Cheap US Tickets from Auckland

I'm currently planning a 3 week US holiday in Oct/Nov. The airfares from Aus to US were around $1600 return couple of weeks ago but I missed booking then. Currently, when I was looking to fly out from other destinations nearby I found Auckland to Houston and Chicago were only $1200+ return on Air Canada. The catch is the flight routing is AKL-BNE/SYD-YVR-ORD/IAH and return also in the same transit points. I'm from Brisbane but if I set my origin as BNE the fares are around $2400+ for the same dates and same flights.

If I have my booking from AKL and miss the first leg, will I be ok to board from BNE/SYD? Worst, I have to fly to NZ for another $350 and start the journey from Auckland which is just a waste of time.

Also, on the return leg will I be able to request the check in guys to let me check through my bags only upto Brisbane/Sydney? Any thoughts on how I can workaround this super cheap deal?

Sample Itinerary

AKL-BNE-YVR-ORD - 26 Hours 20 Minutes Journey including stopovers in Brisbane, Vancouver.
ORD-YVR-BNE-AKL - 28 Hours Journey on the return leg.

Air NZ/Air Canada - cheapest fare is $1215 in AUD.

Comments

  • +3

    If you miss the first leg then the rest of your flights will be automatically cancelled.

    You can ask the check in agent to only tag your bags to Brisbane but they have every right to refuse. If they refuse then what will you do? I suppose you could not board the plane to NZ and they will have to offload your bags. I'm not sure what the consequences to you are if you do this since it will delay the plane departure. You may have better luck in getting your bags tagged only up to Brisbane if the connecting flight to NZ is not departing until the next day.

  • +3

    Skipping a segment on a flight itinerary, the remainder of your ticket will be invalid

  • tried choicecheapies?

    OzBs NZ cousin

  • +2

    Based on the experience of others, Air Canada would be my last choice to cross the Pacific. Buyer beware…

  • Have a look at Fijiairways.com for BNE-NAN-LAX or other end destinations.
    Set your search to 1 Stop.

    https://www.fijiairways.com/en-au/flights-to-united-states

  • try kiwi.com (ironically). Looking at $2500 return BNE - LA. It is peak season…. Did see cheaper flights to hawaii, might be an option of a low cost airline from there that's not on the flight websites. Or better prices with a VPN/when you are there.

  • It’s $1200aud SYD - LAX return in November

    • Any specific dates? I can’t find this fare for any dates in November on Google flights

      • 5-25/11 $1178 on Hawaiian

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