Sydney to Wellington, NZ at Xmas - Any Way to OzBargain?

Hi guys

As title suggests. For some context - I made the rookie error of deciding last minute to travel to NZ for Xmas/New years and visit family (yay for free accom).
Given the premium travel time of the year flights are approx $700+.

-I've already considered flying in & out of AKL but the cost saving isn't much and will be negated by having to hire a car to drive down to WLG.
-no QFF flights available late December.
-already planning to travel on xmas day as it's cheaper than the prior couple of days
-already looking at 2 different airlines in order to get the best prices on specific dates

Am I missing any other way to OzB or do I just have to suck it up given the premium'ness of holiday time travel?
It just hurts given that NZ flights are usually less than half of $700 throughout the year :(

Comments

  • I booked my SYD-WLG tickets about a month ago for $650 with AirNZ. Flying on Christmas day made it almost $100 cheaper. Tried many options, but ultimately s#cked it up and booked :$

    Waiting for my Bankwest zero Platinum card to book the rental though. Apparently, if I don't manage to prepay at least $500 on that card I don't get the complimentary insurance :)

  • +1

    Some possible options:

    1. Buy someone's Jetstar/airline vouchers at a discount.

    2. Find someone with a platinum Reserve card who will sell you their flight? Here's an example but unfortunately you can't get this card any more.

    3. Singapore Airlines is now flying direct from Canberra to Wellington. 21 or 23 to 26 December is $860 return and you can possibly get that a little cheaper from a site like Bestjet. Edit: actually bestjet is showing direct flights from CBR to WLG on 23 December to 4 Jan as $661.68!

    4. Fly Jetstar from Gold Coast airport or Melbourne Airport to Wellington? OOL to WLG for 18 to 29 December is $723.

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