Air New
Zealand prices their awards in hundreds of points instead of thousands of points.
Not exact matches
Awards are
priced per segment, so you can pay dramatically different
prices for travel to or within the same country, especially in New
Zealand
Korean Air doesn't partner with any carriers from Oceania, New
Zealand and Australia, and its significantly higher
award prices for these areas (up to 110,000 in economy and 240,000 in first class roundtrip) reflect this lack of coverage.
This is because of a little - known peculiarity in the MileagePlus
award system that
prices award flights to Oceania cheaper than
award flights to Australia and New
Zealand, even if you fly to Oceania via Australia or New
Zealand.
For
award flights, Virgin Australia
prices tickets based on the number of miles traveled on the itinerary, beginning with a 0 - to -600-mile bucket for 6,900 points in economy on Virgin, Etihad, Delta and Air New
Zealand's Trans Tasman service, and 10,000 points on airberlin, Hawaiian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, SilkAir, and Air New
Zealand's remaining routes.