rgsaero
11th Nov 2017, 08:37
Booking my trip to NZ on ANZ yesterday, fortunately on the 'phone as the internal flights were complicated, I had almost completed the details, including my usual Premium Economy (PE) seats on the long-hauls when I asked to reserve seating. It was then that I discovered that their 773s have been “refitted” and no longer have the wonderful “space seats” in PE. That section has now been “updated”(sic) with forward facing seats, eight across (against six across before), less leg room etc. For an aged person such as me, therefore there's no way now to avoid either climbing across people or being climbed across when needing to use the facilities during the long nights.
That's a deal-beaker for me, so I cancelled everything we had done. Sometime later family members insisted I should go, make it the last time, after every year (sometimes twice yearly) since 1983, and they are paying for Business. I would have booked for a second, later trip next year too but not again as it's not affordable.
As an ANZ Airpoints member they send me lots of emails and promotional stuff, but didn't mention this “upgrade” to eight across and no space seats! Surprise surprise!
Be warned, Air NZ Premium isn't as premium as it used to be.
That's a deal-beaker for me, so I cancelled everything we had done. Sometime later family members insisted I should go, make it the last time, after every year (sometimes twice yearly) since 1983, and they are paying for Business. I would have booked for a second, later trip next year too but not again as it's not affordable.
As an ANZ Airpoints member they send me lots of emails and promotional stuff, but didn't mention this “upgrade” to eight across and no space seats! Surprise surprise!
Be warned, Air NZ Premium isn't as premium as it used to be.