. Which is expensive. Buy your Pump water and your bagel for example. When you get to Australia if you land or if you are in transit you need to be searched for liquids and other stuff. Then you buy your food and drinks at the Aussie airport to take onboard. Gold Coast was expensive - a bacon and egg muffin and a coffee was $15NZ, on the way back, a bottle of coke and a toasted foccassia bread was $22NZ. Gold Coast is a small terminal for international flights so they have just one cafe. I found it was easier and same price to just buy onboard. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 851066 | 2010-01-23 07:41:00 | Its just sydney. Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth etc is around the same price from ALK | whellington (15030) | ||
| 851067 | 2010-01-23 07:41:00 | If you want the same services on JetStar as another airline, take $1,200 for me and add them, I would had to pay $1,600 or more and I still don't have a direct flight and no alcohol. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 851068 | 2010-01-23 07:56:00 | You can't go a few hours without alcohol? | Metla (12) | ||
| 851069 | 2010-01-23 09:37:00 | You can't go a few hours without alcohol? It would be nice to have a glass of wine with the meal but then again they bill you for it. Some airlines provide it complimentary. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 851070 | 2010-01-23 20:38:00 | It would be nice to have a glass of wine with the meal but then again they bill you for it. Some airlines provide it complimentary. Complimentary ha no it's not it's in the exorbitant price they are charging you for the price of the seat |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 851071 | 2010-01-23 20:44:00 | Complimentary ha no it's not it's in the exorbitant price they are charging you for the price of the seat Exactly :thumbs: When we went to Aussie, the reason it was cheaper with Pacific Blue was because if you wanted anything you had to buy it onboard. When we looked into it, had we have gone Air NZ, it would have been the same type of plane etc except they provided food, drink. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 851072 | 2010-01-24 01:11:00 | BUT even with three of us it was only about $70 total in food in flight / return. That aside, who really needs food on a trans-Tasman flight anyway? Most people manage to survive between breakfast and lunch without anything more than a drink and I assume that they still have water available. I always carry an empty water bottle on-board and fill it at the galley. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 851073 | 2010-01-24 01:17:00 | That aside, who really needs food on a trans-Tasman flight anyway? Most people manage to survive between breakfast and lunch without anything more than a drink and I assume that they still have water available. I always carry an empty water bottle on-board and fill it at the galley. Cheers Billy 8-{) I think we will all agree that is a wonderfully made point, |
Cicero (40) | ||
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