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I used to fly Air New Zealand alot for work between Sydney and Los Angeles, this was back when they had direct flights. Two things ended that for me though – introduction of the required stop in Auckland, and the deteriorating quality of their planes.

After reading about their latest overhaul of their Boeing 777, maybe that extra stop in Auckland won’t be so bad. Apart from outfitting their planes with power sockets at every seat, they have also introduced USB connectors and iPod connectors for those who need to jack in. It doesn’t stop there though.

The most outstanding upgrade is the new 3 seat Skycouch economy seats built by Recaro which will fold down at create a mini bed that will fit two people sideways. You’ll have to buy the 3rd seat, at a discount apparently, to enjoy this additional slice of comfort. Still cheaper than buying business class tickets!

From the pictures I’ve seen, Air New Zealand really seemed to have decked out their planes, the interiors looks amazing, futuristic even. Might have to dust off that old Star Alliance card again.

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I’m having some great luck with flight upgrades recently.

On my last trip back to SF from Sydney on Qantas, I got bumped up to business class due to a full flight, a really nice suprise, makes the long journey bearable.

When checking into my flight tonight, was told I was being bumped up (again!) to business class due to a full flight I wasn’t going to argue with them. Not too bad for a $650us round trip price tag, I think being a Qantas Club member helped me out a bit here, well worth the yearly price tag.

After being f’d in the a by Qantas when I flew back to Sydney for Xmas ‘07 (to the tune of about $2800+ us), I felt like i’m stickin’ it back to the man by taking advantage of their super cheap fares.

Got myself a return flight from SFO –> SYD for $615 us…. pretty damn amazing!

Will be tearing sh*t up in the old ‘hood from 19th June – 1st July.