Air NZ works deluxe seats???

[luclen]

Hi

I have two bookings with air NZ coming up. Flying Nadi to Auckland on a A320, then a few days later flying Auckland to Sydney on a 767.

We have booked the Works Deluxe seats to secure extra baggage etc.

Can anyone please advise what the extra 'personal space' included in the Works Deluxe seats mean? Also what rows are they located?

I can't seem to find any further information.

Many thanks in advance?

 

[stomplad]

Hi there, I flew Works Deluxe with NZ last year on a A320. Seats at the front of the plane were allocated as well as exit rows. We sat in exit rows only to find that they would not recline so BIG disappointment. Also the leg room was only marginally better. The seats at the front did not seem to have more leg room than standard economy either. But u do get the middle seat free. Its a good deal if u have luggage and the extras are a small bonus.

 

[luclen]

Thank you for the reply Stomplad!

Not much more for Works Deluxe, but getting a free seat next to me is sure worth it!

Much appreciation, cheers!

 

[stomplad]

Thank you for the reply Stomplad!

Not much more for Works Deluxe, but getting a free seat next to me is sure worth it!

Much appreciation, cheers!

And the lounge access is nice too. Koru Club is much better than QP IMO

 

[SYD]

It's not immediately obvious on the NZ seat maps, but the dark coloured seats are the ones blocked for Works Deluxe pax:

Seat Maps - Travelling - Air New Zealand - Australia Site

I haven't been on the 767 recently, but hopefully they will have the old "SPACE+" seat pitch - which was pretty good (and a real shame they ditched that for user pays). The regular A320 pitch is dreadful. Have you selected your seats on the NZ website? They Works Deluxe seats are clearly shown there.

The included food service was a bit better than previously - IMHO. But it was pretty bad there for a while.

As previously stated, lounge access is definately a positive if you don't already have access.

 

[yohy?!]

Sat in row 3 on an A320 on Fri (Space+?) pitch was about 32-33inch I think and was appreciated as we'd paid for Seat fares

Only noticeable difference in space because we copped row 21 on the previous flight - might as well have been Jetstar

 

[Austman]

It's not immediately obvious on the NZ seat maps, but the dark coloured seats are the ones blocked for Works Deluxe pax:

Seat Maps - Travelling - Air*New*Zealand - Australia Site

Flew this week and can say the seat maps are wrong. I had Works Deluxe and was in 9C and 10A/C was WD too. In fact the selection for me was something like rows 9,10,11,12,13. So perhaps Air NZ adjust it, per flight?

I thought WD was OK but only just. Lounge access and middle seat empty was nice but leg room and recline were strictly economy. The Air NZ staff also did seat-hopping to give out newspapers and express cards to their premium pax and skipped the WD pax who were not also premium.

And the in flight service, even with meals and drinks included, was very, very economy.

And I just remembered, when I went throught the cabin, the only WD seats seemed to be in rows 8,9,10,11 or so. And only on the ABC side. The front rows had 6 pax per row. It was a 100% full flight.

 

[serfty]

From July 1, WD seating on the 320's will be rows 1-2, A/C/D/F. Pitch 34" +

On the 763, WD are the 7-15 D/F seats and aside from 7D/F the pitch is 30" :shock:

More here:

Air New Zealand wishes to advise changes on A320 aircraft to Australia & the Pacific Islands from the 20th of April.

These changes are due to the aircraft reconfiguration from 171 to 168 seats which is being progressively rolled out between April and May 2011.

Works Deluxe passengers
- For bookings made from 20 April for travel up to 30 June - the existing 171 and 168 Seat maps will be available & current seating conditions are applicable.

- For bookings made from 20 April for travel from 1 July - the new 168 Seat map will be available with Works Deluxe passengers being predominantly seated in the front two rows (left & right hand side) with a seat pitch of 34” or 35”.

- Existing Works Deluxe bookings made prior to 20 Apr, for travel from 1 July will be re-seated into the new 168 seat map, which will happen automatically.

- For travel from 1 July Works Deluxe passengers will also receive a daily newspaper, cheese platter, water bottle and noise cancelling headset

Space+ Seating
This reconfiguration on the A320 between April and May 2011 will create a new zone (30 seats) with 33” – 35” Seat pitch for our frequent flyers (Gold Elite, Gold & Koru members).

- For bookings made from 20 April for travel up to 30 June - the existing 171 and 168 Seat map will be available & current seating conditions are applicable.

- For bookings made from 20 April for travel from 1 July - the new 168 Seat map will be available. The Space+ seating will be nine rows on the left hand side of the aircraft starting from behind Works Deluxe and finishing before over wing and one additional row will be on the right hand side of the aircraft behind Works Deluxe, all with a seat pitch of 33” to 35”.

- For bookings and travel from the 1st of July, Gold Elite, Gold and Koru members will only be able to advance Seat Select into Space+ zone if they purchase The Works product.

- For Gold Elite, Gold and Koru members who purchase the Seat and Seat+Bag product they will not be entitled to advance Seat Select in the Space + zone, however they will be entitled to advanced Seat Select in the remainder of the aircraft and at the Airport will be able to access Space+ on a space available basis.

- Existing Space+ seat requests for travel from the start of July onwards will continue to be honoured irrespective of the product purchased.

Seat Select
To ensure passengers receive the seating they request we will be changing when Seat Select can take place. For all new bookings/travel from 20th of April, Seat Select will only be available to The Works and Works Deluxe passengers after ticketing has been completed.