Status run to Auckland

[mckinj02]

I’m doing a status from Sydney to Auckland and return on the same day. Will there be any issues at immigration in New Zealand. I only have five hours between landing and my flight back to Sydney on the same day.

 

[serfty]

Is there even anywhere to stay airside when arriving in AKL?

I've sat in the international terminal landside from midnight to 4am several times and it wasn't that bad, just noisy as hundreds or even thousands of people seemed to have the same idea.

Pre COVID, I had an onward BP and was able to use transit security. I have had no similar transits since.

Will be trying it again next month.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

They will move you on.
You cannot stay airside that long, dont think that there are any seats even, its a very long walkway of turning corners after you get off the plane, to immi.
There are even no loos from deplaning, till you get to the recorded Maori totem pole!
Landside, can be done.
As you cannot move to dep (where the lounges are) as its immi controlled.
On the arr side, there is nowhere to sit, on the arr side.
From plane arr, the aim is to get you to move straight off to immi and customs.
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Ive seen a few places where people can sleep. It's much quieter and comfortable when compared to landside. My main issue is that I'm not sure if immigration is manned at 430am considering the earliest flight is at 445am. That's a risk I'm not willing to take.

I might just stay at the Ibis for $150 for 5 hours and walkover to the domestic terminal in the morning. Wouldn't have been worth it for if it was only 3-4 hours arriving into AKL earlier certainly has ticked it over to being worthwhile for me.

Ive seen a few places where people can sleep
You mean on the floor...?
Have only seens chairs on the dep side, of the glass partition for int dep.
Thought that there were no chairs, on the arr, very sterile.

 

[clifford]

They will move you on.
You cannot stay airside that long, dont think that there are any seats even, its a very long walkway of turning corners after you get off the plane, to immi.
There are even no loos from deplaning, till you get to the recorded Maori totem pole!
Landside, can be done.
As you cannot move to dep (where the lounges are) as its immi controlled.
On the arr side, there is nowhere to sit, on the arr side.
From plane arr, the aim is to get you to move straight off to immi and customs.
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Ive seen a few places where people can sleep
You mean on the floor...?
Have only seens chairs on the dep side, of the glass partition for int dep.
Thought that there were no chairs, on the arr, very sterile.

So you are implying that transit security is closed at that time?

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

You are going onto a AirNZ dom flight, so you cant stay in the int temrinal.
Or the person/colleague who asked, is going to... a dom flight.
As of yet, I dont believe the the AKL dom and int terminals have joined.
You have to claim bags, and go out into the open area.
If you were going ingt-> int at AKL, its possible, but immi incoming, after the last flight, they would probably do a sweep and move people to immi clearance, and then go into the open public area.
If they dont move you on, you might get a stern talking too, if they find you.
But to each their own, if you think you can sneak upstairs, to AKL int dep, and then come back down to arr, thats your perogrative.
From what I see, once you get off the plane, its no place to sit on the arr side, on the dep side, in gate 1 - 10, ie, far left, if you have an int dep, yes, there are places to sit.
Plane arr are on the outer glass side, if you look down on arr, you will see dep.
But do as you please, maybe they like you, grin.
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Does anyone have any recent experiences with staying airside during the evening and connecting to a domestic NZ flight later in the morning?
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Ah, its dom -> dom that the (_thetraveller_) is on, sorry, according to sleepinginairports, the dom side is closed at night.
Thought it was int, sorry.
On the AKL dom terminal side, I cant say for sure.
Thousand apologies.
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Tho:
from the Auckland Airport website:

Terminal hours​

The international terminal is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The shops, situated inside the terminal, are open for all incoming and outgoing flights.

The domestic terminal is open from 4:30am to 11pm Monday to Friday and 5am to 11pm Saturday and Sunday.

 

[Invisible Monkey]

I’m doing a status from Sydney to Auckland and return on the same day. Will there be any issues at immigration in New Zealand. I only have five hours between landing and my flight back to Sydney on the same day.

Isn't your flight back to Sydney classed as an international transit flight so you'd need to go to the transfer and transit area and pass the security screening there to be able to move through to the departures area? It's same day return so you're not needing to hang around overnight which has been the scenario for others that have done similar status runs.

 

[Kiwi_Flyer]

Does anyone have any recent experiences with staying airside during the evening and connecting to a domestic NZ flight later in the morning?

I'm not sure if I'll get moved on since I'm transiting domestically instead of international. I was hoping to spend the evening airside then clear immigration in the morning and proceed to my domestic flight.

Int -> dom. Can't stay airside in int terminal (as noted there is nowhere to sit other than floor on arrivals side). Would not recommend going through security to departures side as if successful will cause issue trying to get to immigration (not only needing to go the wrong way but clearing immigration hours after flight arrives will lead to lengthy questioning).

If arrive before dom terminal closes you could clear security there but will be booted out when it closes so no point.

Either find somewhere landside in int terminal, transport hub next to int terminal, or one of the airport hotels (Pullman and novotel are next to int terminal, Ibis is further away but still walkable).