Air New Zealand vs. Qantas
Feb 21st 2004, 1:30 pm
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Air New Zealand vs. Qantas
All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer to
fly?
fly?
Feb 21st 2004, 1:40 pm
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james_anatidae wrote:
> All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer
> to fly?
Air NZ.
We own it.
> All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer
> to fly?
Air NZ.
We own it.
Feb 21st 2004, 2:12 pm
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Re: Air New Zealand vs. Qantas
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 21:30:23 -0500, "james_anatidae"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer to
>fly?
Qantas/Origin Pacific have better food, and much better service IMO.
<[email protected]> wrote:
>All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer to
>fly?
Qantas/Origin Pacific have better food, and much better service IMO.
Feb 21st 2004, 2:18 pm
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Air NZ has more leg room and better food for long haul.
"james_anatidae" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer
to
> fly?
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> All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer
to
> fly?
Feb 21st 2004, 2:19 pm
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In article <[email protected]>,
"james_anatidae" <[email protected]> wrote:
> All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer to
> fly?
>
Air New Zealand. I've got my air miles with them (yeah I know - flying
would/could be cheaper if they didn't exist, but nevertheless it's worth
the odd upgrade), and I've never had any problems with them.
Qantas - well, some of the worst flights I've had anywhere have been
with them. Being put in non-smoking, but one row ahead of the smokers,
despite our ensuring beforehand twice that our seats would be nearer the
front; being told by a stewardess when she asked us about our food and
receiving our less than positive response, "Well what do you expect -
it's airline food." An elderly friend ended up being very ill on a
flight from England-land when they ran out of water!
It's still not as bad as Royal Air Maroc (blocked toilets / ham in the
vegetarian meal / smoking section on the right-hand side!) or
Continental, and I'm sure most of the time they're fine, but just one or
two bad experiences can really put you off an airline. I've luckily
never had more than the odd glitch with AirNZ.
"james_anatidae" <[email protected]> wrote:
> All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer to
> fly?
>
Air New Zealand. I've got my air miles with them (yeah I know - flying
would/could be cheaper if they didn't exist, but nevertheless it's worth
the odd upgrade), and I've never had any problems with them.
Qantas - well, some of the worst flights I've had anywhere have been
with them. Being put in non-smoking, but one row ahead of the smokers,
despite our ensuring beforehand twice that our seats would be nearer the
front; being told by a stewardess when she asked us about our food and
receiving our less than positive response, "Well what do you expect -
it's airline food." An elderly friend ended up being very ill on a
flight from England-land when they ran out of water!
It's still not as bad as Royal Air Maroc (blocked toilets / ham in the
vegetarian meal / smoking section on the right-hand side!) or
Continental, and I'm sure most of the time they're fine, but just one or
two bad experiences can really put you off an airline. I've luckily
never had more than the odd glitch with AirNZ.
Feb 21st 2004, 2:39 pm
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 21:30:23 -0500, "james_anatidae"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer to
>fly?
Qantas [because it's a partner airline to Continental and I can gain
miles on my frequent flier membership.]
Cath
<[email protected]> wrote:
>All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer to
>fly?
Qantas [because it's a partner airline to Continental and I can gain
miles on my frequent flier membership.]
Cath
Feb 21st 2004, 2:57 pm
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I've never flown Qantas so I am bias, but I hated Air New Zealand when we
flew to LA with them. The service was the worst I have ever experienced and
the food was only just edible!
wendy
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"steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> james_anatidae wrote:
> > All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer
> > to fly?
> Air NZ.
> We own it.
flew to LA with them. The service was the worst I have ever experienced and
the food was only just edible!
wendy
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"steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> james_anatidae wrote:
> > All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer
> > to fly?
> Air NZ.
> We own it.
Feb 21st 2004, 3:08 pm
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Smoking!!?? Sheesh - ancient history!
Qantas has newer aircraft; better safety record!
"Laurie Fleming" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> "james_anatidae" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer
to
> > fly?
> >
> Air New Zealand. I've got my air miles with them (yeah I know - flying
> would/could be cheaper if they didn't exist, but nevertheless it's worth
> the odd upgrade), and I've never had any problems with them.
> Qantas - well, some of the worst flights I've had anywhere have been
> with them. Being put in non-smoking, but one row ahead of the smokers,
> despite our ensuring beforehand twice that our seats would be nearer the
> front; being told by a stewardess when she asked us about our food and
> receiving our less than positive response, "Well what do you expect -
> it's airline food." An elderly friend ended up being very ill on a
> flight from England-land when they ran out of water!
> It's still not as bad as Royal Air Maroc (blocked toilets / ham in the
> vegetarian meal / smoking section on the right-hand side!) or
> Continental, and I'm sure most of the time they're fine, but just one or
> two bad experiences can really put you off an airline. I've luckily
> never had more than the odd glitch with AirNZ.
Qantas has newer aircraft; better safety record!
"Laurie Fleming" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> "james_anatidae" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer
to
> > fly?
> >
> Air New Zealand. I've got my air miles with them (yeah I know - flying
> would/could be cheaper if they didn't exist, but nevertheless it's worth
> the odd upgrade), and I've never had any problems with them.
> Qantas - well, some of the worst flights I've had anywhere have been
> with them. Being put in non-smoking, but one row ahead of the smokers,
> despite our ensuring beforehand twice that our seats would be nearer the
> front; being told by a stewardess when she asked us about our food and
> receiving our less than positive response, "Well what do you expect -
> it's airline food." An elderly friend ended up being very ill on a
> flight from England-land when they ran out of water!
> It's still not as bad as Royal Air Maroc (blocked toilets / ham in the
> vegetarian meal / smoking section on the right-hand side!) or
> Continental, and I'm sure most of the time they're fine, but just one or
> two bad experiences can really put you off an airline. I've luckily
> never had more than the odd glitch with AirNZ.
Feb 21st 2004, 3:53 pm
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 03:57:00 GMT, "wendy" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I've never flown Qantas so I am bias, but I hated Air New Zealand when we
>flew to LA with them. The service was the worst I have ever experienced and
>the food was only just edible!
>wendy
Interesting. Last time I flew to LA (via AirNZ) the food was actually
great (but the service was crap, as you have said).
wrote:
>I've never flown Qantas so I am bias, but I hated Air New Zealand when we
>flew to LA with them. The service was the worst I have ever experienced and
>the food was only just edible!
>wendy
Interesting. Last time I flew to LA (via AirNZ) the food was actually
great (but the service was crap, as you have said).
Feb 21st 2004, 3:56 pm
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 17:53:57 +1300, Gurble <nospam@4me> wrote:
>On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 03:57:00 GMT, "wendy" <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>>I've never flown Qantas so I am bias, but I hated Air New Zealand when we
>>flew to LA with them. The service was the worst I have ever experienced and
>>the food was only just edible!
>>wendy
>Interesting. Last time I flew to LA (via AirNZ) the food was actually
>great (but the service was crap, as you have said).
I haven't travelled internationally since the great financial
setbacks, but all my prior experience was of superb and friendly
service from Air New Zealand, in comparison with terse offhand
treatment from the jaded staff in Qantas cabins.
>On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 03:57:00 GMT, "wendy" <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>>I've never flown Qantas so I am bias, but I hated Air New Zealand when we
>>flew to LA with them. The service was the worst I have ever experienced and
>>the food was only just edible!
>>wendy
>Interesting. Last time I flew to LA (via AirNZ) the food was actually
>great (but the service was crap, as you have said).
I haven't travelled internationally since the great financial
setbacks, but all my prior experience was of superb and friendly
service from Air New Zealand, in comparison with terse offhand
treatment from the jaded staff in Qantas cabins.
Feb 21st 2004, 4:05 pm
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"Brian Harmer" <> wrote
> I haven't travelled internationally since the great financial
> setbacks, but all my prior experience was of superb and friendly
> service from Air New Zealand, in comparison with terse offhand
> treatment from the jaded staff in Qantas cabins.
I have had good and bad experiences on both Qantas and Air NZ. Most of my
recent experience is with Air NZ (airpoints...)
What I have noticed is that the planes don't seem as clean as they once
were, and the audio visual equipment is getting a bit long in the tooth. We
travelled to Melbourne at Christmas time, and my wife couldn't use the
headphones provided in her seat - the jack was cactus.
Still, she didn't really care - she just wanted to sleep all of the way
over.
Cheers,
Brenton
> I haven't travelled internationally since the great financial
> setbacks, but all my prior experience was of superb and friendly
> service from Air New Zealand, in comparison with terse offhand
> treatment from the jaded staff in Qantas cabins.
I have had good and bad experiences on both Qantas and Air NZ. Most of my
recent experience is with Air NZ (airpoints...)
What I have noticed is that the planes don't seem as clean as they once
were, and the audio visual equipment is getting a bit long in the tooth. We
travelled to Melbourne at Christmas time, and my wife couldn't use the
headphones provided in her seat - the jack was cactus.
Still, she didn't really care - she just wanted to sleep all of the way
over.
Cheers,
Brenton
Feb 21st 2004, 4:11 pm
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In article <[email protected]> ,
"A Mate" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Smoking!!?? Sheesh - ancient history!
>
> Qantas has newer aircraft; better safety record!
>
The Air Maroc flight was 1990; Qantas around 1993. Thank goodness that
sort of thing is over.
Their safety records are pretty close...and I tend to stay away from
flights to those latitudes.
"A Mate" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Smoking!!?? Sheesh - ancient history!
>
> Qantas has newer aircraft; better safety record!
>
The Air Maroc flight was 1990; Qantas around 1993. Thank goodness that
sort of thing is over.
Their safety records are pretty close...and I tend to stay away from
flights to those latitudes.
Feb 21st 2004, 4:16 pm
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Brian Harmer wrote:
> I haven't travelled internationally since the great financial
> setbacks, but all my prior experience was of superb and friendly
> service from Air New Zealand, in comparison with terse offhand
> treatment from the jaded staff in Qantas cabins.
My experience is that Qantas is a fine airline in the air, but prior to
flight, it could stand some improvements.
Air NZ seems to have fine ground service as well as great on-board service and
excellent food.
However, service levels vary from route to route, so one's experience on route
A may not be fully representative of what you'll get on route B.
Someone made a comment about smoking. Haven't both banned smoking system-wide
a long long time ago or do they still have routes that allow smokers ?
> I haven't travelled internationally since the great financial
> setbacks, but all my prior experience was of superb and friendly
> service from Air New Zealand, in comparison with terse offhand
> treatment from the jaded staff in Qantas cabins.
My experience is that Qantas is a fine airline in the air, but prior to
flight, it could stand some improvements.
Air NZ seems to have fine ground service as well as great on-board service and
excellent food.
However, service levels vary from route to route, so one's experience on route
A may not be fully representative of what you'll get on route B.
Someone made a comment about smoking. Haven't both banned smoking system-wide
a long long time ago or do they still have routes that allow smokers ?
Feb 21st 2004, 4:18 pm
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"james_anatidae" <[email protected]> wrote:
>All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer to
>fly?
Qantas, because you get a greater choice of movies (I don't sleep on
planes). Otherwise I would consider seat pitch to be a significant
factor.
b.
>All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer to
>fly?
Qantas, because you get a greater choice of movies (I don't sleep on
planes). Otherwise I would consider seat pitch to be a significant
factor.
b.
Feb 21st 2004, 4:39 pm
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"james_anatidae" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer
to
> fly?
Either of these is a lot better than flying AA or UA trans Pacific (if they
do anymore?). Air NZ is in the Star Alliance, Qantas is in OneWorld - so
I'd base the choice on which FF program you prefer and the cost of the
tickets.
Last time I flew AirNZ trans-Pacific (9 months ago), there were not personal
TVs in economy. Not sure if Qantas has them on those routes. The seats
were good and service and food were reasonable.
MK
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> All other things being equal (price, time, route) which would you prefer
to
> fly?
Either of these is a lot better than flying AA or UA trans Pacific (if they
do anymore?). Air NZ is in the Star Alliance, Qantas is in OneWorld - so
I'd base the choice on which FF program you prefer and the cost of the
tickets.
Last time I flew AirNZ trans-Pacific (9 months ago), there were not personal
TVs in economy. Not sure if Qantas has them on those routes. The seats
were good and service and food were reasonable.
MK
