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The rate as per the Air NZ site is 84 ff points to 1 australian airpoint dollar, so 30000 points is 357 airpoints. Smart Saver SYD to NZ is 418 ap dollars which is 17% reduction in benefits as I mentioned before.
The "cheapest fare" is not what frequent flyers expect, SMART usage of ff points means either using them at peak times eg School Holidays or on "special" offers where you get the same flight for 20% less points.
At least these are the ONLY times I have used my ff points.
These are not times when the "cheapest" air fares are offered.
I feel we should be careful not let media hype or Air NZ promotional wordings by an Air NZ exec distort or confuse the true and CORRECT mathematical calculations which I hope I have outlined.
Any more calculations /thoughts?
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