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I don’t know whether this was absolute luck or not, I think it might be… Back in mid-January when Air NZ had their big New Year’s sale, I was contemplating for a long time whether to book Business/Premium Economy flights to Singapore in August. I finally made my decision a minute before midnight, the same night that those New Year sale fares were due to end. As I took longer in trying to enter in the passenger details, it struck midnight and the website told me that the fare had expired and I had to start all over. I was pretty annoyed at the time, as I thought once you were in the entering details section, it would at least give you a 15 minutes buffer to do that, but it did not. Of course the prices rose back up significantly.
I did some Googling and found that Singapore Airlines were still offering the same New Year sale fares I had just missed out on the Air NZ website, so I booked with them instead, still flying Air NZ metal.
Fast forward to now, am kinda glad that happened, as if those flights to Singapore now get cancelled, under the new Singapore Airlines Global Travel Waiver policy updated for COVID-19, it allows me a choice of a 100% cash refund, or a refund in flight credits with bonus credits.
So is there even a benefit (apart from literally just sitting in a business premier seat) from the extra $30 paid?
I changed both my work flights to specifically fly on the 789, and I’m guessing the entertainment screens will be in use too.
Does anyone know what type of in-flight wireless product AirNZ will be deploying? I was flying back on Singapore a350 over the weekend and the in-flight wireless was amazing. The package that I purchased was $25USD for 24 hours of unlimited internet. Meaning I can use it all the way to Europe on different aircraft. The speed was also good enough to have a Google Hangouts chat call. If AirNZ had something similar it would be a game changer.
Did they block any websites/apps etc.? Did you try a speedtest? I booked the wrong flight on the way back from Hong Kong, meaning we travelled on a Boeing 777 to Auckland, instead of choosing to fly the new Airbus A350 with in flight internet. Would’ve loved to see if Skype would work!
