How to buy cheap New Zealand air tickets?

In fact, you can definitely fly to New Zealand, but when you travel abroad, everyone knows that air tickets are generally expensive, and sometimes the price difference of air tickets on a flight is too far. In order to go out and have a good time, you can save money on air tickets.

How to buy 1 May-August is not recommended.

New Zealand is located in the southern hemisphere, and the season is just the opposite of ours. The tourist season is 10 to February of the following year, and it is not recommended to go from May to August. The weather is changeable. Therefore, from May to August, the air tickets in New Zealand are the cheapest and the promotion is the strongest. This time is just the summer vacation in China, and many parents have fallen into the pit. ......

(2) Low-cost air tickets are not necessarily the best.

For the long-haul routes of Feianzi, the cost performance of air tickets pays more attention to the quality of airlines and whether they are non-stop. For example, AirAsia, Beijing to Auckland is 1k7, but it does not include luggage and meals (long-distance flights are indispensable), and it stops in Kuala Lumpur 15h. In the same period, the traditional airline, China Eastern Airlines, was more than 500 yuan more expensive, but the stopover time was only 1~5h. The time cost, plus luggage, catering and navigation services, was far more valuable than 500 yuan.

③ Whether the travel date is a holiday, whether the travel destination is the peak season, etc. It is also an important factor affecting the cost performance of air tickets. For example, it is good to buy the starting price for big holidays such as National Day, Spring Festival and Christmas.

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How to Buy Cheap As an "old driver" who has traveled abroad many times, buying special air tickets is a necessary skill to save money. After roughly setting the travel month, pay attention to the promotion activities of major airlines a few months in advance, and search online when you have time. The probability of encountering a special ticket is quite high.

(1) International air ticket

I saw a special ticket to Auckland on the "poor tour". It costs about 2900 yuan to fly to Auckland from all over China. Later, it was discovered that this was a newly opened route of Hainan Airlines. I bought it directly in official website, and the ticket to 980 yuan, including tax, is about 2700 yuan. Search again in "Flying Pig Travel", the website's special promotion price is cheaper than that in official website. There are all kinds of ticket agents on it, as well as HNA flagship store. Flying Pig Travel saw 2500 yuan at the cheapest time. The price on the website changes slightly every day. We chose a reputable agent. The policy of ticket refund and change is the same as that of official website, including tax 26 15 yuan. At that time, there was an activity to reduce 30 yuan by the hour, and we paid 2585 yuan. "Flying Pig Travel" will often engage in preferential activities of tens to hundreds of yuan, but it is limited to my real name certification to purchase tickets. You can't get a discount on air tickets for friends. Many people travel, so they may wish to discuss the time and buy tickets separately.

Hainan Airlines and Shenzhen direct flights to Auckland are very suitable for passengers in the Pearl River Delta region. Take off at 0/6: 50 pm/KLOC-and leave for Shenzhen on the same day. Arrived in Auckland at 8:30 the next morning and took a nap during the flight. The return trip is 10:30 in the morning, arrive in Shenzhen at 18:35 in the afternoon, and arrive home that night.

(2) Domestic air tickets

It is very expensive to fly directly from China to the South Island of New Zealand. My friend bought a special ticket from China Southern Airlines. At the end of February, Guangzhou returned to Christchurch, including tax of more than 5,000 yuan. If you want to save money, you can only choose to go to Auckland first and then fly to Christchurch. So I spent nearly two months paying attention to the promotion of domestic air tickets in New Zealand.

Air New Zealand usually chooses these two: Air New Zealand (/nz/en/home). Generally, there will be a special ticket between Auckland and Christchurch about two months in advance, but when it happens, it is not necessarily so.

Air New Zealand has 18 flights to and from Auckland and Christchurch every day, and the difference between different flights is several times. The cheapest is 45 New Zealand dollars, and the most expensive is more than 200 New Zealand dollars. Usually, there are one or two flights a day, and the price is 69 or 79 New Zealand dollars. You can take a baggage under 7 kg on the plane. If you add a checked baggage under 23 kg, you will pay more 10. If you can change the flight time of the day, add 20 New Zealand dollars. If the flight date can be changed, add NZ $20. There are also on-board pay meals to choose from. Air New Zealand official website has a choice of Chinese, but the price of RMB seen on the Chinese website is obviously much more expensive than that of New Zealand dollars, so it is not recommended.

On February 16, I saw that Air New Zealand had a cheap ticket from Auckland to Christchurch in April, with a one-way ticket of NZ $49. Although it is slightly more expensive than the lowest price I have ever seen, it is also the second best price. So we chose the flight on April 1 1 which was suitable for our connecting flight, plus 23 kg baggage tag 10 NZD, and the credit card payment fee was NZD 4, making a total of NZD 63. There was also a special ticket from Christchurch to Auckland in late April. We didn't buy the same price for some reason, and there was no special price for this period the next day. In a week or two, special tickets will be available in May.

Jetstar is a low-cost airline with six flights to and from Auckland and Christchurch every day. The fare is generally tens of New Zealand dollars, and you can also carry a piece of luggage under 7 kilograms on the plane. There are several options for checked baggage according to its weight. His family's credit card payment fee is 5 New Zealand dollars.

After missing the promotion of Air New Zealand flight from Christchurch to Auckland in April, I visited these two websites every day for more than half a month. Just when I was about to give up hope for special fares, on March 8, I suddenly saw Jetstar Airlines having a promotion! Order immediately: flight from Christchurch to Auckland on April 25th, the one-way fare is NZ $29, the baggage claim tag is NZ $15kg, and the baggage claim tag is NZ $120kg,1/NZ $ I chose 20 Jin, plus a credit card fee of 5 NZD, and 45 NZD is done!

Return trip 108 NZD, about 522 RMB, and international air ticket is only 3 107 RMB. Cheap!

The flight time between Auckland and Christchurch is 1.5 hours. Comparing the two airlines, both are medium-sized planes, with the same seating space, and both can board the plane by themselves. As a special ticket, Air New Zealand provides free snacks such as mineral water, biscuits and fruit candy on board, while Jetstar has nothing, while the former is more expensive 18 NZD. From the perspective of cost performance, it is more cost-effective to buy special round-trip air tickets for Jetstar.

Summarized the following experience:

1. Both airlines have irregular promotions on domestic flights. Air New Zealand's flight may be about two months in advance, and Jetstar's flight may be about one and a half months in advance. After setting the flight date, leave two months in advance and browse two websites every day. As long as you are patient, you can basically buy a special ticket at the price I mentioned above.

2. For flights departing on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the lowest price is generally lower than that from Friday to Monday. International flights also have this provision. So our departure and return trip are basically from Tuesday to Thursday.

3. At the bottom of the homepage of Singapore Airlines website (https://grabaseat.co.nz/, note: non-official website), you can set the cheap flights you are concerned about. After choosing to take off and arrive in the city, the daily lowest price for about one month will be displayed from that day. In the middle of the page is the promotion information of inter-city flights in the next one and a half months to two and a half months. Look at the home page at ordinary times to know whether there is any promotion on the date you choose.

4. Jetstar's homepage also has promotional information, but the date prompt is vague. It is recommended to enter your flight date every day to find out, which takes a few more minutes than watching Air New Zealand.

5. "Flying Pig Travel" also has special fares from Air New Zealand and Jetstar, which are slightly cheaper than those in official website, but may not include baggage tickets, and it is difficult to confirm the tickets through the official website customer service hotline, so I dare not buy them.