SC/Points on NZ Operated Sectors

[trisreed]

Back to the future it seems - I have noticed that the VA website is suggesting some NZ operated flights within NZ and there has been some mention of this within the 'Virgin Australia Financially Secure' thread as well.

I am guessing that there would be zero SC and point earn on these sectors, which is unusual considering VA is selling these directly. Can anyone shed light on whether this assumption is correct or whether I could be pleasantly surprised otherwise?

 

[HS-TQE]

Back to the future it seems - I have noticed that the VA website is suggesting some NZ operated flights within NZ and there has been some mention of this within the 'Virgin Australia Financially Secure' thread as well.

I am guessing that there would be zero SC and point earn on these sectors, which is unusual considering VA is selling these directly. Can anyone shed light on whether this assumption is correct or whether I could be pleasantly surprised otherwise?

0 SC/Points on NZ sectors.

NZ sectors booked with VA are "only a interline". Interlines are common between most rivals such as QF/UA or VA/AA to name two examples.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

If you do want, and are going to fly *A partners, (apart from SQ), you can go and join the Air New Zealand Airpoint Dollars rewards system.
I do realise others have joined the UA FF system in the *A liaison.
Yes, the points might be hard to redeem overall, but they do last 4 years, so even if you do fly irregularly with AirNZ, you still earn a few Airpoint dollars, and can use them at the end of the 4 years to reduce the AirNZ domestic fares, 20% of the domestic fares, can be paid for with/by Airpoint dollars.
I have recently joined them, and at the least, I do earn a bit.
I don't trust putting my SQ KF # into any AirNZ bookings anymore, my last one, MEL - CHC flying AirNZ with my SQ KF # in the booking got declined/rejected, and was in W class, which is an earn class liaison between AirNZ and SQ.
In the begining, I thought that being/flying within *A, would be a gain if I gave my SQ KF # into all *A bookings, ala the AN (Ansett) days, but seems that SQ is very picky about allowing points earn with partners.
Flying their own planes, with the SQ KF # in the booking, they issue points/miles very fast.
From now on, if I am going to fly a *A partner (non SQ), I am giving my Airpoint $ # instead of my SQ KF #.
If you look at MCT with the VA to AirNZ connecting to AirNZ dom flight, the MCT can be quite short, 1.5 hours, which might be ok, but I would prefer a 2 hour connection.
Or even overnight in AKL, or other city, and get the first AirNZ flight out the next morning, CHC - ZQN, AKL - ZQN etc, or ZQN - another minor NZ town with AirNZ link.
Ending the diatribe here.