[pavel_lishin]

I can afford it as a vacation, though it would be a pretty big dent.

But I can't afford it just to hear "sorry, we've decided to go with someone else."

[rconti]

Flew to Auckland from SFO for our honeymoon for ~$950 roundtrip per ticket, so it's not horrendously expensive, but of course I'd hardly call that the kind of sum you'd want to throw away jut for an interview.

[knz]

$950 from SFO isn't a bad deal. It can be considerably more expensive around peak season if you don't catch a sale (easily $1.6k to $2k).

[jordanthoms]

Prices have dropped massively in the last year or so as there are more flights and airlines doing AKL<->SFO now

[knz]

Even over the summer months? Google is telling me about $1,400 for late March.

United entered the market within the last two years and that does seem to have driven the prices down a bit.

I fly to Auckland or Christchurch at least once a year with a family of 4 so welcome cheaper prices!

[rconti]

Ours was April on Air NZ but its been a couple years and 1400 doesn't sound out of the question.