Air New Zealand’s online credit redemption tool is now live, allowing customers who hold credit directly with the airline to manage their credit online.
The new online tool enables more than 300,000 customers who purchased a ticket with New Zealand Dollars to view a breakdown of their credit, including seat selection or carbon emissions offset, and use their credit to book new flights.
Air New Zealand Chief Commercial and Customer Officer Cam Wallace says offering a self-service tool will make it simpler for customers to use their credit, without having to call the airline’s contact centre.
“We know this hasn’t been quick to resolve, and we would like to thank our customers for their patience. Pre-COVID-19, we didn’t have the systems in place for customers to redeem credits at this scale, so our teams have had to build this long-term solution from scratch.
“There are a lot of Kiwis who are keen to get out and explore New Zealand so for customers to be able to use their credit from their own device, booking flights will be much easier.
“Customers now have more flexibility with using their credits, including the ability to use credit from an international flight to book a domestic one and vice versa, and for the credit owner to choose who the credit is used for. We’ve also extended the period in which customers can use their credit – they have until 31 December 2021 to book and a further 12 months after booking to travel.”
Throughout June and July, around 57,000 customers who had paid in full using Airpoints Dollars had the value of their fare returned as Airpoints Dollars.
Air New Zealand Chief Digital Officer Jennifer Sepull says the airline’s digital team has been working hard over the past few months to get the online tool up and running.
“We wanted to create a solution that was intuitive and able to manage the large number of customers needing to redeem credit. Over the next few months, we’ll be working to evolve this credit tool to increase its self-service capability.
