AKL, WLG & CHC from Oz with AirNZ from $209

Good airfares and I immediately thought of the Queenstown DO in November.

But....

 

I also thought of the Queenstown "DO" when I saw that.

Not worried about the FF points :shock: but would prefer it if Qantas matched so I could stick with them.

 

ex-NZ sales to 30 May for travel to 30 Nov (excl 20 Jun to 15 Jul and 21 Sep to 7 Oct)

NZ or QF AKL/WLG-SYD/BNE NZ$208, AKL/WLG-MEL NZ$209

EK -SYD NZ$208, -BNE NZ$206, -MEL NZ$207 (black out dates vary)

 

I can see myself piecing together flights to get myself from Perth to Queenstown for the do.

 

I have a feeling Qantas may have nearly matched this deal today.

A return BNE-AKL is $448. ($240/208 AUD each way).

Yesterday I looked, and keep thinking it was over $300 one way... Am I mistaken?

 

OK dug a bit deeper. Qantas have a 2 day sale to AKL and WLG (sound familiar?) from BNE/SYD/MEL and perhaps others.

$240 one way from BNE, $244 one way from SYD and $237 One way from MEL.

Havn't checked other cities.

Sale is until 18/05/2007, and is for travel 14 Oct 07 - 15 Dec 07 for BNE and SYD, with MEL having very, very different dates (ie Aug only or Oct-Dec?)

Think I may be getting closer to a confirmed for the Queenstown Do!

 

I noticed earlier today that PER-AKL/WLG was going for $468 OW (although when you search it comes back as PER->AKL $461 and AKL->PER $432), which is lower than it has been. It made me think that PER-BNE-AKL-CHC-ZQN might be a productive way of getting there, using sales stuck together, and allowing stopovers along the way.

 

EK appears to be cheaper... between SYD and AKL.

$75 cheaper for a random long weekend in August and in November.

 

Decisions, decisions! Do you think QF is likely to come back again later with a similar sale for the same dates? I guess it does not matter as I will only be looking for one way SYD-AKL and some creative domestic routings to get to Queenstown and the return will more than likely be a LAN business class.

I would love to confirm the Queenstown DO but I need to concentrate on paying the bills for my upcoming RTW first. Won't be ready until August/September.

 

Probably depends on whether they need to much an NZ sale