Getting from S. America to New Zealand

"Andy Padgett" <andypadgett@m> wrote in message
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> What's the best \ cheapest way of getting from Santiago (or somewhere else
> on the west coast of S.America) to NZ.


Simply put, there isn't one, my friend.

Gerry

Andy Padgett wrote:
> I'm
>
> What's the best \ cheapest way of getting from Santiago (or somewhere else
> on the west coast of S.America) to NZ.
> I've been trying to find flights to Auckland via Fiji, but don't seem to get
> anywhere, and a flight to Papeete and onwards would cost a fortune. For a
> direct flight I've found LAN charging around £900. This seems extortionate,
> since a RTW package costs the same as this.
> I've also looked into crewing, and sailing across. I'm open to suggestions!
>
No competition. You would probably do better moneywise by flying to
LAX and then going to NZ or Australia from there.

You are not going to find a lot of good fares going around the Southern
Hemisphere. South America to NZ is bad. Australia to India or South
Africa is bad. South Africa to South America is bad.

I travelled Aerolineas from BA to Auckland then on to Sydney last
January. There is no competition on the route, so prices are not cheap.
There were no fuel stops, total journey time to Auckland approx 12
hours Aerolineas is a fairly rough & ready airline- the attitude of the
crew appears to make all the difference on this airline. On the flight
to BA, crew managed to drop/throw something over passengers near me on
each of the 3 meal services. Meals were sandwiches, & for a country
with such magnificent beef, the beef meals were woeful. As a positive,
the AA airbus has better seat pitch than many other airlines & the
cofiguration is 2-4-2, which can be comfortable if you manage to get
one of the side seats

Sandra