Very packed for 2 weeks, but it's doable although I wouldn't do it again.
I personally prefer Franz Josef rather than Fox glacier. Also the night sky in Hokitika was amazing, even more so than any other place I stopped at. Turn off the lights and just gaze up.

Thanks guys for the info(s). btw, is chocolate price in NZ is cheaper compared to Langkawi or any other places? Anything else than chocolate that NZ is cheaper compared to other places?

Hopefully they will stop, or else I'll have to stay 1 night in one of those area. Any recommended place on where should I stay at least 1 night before continuing my journey to Queenstown?
By 1 day, u mean that I stay 1 night at those places suggested by you is it? so from those places that you mention, is there's a stop for Stray Travel so that I can hop on and continue my journey down south..

Hopefully they will stop, or else I'll have to stay 1 night in one of those area. Any recommended place on where should I stay at least 1 night before continuing my journey to Queenstown?
By 1 day, u mean that I stay 1 night at those places suggested by you is it? so from those places that you mention, is there's a stop for Stray Travel so that I can hop on and continue my journey down south..

And F$*k.. AA just did it again.. now they suspended their services to NZ which will affect my trip on the 8th of June.

Sad to hear that.
You guys must be furious right now. Last time they cancelled my trip to Manado and the worst part is that they didn't even inform me. I had to call them up and fire them before they say they'll refund me the money paid.

So if you guys book the hotels already, I don't think you can replace AAX ticket with another airline. You'll just have to buy another ticket first and wait for AAX to refund you, which will take months.

Dear Guest,

Please be informed that effective from 1st June 2012, AirAsia X will be suspending our flights to/from Christchurch.

We will be sending individual notifications to all guests affected by this suspension, in stages, based on your respective flight dates, via email and SMS.

The email notices will also outline the various service recovery options offered which are:

i. cancel your reservation and opt for Full Refund/Credit Shell; or

ii. move to any of our other operating flights from/to Christchurch, before the 1st June 2012*; or

iii. reroute your flights from/to Christchurch to/from an AirAsia X port in Australia (Sydney, Gold Coast or Melbourne) to Kuala Lumpur# or any other AirAsia X destinations.

Please take note alternative arrangements has to be made on your own for the trans-Tasman travel.

*at no cost, subject to availability

# at no cost

In order to avoid undue congestion and delays in replying to your queries, we request that you contact us in relation to any queries you may have, only after you have received your individual notice.

For further explanation on the reasons for our flight suspensions, please refer to our Press Release on 12th March 2012.

***Important Notice:***



For Option iii)

Guest who choose to transfer their Christchurch-Kuala Lumpur flights to an AirAsia X service Australia-Kuala Lumpur (Sydney, Melbourne or Gold Coast)or vice versa will need to make their own arrangements and payments for trans-Tasman travel.

For guests who have purchased domestic flights within New Zealand to connect with AirAsia X’s suspended Christchurch services, Air New Zealand and Jetstar will allow AirAsia X guests to transfer the payment made for the domestic flight to a trans-Tasman fare. There will be a call centre fee per person per segment for this service and fare difference if applicable.

(Example: A guest who paid for a return domestic flight from Auckland to Christchurch to fly with AirAsia X, who transfers their AirAsia X ticket to the Sydney-Kuala Lumpur service, can transfer the domestic payment towards a flight from Auckland to Sydney to connect to the AirAsia X service.)

To arrange this transfer, guest will need to contact the Air New Zealand or Jetstar call centre, verify connecting travel on AirAsia X, and arrange for their domestic flight to be transferred to a trans-Tasman flight (and pay any fare difference and the contact service fee).

Guests opting for Jetstar will need to contact Jetstar before 26 March, 2012 with the above details.

Call centre details:

- Air New Zealand: 0800 737 000

- Jetstar: 0800 800 995


Before booking trans-Tasman travel please consult airline timetables to ensure your flight to Australia provides time to complete customs and immigration, pick up any bags and check-in at AirAsia X for your flight to Kuala Lumpur (and vice-versa for the return flight from Kuala Lumpur to Australia and returning to New Zealand). A transfer time of at least 4 hours is recommended but please note that neither AirAsia X nor the trans-Tasman carrier can be held accountable for any missed connections.



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Me affected too, try to change to earlier flight, any people able to do that through net? any addition charge?

Try to call their premier custome line, but cannot go through, need leave name and ph no for call back within 24 hrs. any others no can get quick reply? thanks

Try Live Chat -- http://www.airasia.com/my/en/livechat.html -- you might be queued first, but most issues can be resolved.

If due to flight cancellation, they allow you to move to another flight, foc, but only once.

But it off-line at the moment, anyway thanks

are they any limit if i wan to bring back manuka honey to malaysia?

and how about the wine i bought in nz super market? can bring back more than 1 litre without tax to malaysia?

woah... lucky i flying there in May, got a mini heart attack when i read the news... i doing Christchurch - franz josepf - lake wanaka - queenstown - te anau - lake tekapo (Mt cook) - kaikoura - christchurh in 12 days. will be driving on our own. any recommendation for places that die die must go that i missed out?
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yea yea... going te anau just to go there btw, do we really need to get IDP to drive in NZ? seems very troublesome