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I flew to Melbourne last December, and will be looking to book Auckland for Dec 2025. Finding two seats in business is ‘probable’ if you time it right, and you’re also likely to get an extra one if you’re willing to pay the double Avios. We got four of us there for 90+90+180+180k. Or nab two seats for your companions, and pay cash yourself and get almost enough tier points for Silver status with BA.
Yes, outgoing and return are booked separately, but finding a return in early Jan (if that’s what you’re thinking) could be very difficult.
If you can’t find seats from Heathrow, try other departure locations. Birmingham, Brussels, Paris, or anywhere else that is relatively easy to get to (probably cheaper taxes too) – although it’s possible that if the DOH-Oz leg is fully booked then in that case changing departure location won’t help.
Best advice is to play around as much as you can in advance with dummy bookings to get a feel for how it all works, so you’re ready when the seats open up.
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