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Air NZ - price difference
Hi guys I must let you know about this.. I had vaguely enquired about the price of a one-way ticket Dunedin- Wellington (a flight I HAVE to take for many reasons) from friends in NZ and they told me it should be relatively cheap. I tried booking a ticket at airnewzealand.co.uk and it cost £127. Hm, I thought, let's try airnewzealand.co.nz. It cost NZ$133. I made a booking with my UK credit card, gave my UK phone number as contact and received and e-ticket, confirmation, the works. Given that £=2.3NZ$ this is like a 240% mark-up if you buy from the UK using the local UK site rather than the New Zealand site. -- JohnM: Country & Western Song Titles #3 -------------------------------- LARRY KINGSTON: "I Wouldn't Take Her To a Dog Fight ('Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win) |
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On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 18:43:48 +0000, in message
, JohnM wrote: Hi guys I must let you know about this.. Tell us about the different fare classes. I had vaguely enquired about the price of a one-way ticket Dunedin- Wellington (a flight I HAVE to take for many reasons) from friends in NZ and they told me it should be relatively cheap. I tried booking a ticket at airnewzealand.co.uk and it cost £127. That's the "Economy" fare price. There is a full refund if you cancel before departure. Hm, I thought, let's try airnewzealand.co.nz. The airnewzealand.co.nz site lists several different fare classes. It cost NZ$133. That is the "Smart Saver" fare price. (The "Flexi Saver" and "Fully Flexi" fares are higher than that.) There is no refund if you cancel before departure, and hefty charges (around half the ticket price IIRC) to change the booking. See http://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/booki...aver_fares.htm for a full list of restrictions. I made a booking with my UK credit card, gave my UK phone number as contact and received and e-ticket, confirmation, the works. Given that £=2.3NZ$ this is like a 240% mark-up if you buy from the UK using the local UK site rather than the New Zealand site. Most airlines have different fare classes, with different conditions and prices. -- Cheers, Ralph Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot. |
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On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 18:43:48 +0000, in message
, JohnM wrote: Hi guys I must let you know about this.. Tell us about the different fare classes. I had vaguely enquired about the price of a one-way ticket Dunedin- Wellington (a flight I HAVE to take for many reasons) from friends in NZ and they told me it should be relatively cheap. I tried booking a ticket at airnewzealand.co.uk and it cost £127. That's the "Economy" fare price. There is a full refund if you cancel before departure. Hm, I thought, let's try airnewzealand.co.nz. The airnewzealand.co.nz site lists several different fare classes. It cost NZ$133. That is the "Smart Saver" fare price. (The "Flexi Saver" and "Fully Flexi" fares are higher than that.) There is no refund if you cancel before departure, and hefty charges (around half the ticket price IIRC) to change the booking. See http://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/booki...aver_fares.htm for a full list of restrictions. I made a booking with my UK credit card, gave my UK phone number as contact and received and e-ticket, confirmation, the works. Given that £=2.3NZ$ this is like a 240% mark-up if you buy from the UK using the local UK site rather than the New Zealand site. Most airlines have different fare classes, with different conditions and prices. -- Cheers, Ralph Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot. |
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In article t, Ralph
Fox writes Most airlines have different fare classes, with different conditions and prices. Thank you Ralph, I am fully aware of this :-) But I could see the different classes ONLY from the .nz website. The .uk website gave me no choice and it chose the most expensive class although there were other available. And the difference is not small; it's huge. By all means check yourself and try to book a flight Dunedin-Wellington for next March. Don't worry, you'll be quote the price well before they ask for any personal details. -- JohnM: Country & Western Song Titles #3 -------------------------------- LARRY KINGSTON: "I Wouldn't Take Her To a Dog Fight ('Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win) |
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I booked flights from Auckland - Tauranga thru' the NZ wesite after
registering with them. I even asked if I could do this even although I lived in the UK. The Air NZ guy told me to try it but did say normally the flights were for residents only. I booked for 3 adults and 1 child. The same night I got a call from AirNZ asking the age of the child, so they knew where I lived. It saved me a fortune WM "JohnM" wrote in message news In article t, Ralph Fox writes Most airlines have different fare classes, with different conditions and prices. Thank you Ralph, I am fully aware of this :-) But I could see the different classes ONLY from the .nz website. The .uk website gave me no choice and it chose the most expensive class although there were other available. And the difference is not small; it's huge. By all means check yourself and try to book a flight Dunedin-Wellington for next March. Don't worry, you'll be quote the price well before they ask for any personal details. -- JohnM: Country & Western Song Titles #3 -------------------------------- LARRY KINGSTON: "I Wouldn't Take Her To a Dog Fight ('Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win) |
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On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 20:30:38 +0000, in message
, JohnM wrote: In article t, Ralph Fox writes Most airlines have different fare classes, with different conditions and prices. Thank you Ralph, I am fully aware of this :-) But I could see the different classes ONLY from the .nz website. The .uk website gave me no choice and it chose the most expensive class although there were other available. And the difference is not small; it's huge. By all means check yourself and try to book a flight Dunedin-Wellington for next March. Don't worry, you'll be quote the price well before they ask for any personal details. I did check the .uk website, and as you say only the full Economy fare was listed. The difference is large, but the price is reflected in how draconian are the conditions. Having said that, I can only see one specifically international related condition for the cheaper fares on the .nz website The cheaper fares are not valid in combination with international travel. (Presumably it would be your loss if you missed an international flight connection). Some years ago I tried to buy a US-Netherlands-US cheap fare (on a different airline) in Auckland, only to be told by the airline's Auckland office that, not only could they not sell me the fare but they also could not admit to me that this fare existed. -- Cheers, Ralph The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it. |
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I agree with you John, it is outrageous what some of these airlines get away
with. I had the same problem in Japan. Trying to book off websites or through agents in Australia, nothing was mentioned of diso****ed domestic fares. Yet if you buy in Japan, using an Aussie credit card and Australian contact telephonme number etc the price was less than half price "JohnM" wrote in message news In article t, Ralph Fox writes Most airlines have different fare classes, with different conditions and prices. Thank you Ralph, I am fully aware of this :-) But I could see the different classes ONLY from the .nz website. The .uk website gave me no choice and it chose the most expensive class although there were other available. And the difference is not small; it's huge. By all means check yourself and try to book a flight Dunedin-Wellington for next March. Don't worry, you'll be quote the price well before they ask for any personal details. -- JohnM: Country & Western Song Titles #3 -------------------------------- LARRY KINGSTON: "I Wouldn't Take Her To a Dog Fight ('Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win) |
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