imakenosensetopeople t1_j98olet wrote on February 20, 2023 at 2:34 AM

Tl;dr: an outage at their destination, JFK, meant the plan turned around and just went back to Auckland.

If I was on a plane for 16 hours and went nowhere, I’d just give up on flying. Goddamn.

peter-doubt t1_j98ozvu wrote on February 20, 2023 at 2:38 AM

Did they get their frequent flyer milage credit?

Yes, it's always measured point to point.

But, technically, it's the same point... Distance of Zero