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This. My experiences over the past year is urgent emails to vip team do not get responded to (at all). 3 trips ago (late December 2022), when I had to reschedule (due to recovery from covid taking too long) the day before travel with 6am departure, I called vip team.

Correct. There were also sleep rooms.

We do get qf newsletters in the eastern isles, maybe once a year. Usually includes promotions only available to Oz residents (ie they don't customize for non australians).

I didn't receive the newsletter (as usual in the eastern isles) so presumably fine to continue with emailing the vip team when needed.

Once again no newsletter in the eastern isles.

Surprised they still ask for physical card. I last received one (from any airline or hotel programme) in 2019.

I haven't received half pours for bubbles in the QF F lounge.

I suspect it also needs registered address to be in Australia.

Or just drop off someone with the first car load of bags to watch over them until you return.

Correct. No QFF points or SCs. It is charter flight and origin to destination distance is 0km.

Years ago I took this adl-adl flight, albeit on qf 747. Was great fun. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-reports/395111-champagne-figure-eights-ice.html

Auckland doesn't have a curfew. It is WLG and ZQN that have curfews.

I guess this was only for Oz residents?

Paid koru club is the best way to get benefits straight away. Re credit cards, just be aware that earning rates have recently reduced significantly due to the government capping Interchange fees.

If your domestic flights in nz are bought cheap in advance you won't earn much if any in any program other than airpoints. JQ schedule and route network in nz is not very practical for business travel. Also more opportunities for on the ground earning on nz than on qf or sq or ...

Married segments are a big problem for qf premium fares ex-nz. Very often will find most legs in a multi-leg journey are downgraded to economy, especially for Australia domestic flights. Sometimes Asia or Europe flights show only in economy for all 4 flights despite being on a business class...

Media reporting last year is nz carries max 180 pax for jfk-akl. So 95 less than the number of seats. They tried flying with more pax when the route was launched but it created issues (baggage and pax needing to be offloaded). Note they can carry a lot more pax akl-jfk thanks to tailwind...

In addition to the jfk flight stopping at nan to pick up stranded pax; nz has flown or scheduled additional flights for iue, apw, lax, Tokyo.

Actually nz normally flies jfk-akl with about 100 seats unsold due to weight restrictions. There was a bit of media reporting on it when the route started as initially they hadn't quite got the number right.

Also jfk pax could if needed be rerouted via hnl, lax, sfo, ord, iah (and others).