In these Terms:
The terms used in these Terms and Conditions have the following meanings:
Account means the record we maintain of the Airpoints you have earned through Qualifying Flights and Qualifying Purchases, the Airpoints deducted from your Account following the redemption of your Airpoints for Rewards, and also includes a record of the Status Points you have earned.
Air New Zealand, Air NZ, we and us means Air New Zealand Limited.
Air NZ Account means the online Koru account that you may access as a registered user of our website with your Koru login and password to view your Airpoints balance details.
Air NZ Operated Flight is a Journey taken only on a Flight and Flight number pursuant to an Air NZ Ticket that is operated by Air NZ, Air Nelson Limited, Mount Cook Airline Limited (excluding Mount Cook Airline Scenic Flights) or an Airshare Flight.
Airpoints Advance means the Airpoints Advance facility offered to Nominated Earners of certain Direct Earn Financial Products, and to eligible account holders of select Participating Retailer accounts, in accordance with these Terms.
Airpoints means the Koru Programme frequent flyer loyalty points that you earn as a Member of the Koru Programme through your purchase of Qualifying Flights and Qualifying Purchases in accordance with these Terms; being the Airpoints that Air NZ accrues to your Account and deducts from your Account when you use your Airpoints to redeem a Reward or when your Airpoints expire in accordance with these Terms.
Airshare Flight is a Flight with a block of seats available to be sold by Air New Zealand (and treated as if it were an Air New Zealand Flight number and aircraft) on another carrier's aircraft e.g. Aircalin NZ362 and NZ365.
Australian Member is a Koru Member who resides in Australia and who supplies us with an Australian residential/home address.
Award Ticket is a Ticket issued by Air NZ for travel on an Air New Zealand Operated Flight in exchange for you redeeming a specified number of Airpoints.
Banked Year is an additional 12 months of membership at the applicable Koru tier (including Koru Platinum or Koru Black) that can be saved to a Member’s account for future use. It may be used to extend that tier if the Member does not meet the qualification or retention criteria, or retained for use at a later time.
Cash means any payment method that is accepted by the relevant vendor (such as approved credit cards, cash, or EFTPOS) but excludes payment with Airpoints or with the frequent flyer or loyalty points of any other loyalty programme and also excludes cash vouchers that may be purchased using Airpoints from time to time for use with certain Koru Partners.
Codeshare Flight means an international Flight that a Ticket shows as being the service of one airline but that is provided by an aircraft operated by another airline under an agreement between the two airlines.
Direct Earn Financial Product means a credit card, charge card, home loan or other financial product or facility, that is approved by Air NZ to be a 'Direct Earn Financial Product', and is issued by an Koru Partner in New Zealand to a New Zealand resident, use of which enables the Nominated Earner of the Direct Earn Financial Product account to earn Airpoints and/or Status Points based on the actual value of purchase transactions made using the Direct Earn Financial Product and/or earn Status Points based on a Qualifying Flight and in accordance with these Terms and the terms and conditions of the issuing bank.
Discounted Long Haul Redemption Fares are long-haul fares (international sectors, other than between NZ and Australia, the Pacific Islands or within the Pacific Islands) on Air NZ Operated Flights that are only available for purchase with Airpoints and may only be booked in limited booking classes.
Eligible Purchases means purchases made either with your OneSmart Account or your Direct Earn Financial Product (as applicable), excluding:
- purchases of Airpoints or Airpoints Advance facilities (if available as a benefit of your card),
- fees or interest,
- balance transfers,
- credit card repayment insurance**,
- gambling chips,
- cash advances or cash withdrawals made from ATMs or financial institutions (over the counter cash at a bank,
- money orders, travellers cheques and foreign currencies in cash,
- any transaction that is reversed, refunded or charged back or other adjustments,
- "Peer to Peer" transfers (between OneSmart Accounts),
- any flights purchased directly from Air New Zealand using your OneSmart Account, and
- any other purchases that are excluded in the OneSmart or Direct Earn Financial Product terms and conditions.
** As of 1 April 2021, customers are no longer able to apply for Credit Card Repayment Insurance Policy when opening a new credit card account.
Flight means any One Way travel (without a Stopover) on an airline's operated scheduled air service that keeps the same Flight number even if there is a change of aircraft. Travel on the same aircraft but with a Flight number change qualifies as two Flights.
Flight Reward means any Reward comprising Flight travel.
Giftee means a person listed as a Giftee on your Gifting Register, at your request, being a person whom you may gift certain Rewards pursuant to these Terms.
Gifting is where you authorise Airpoints to be deducted from your Account so that you can redeem them for a Reward Ticket for a Giftee. Non-Flight Rewards may not be Gifted.
Gifting Register means the register of your Giftees as shown on your online Air NZ Account.
Grabaseat Fare means any promotional fare identified as a grabaseat fare on the grabaseat website www.grabaseat.co.nz or on www.airnewzealand.co.nz.
Household means the residential dwelling and household in which you and those living with you reside. Persons living in your Household for less than 3 consecutive months are deemed to be guests and not members of your Household.
HSBC Star Alliance Credit Card means a credit card available to Australian residents, in which cardholders may earn Star Alliance points and Star Alliance status as part of the Star Alliance Rewards Program.
Infant Ticket means any Ticket issued to an infant, being a person who is less than two years old.
Journey means a Flight or a series of Flights from a point of origin to a point of destination, including Transits and Stopovers.
Koru Card means the digital and/or physical card that we issue to you with your name and Koru Number on it.
Koru Member Benefit means Rewards, Tier Status Benefits, the ability to join a Shairpoints Account and the various other benefits associated with your participation in the Koru Programme that we will change and update from time to time.
Koru Partner means any company, business or organisation that:
- sells Qualifying Purchases or Qualifying Flights that Koru Members may purchase to earn Airpoints;
- offers Rewards that Koru Members may redeem using their Airpoints; and/or
- provides a Direct Earn Financial Product
Koru Programme means the customer loyalty programme for Koru Members operated by Air New Zealand in accordance with these Terms.
Lounge means the various Air NZ operated and branded Lounges for which Koru Black, Koru Platinum Koru Gold and Koru Silver Tier Status Members may have certain access privileges (and in the case of Koru Black, Koru Platinum and Koru Gold Tier Status Members, also includes select Star Alliance lounges) in accordance with these Terms, and as part of the frequent flyer privileges published on our website and updated from time to time.
Member, you and your means a person who has joined the Koru Programme and whose name is on a Koru Card.
Membership Year means each 12 month period commencing on the day you joined (or the annual anniversary of the day you joined) the Koru Programme.
Nominated Earner means is a Koru Member who is the account holder of a Direct Earn Financial Product that is linked to their Koru Account in accordance with the Direct Earn Financial Product issuer's terms and conditions. Koru Members with a joint Direct Earn Financial Product may only have one Nominated Earner at any one time. Only those Members that have a joint Direct Earn Financial Product may change the Nominated Earner and such changes must be made in accordance with the Direct Earn Financial Product issuing bank's terms and conditions. For full details contact your Direct Earn Financial Product issuing bank.
Non-Flight Reward means any Reward that does not include air travel.
Non-Qualifying Flight means Flight travel on: charter Flights; free Tickets (including Ticket coupons issued as Award Tickets); travel industry-rebated Tickets; competition prize Tickets; Tickets acquired at auction; unused Tickets; discounted Tickets in booking classes not eligible to earn Airpoints; Tickets that are subject to any provisions that exclude the earning of Airpoints and/or Status Points; and Tickets not issued in your name (even if paid for by you); or any other Tickets that we may specify from time to time.
Non-Spender means a member of a Shairpoints Account who is not a Spender or an Owner.
OneSmart Account means a prepaid MasterCard account facility, provided by EML Payment Solutions Limited as "issuer" to eligible Members who reside in New Zealand.
OneUp Upgrade means a Service Class upgrade on an Air New Zealand Operated Flight that is purchased by you and subject to the OneUp Terms and Conditions.
Origin to Destination means the point of departure to the final destination (the furthest point in your travels from the point of origin), no matter how many Sectors and Stopovers make up that Journey.
Owner means the Koru Member who sets up and opens a Shairpoints Account in accordance with these Terms.
Participating Retailer means any business, company or organisation who sells goods and or services which when purchased by Koru Members are Qualifying Purchases.
Partner Airline means an airline (excluding Air New Zealand) that sells Qualifying Flights and or offers Reward Travel to Koru Members.
Qualifying Flight means Flight or Journey taken on a Revenue Ticket paid by Cash on either an Air NZ Operated Flight or a Partner Airline Flight for which for which you are eligible to earn Airpoints and/or Status Points in accordance with these Terms. A Qualifying Flight does not include a Non-Qualifying Flight.
In the case of Status Points earned on a Qualifying Flight as a benefit of your Direct Earn Financial Product issued by ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited, the term Qualifying Flight has the same meaning as eligible flight in accordance with the terms of ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited.
To estimate the number of Airpoints and Status Points you could earn on a Qualifying Flight, refer to the Koru Look Up Table at www.airnzpoints.co.nz. Any Status Points to be earned on Qualifying Flights through your Direct Earn Financial Product will not show in the Koru Look Up Table.
Qualifying Purchase means a purchase of goods and/or services from either Air New Zealand or a Participating Retailer where such purchase qualifies you to earn Airpoints.
Recognition Upgrade is a type of Upgrade awarded to Koru Black, Koru Platinum,, Koru Gold or Koru Silver Airpoints Members in accordance with the Upgrade information on our website. Recognition Upgrades are subject to availability and are not guaranteed.
Revenue Ticket means a Ticket for air travel you have paid for using Cash.
Reward means any benefits, services, goods and facilities (including Reward Travel and Non-Flight Rewards) that we may offer you in return for you redeeming a specified number of Airpoints in your Account. Rewards are subject to availability and are not guaranteed.
Reward Travel means air travel redeemed by you in exchange for a specified number of Airpoints. Reward Travel may include Award Tickets, Upgrades and travel purchased using Airpoints on Partner Airline Flights.
Sector means an aircraft's single scheduled Flight between two different points without a transit or stopover.
Service Class means a cabin and service class of travel, for example: First Class, Business Premier Class, Premium Economy Class, or Economy Class.
Shairpoints Account means the Shairpoints account and benefits benefit as set out in paragraph 20 provided to Koru Members that allows them to combine their Airpoints for redemptions by the Owner and/or by a Spender(s).
Shairpoints Account Balance means in the aggregate of all Airpoints available for redemption (excluding any available Airpoints Advances) by members of a Shairpoints Account.
Spender means a member of a Shairpoints Account who has been nominated by the Owner to have the right to redeem any or all Airpoints from the Shairpoints Account Balance and such right has not been revoked by the Owner at the time of redemption.
Star Alliance Rewards Program means the loyalty rewards program available to Australian residents who are holders of the HSBC Star Alliance Credit Card.
Status Points means the points that we award you in accordance with paragraph 19 to determine if you are eligible to qualify or requalify for Koru Black, Koru Platinum, Koru Gold or Koru Silver Tier Status.
Stopover means a Flight stopover when a passenger arrives at an intermediate point and is not scheduled to depart within 24 hours of arrival. If it is less than 24 hours it is called a Transit.
Terms means these terms and conditions between Air New Zealand Limited and you, which govern membership to the Koru Programme, as may be updated from time to time.
Ticket means a paper or electronic Flight coupon(s) that entitles a passenger to be carried on a specified air service, and it includes electronic Ticket receipt(s) that identify carriage on a specified air service.
Tier Status means Koru Black, Koru Platinum, Koru Gold or Koru Silver Tier Status in accordance with these Terms.
Tier Status Benefits means the various benefits and privileges that may be available to Koru Black, Koru Platinum, Koru Gold and Koru Silver Tier Status Members in accordance with these Terms, and as published on our website and updated from time to time.
Transit means a change from the service of one carrier to another service of the same carrier or to the service of another carrier within a 24 hour period.
Turn-around Point means the point in your trip where outward travel stops and homeward travel starts.
Upgrade means the various Upgrades that may be available to Koru Black, Koru Platinum, Koru Gold and Koru Silver Tier Status Members in accordance with these Terms. The types of Upgrades available may vary from time to time in accordance with the Upgrade information published on our website. An Upgrade is as allocation of a seat for one Sector of your Journey in a Service Class of travel for that is higher than the Service Class shown on your Ticket for that Sector. Upgrades are subject to availability and are not guaranteed.