GlobalPlus

For New Zealanders who love to travel.

GlobalPlus credit cards and home loans reward you with Air New Zealand Airpoints Dollars™, so you can get out there faster.1 

There are also a number of other ways to boost your Airpoints Dollars balance – and when you’ve got enough, it’s easy to turn your Airpoints Dollars into a fantastic flight reward. In fact, you can choose from every seat available for sale on every Air New Zealand ticketed and operated flight!

Airpoints Joining Fee Waiver

If you're not an Air New Zealand Airpoints™ Programme member don't worry, as we will automatically enrol you in the programme when you get a GlobalPlus card and the Airpoints joining fee will be waived.

Earning Airpoints Dollars

With a GlobalPlus credit card1

  • Whenever you buy something with your GlobalPlus credit card, you’ll earn Air New Zealand Airpoints Dollars.
  • With GlobalPlus cards you can choose a standard or Gold Visa, MasterCard® or American Express® card; a Platinum Visa or a Business Visa card.

With a GlobalPlus home loan1

  • A GlobalPlus home loan, on either a fixed or floating rate, lets you earn one Airpoints Dollar for every $1,000 outstanding per year.

With Air New Zealand or partner airlines

  • You can earn Airpoints Dollars while you fly on any qualifying flights with Air New Zealand, Star Alliance partners or other partner airlines.

With other companies

  • To boost your Airpoints Dollars simply shop, hire a rental car or take a cruise with Airpoints affiliated partners; or choose to stay at any of the participating hotel and resort groups.

With Fly Buys Points2

  • As soon as you have 300 Fly Buys Points you can convert them to Airpoints Dollars.
  • This means you can earn extra Airpoints Dollars by using your Fly Buys card as well as your GlobalPlus card at places that offer Fly Buys.

Using your Airpoints Dollars

You can use your Airpoints Dollars for Air New Zealand domestic flights, including grabaseat, as well as international flights with Air New Zealand and other Star Alliance members. 

Air New Zealand Airpoints Dollars let you choose from every seat available for sale on every Air New Zealand ticketed and operated flight. There are no black-out periods and no restrictions on when you can use them. However, the government and airport tax part of international flight tickets can’t be paid with Airpoints Dollars. 

One Airpoints Dollar is the same as one New Zealand Dollar for flight purchases, so a $49 flight will cost 49 Airpoints Dollars4. You can also gift Airpoints Dollars to other members of your household4.

Plus with GlobalPlus, you can redeem your Airpoints Dollars for car rental, hotel accommodation, and Koru Club membership5.

Paying with Airpoints Dollars is easy:

  • When you join the Air New Zealand Airpoints programme, your welcome letter will include your personal access code, or PAC.
  • Visit airnewzealand.co.nz and click on the ‘My Account’ box.
  • Use your PAC to register online, and you’re all set to start buying flights with your Airpoints Dollars.

Airpoints Advance5

  • If you’re a little short on Airpoints Dollars for a trip you have in mind, you may be able to get an Airpoints Advance to pay for the rest of the flight.
  • The advance is available with all GlobalPlus cards except GlobalPlus Business.
  • There are no fees to use the advance and no interest on the advanced Airpoints Dollars but they do need to be paid back within a year.
  • An advance of 50 Airpoints Dollars is available with a GlobalPlus card, 100 with a GlobalPlus Gold card and 200 with GlobalPlus Platinum.

Earn Air New Zealand Status Points

If you have a Gold, Platinum or Business GlobalPlus credit card, the purchases you make with your card can also contribute to your Air New Zealand Airpoints Tier Status. You’ll earn one Status Point for every $250 you spend with your card and, for Silver or Gold tier status, up to half of your Status Points can be earned this way.  Different criteria apply for Gold Elite tier status.6

 

Small print

  1. Air New Zealand Airpoints Programme terms and conditions apply. Airpoints Dollars earning and redemption rates and Status Points earning rates are subject to change without notice. This information is intended for Airpoints Programme members who reside in New Zealand. BNZ (and its related companies) do not guarantee the redemption of Airpoints Dollars or that Airpoints Dollars will continue to be offered for products or services provided by them.  For credit cards: BNZ lending criteria and account fees apply. For home loans: BNZ lending criteria, and establishment or redocumentation fees apply. A low equity or low doc interest rate premium may apply.  Not available for business purposes or packaged offers. GlobalPlus home loans are not included in group balances calculations for fee rebates or other purposes.
  2. Airpoints Dollar redemption rates are subject to change. Customers who purchase fares using Airpoints Dollars will be required to pay in cash the government and airport charges.
  3. Fly Buys terms and conditions apply. Minimum conversion amount and conversion rates apply, and are subject to change.  For further details, visit flybuys.co.nz. All references to Fly Buys are references to the Fly Buys programme in New Zealand only. Minimum conversion rate is 300 Fly Buys points to 48 Airpoints Dollars, and thereafter 150 Fly Buys points to 24 Airpoints Dollars.
  4. Air New Zealand Airpoints Programme terms and conditions apply. A service fee may apply.
  5. Koru Membership and joining fees are correct as at 1 October 2010 and subject to change. For further details and Koru membership terms and conditions visit airnewzealand.co.nz/airpoints. The Koru joining fee waiver and the discount on the Koru annual membership fee may only be used in conjunction with one year Koru memberships for individuals and cannot be used in conjunction with Koru memberships for two years, corporate memberships, senior memberships, partner renewal memberships or annual guest cards. Koru joining fee and/or Koru annual membership fee will not be refunded if it has already been paid to Air New Zealand.
  6. For GlobalPlus accounts opened prior to 30 March 2008, Airpoints Advance is available to the person who was the nominated earner as at 30 March 2008 and for accounts opened after 30 March 2008, Airpoints Advance is available to the original nominated earner when the account was first opened, and in each case, is the nominated earner at the time of requesting the benefit. If the cardholder holds more than one GlobalPlus branded card, s/he is only entitled to Airpoints Advance for the card which has the higher Airpoints Advance limit. Airpoints Dollars earned after the Airpoints Advance are first applied to repaying any negative Airpoints Dollars before contributing to any positive Airpoints Dollars balance. The cardholder cannot use Airpoints Advance (or any unused portion of it), and has 12 months to repay the Airpoints Advance, once s/he ceases to be a GlobalPlus cardholder and/or the nominated earner or Air New Zealand withdraws Airpoints Advance. Failure to repay the Airpoints Advance will result in Air New Zealand closing the cardholder’s Airpoints membership account and Air New Zealand reserves the right to recover the monetary value of any outstanding Airpoints Advance.
  7. Status Points earning rates are subject to change. You can earn up to half the Status Points you need to reach or maintain your Silver or Gold tier status by making purchases on your credit card. To be eligible for a tier status change from Gold to Gold Elite, at least 900 Status Points need to come from taking qualifying Air New Zealand flights. To maintain your current Gold Elite tier status, at least 810 Status Points need to come from taking qualifying Air New Zealand flights.