Low Air Fares To The Antipodes

I was wondering about this. Several weeks ago, Jean pointed out to me that air travel was going to be subsidized between America and New Zealand and Australia, and thus lower fares could be anticipated.

From San Francisco to Auckland round trip, there seem to be a range of prices: $900 - $1,900.

I have never seen airfares as low as they now are between New Zealand (Auckland) and the US, especially LAX (and San Fran is not much higher). For $700 US dollars you can fly roundtrip, including all taxes. So if you wanted to visit NZ and Australia (where the fares as just as good), there has never been a better time. http://www.airnz.com/ is the website for Air New Zealand and they have excellent service (I fly them all the time) - this is a very low fare for top quality service.