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Kiwifruit, yes agree to disagree is fine, but to revisit the actual figures one can see that the $338 Syd to NZ airfare is out of school holidays and lands in Cchurch at 11.25pm.
My calculation of $418 is the average of all the Smart Saver airfares, keeping in mind these are generally the LOWEST airfares on the Air NZ website and have a no refund on cancellation policy as well as other restrictions, unlike ff points flights.
The tasman fully flexi is the only fare to offer refunds and it costs around $800.
The assumption that it is difficult or impossible to get ff seats in peak times like school holidays is partly true internationally but I personally have never had a problem as long as you plan and book in advance. But that is a different debate.
I am not trying to bag anyone but just ask that you consider comparing apples with apples so to speak. The figures are the facts.
In fact using the apples with apples principal the $800 fare is comparable with a ff ticket as far as refunds go, which makes the new Air NZ scheme closer to 100% less value than the current scheme or qantas ff.
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