[LCA2019 Chat] [Brian May] Bus from airport

Mon Jan 14 10:49:51 AEDT 2019

Likely the "Super Shuttle", a taxi or Uber/Zoomy.

See the Wiki 
(https://2019.linux.conf.au/wiki/Public_transport_and_travel_to_and_from_Christchurch_airport) 
for further information.

Cheers, Eila

On 2019-01-14 12:47, Michael Davies wrote:
> So for someone arriving “at about midnight” on Friday, Saturday or
> Sunday, what are the options to get to the University residential
> colleges?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Michael...
> 
> On 14 Jan 2019, at 9:18 am, Lisa Sands <deputy at lca2019.org> wrote:
> 
>> Also if you are coming internationally to the airport from Australia
>> most flight don't get in until around midnight and the last bus from
>> the airport that goes past the University leaves Monday to Friday at
>> 11:07 pm Saturday at 11:37 pm and Sunday at 10:37 pm.
>> 
>> So you will need to look at other ways to get to the university if
>> you are arriving after these times.
>> 
>> And yes, when we say dairy we mean corner store!
>> 
>> On 2019-01-14 11:29, Steven Ellis wrote:
>> In addition a lot of places who do take PayWave don't take
>> Apple/Google payment.
>> 
>> On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 11:19, Eion Robb <eion at robbmob.com> wrote:
>> 
>> As a Kiwi, can confirm. Credit cards can be optional depending on
>> where you go, but it's normally a smaller store (like a corner
>> store/dairy) that won't support credit cards. 90% of places that
>> support credit card will only support Visa and Mastercard.
>> 
>> In addition to that, a shop can accept credit cards, but not have
>> paywave, so wont work with NFC payment solutions such as
>> Google/Apple Pay - only magstrip/chip cards
>> 
>> On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 11:11, Andrew Donnellan
>> <andrew at donnellan.id.au> wrote:
>> 
>> On Mon., 14 Jan. 2019, 02:50 Uday <saiudayshankar at gmail.com wrote:
>> I am a village idiot and survived Tassie trecks with Google pay. As
>> long as EFT POS are available, I think I should do fine.
>> 
>> Note for Aussies who haven't been to NZ before: having "EFTPOS", in
>> New Zealand, can mean strictly the local New Zealand EFTPOS
>> interbank network. It does not imply acceptance of at least Visa and
>> MasterCard credit cards in addition to an EFTPOS bank card as
>> "EFTPOS" does in Australia.
>> 
>> The vast majority of places that tourists will care about accept
>> Visa/MasterCard these days, but you will still *occasionally* run
>> into a store that has an EFTPOS terminal at the register but doesn't
>> take credit cards, so be aware of that before you try to buy
>> something and have no way to pay. Having a little bit of cash
>> doesn't hurt.
>> 
>> (Kiwis feel free to correct me here, but I was in CHC two months ago
>> and still ran into one shop that didn't take credit card...)
>> 
>> Andrew
>> 
>> Looking forward for LCA and getting to meet awesome crowd.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Uday
>> 
>> On Sun., 13 Jan. 2019, 4:52 pm Ross Drummond <ross at drummond.co.nz
>> wrote:
>> 
>> My NZ bank card works in AU so I cant see why the reverse does not
>> apply to the NZ ATM's atirport.
>> 
>> Here is a quick equivalence guide for AU --> NZ banks
>> 
>> Westpac and ANZ are the same on both sides of the ditch.
>> 
>> NAB = Bank of New Zealand(BNZ)
>> 
>> Commonwealth Bank = ASB
>> 
>> On 13.01.2019 02:24, Brian May wrote:
>> 
>> Lets see if this works from my Debian email address...
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Thinking of getting a bus from the airport. To me it looks like it
>> is not possible to purchase the Metrocard before arriving at the
>> airport, which means I will need to pay the driver in NZD.
>> 
>> Which in turn means I should have NZD cash. However I only have AUD
>> cash. What is the best place to get NZD? Maybe ATM at Christchurch
>> airport?
>> 
>> Thanks?
>> 
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