26 February 2011
In Nov/Dec last year, Airasia launched direct flights to Christchurch, New Zealand for the first time. It is definitely a good news to all of us who are going to New Zealand as we can have affordable flight to our destination now. I did not managed to get the lowest fare (MYR222 including baggage), but I am satisfied enough to get a one-way flight at the price of MYR355 per person, excluding the charge for baggage and food.
Our initial plan was to stay a couple of days in Christchurch after we touched down. We could take the opportunity to open an IRD account, bank account, and look for jobs before we decided which city to go next. Due to the earthquake last week, we have finally changed our mind to directly move to Wellington since New Zealand Ariline is giving great promotion now. It is even cheaper than taking the ferry to cross the strait from Piton to Wellington. At first, we had struggles to choose whether to go Auckland, or Wellington.
pic: To Auckland
pic: To Wellington
As you can see from the table above, the pricing for Auckland and Wellington is more or less the same. Auckland is situated at the top of north island and Wellington is located at the bottom of north island. Most of the job opportunities are concentrated at the middle of north island, such as Hastings. Whichever we go, we would need to travel to the middle. The differences are only the flight's departure time, the duration, and of course your personal preferences.
In order to save the time and transportation to go back and forth between the airport and the hostel in Christchurch, I finally proposed to go Wellington as there are flight to there on the same day we would arrive in Christchurch. And each of us was only charged NZD81, giving us the flexibility to choose the seats (subjected to availability) and change the flight until one day before our departure day.
This is our flight details......for only NZD81 per person including a 23kg checked-in baggage allowance.
Thu 28 Apr 8:45 PM Christchurch Thu 28 Apr 9:30 PM Wellington
Please read more in below link if you think 23kg is not enough.
http://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/excess-baggage-nz
http://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/excess-baggage-nz
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