Air NZ’s mystery competition
Dr Mumbo fears the good folk at Air New Zealand did not mean to publish this web page promoting a competition linked to its new Safety in Hollywood air safety video.
Clearly there’s a competition of some sort about to kick off, and Dr Mumbo’s money is on it being a trip to Hollywood. Hopefully a safe one at that.
The good news for competition junkies out there is the entry page is open already, so you can take a punt on entering before anyone else and get ahead of the pack in line for the mystery prize.


“The good news for competition junkies out there is the entry page is open already, so you can take a punt on entering before anyone else and get ahead of the pack in line for the mystery prize.”
Now now, Dr Mumbo, that’s not correct – if it’s a game of chance, then winners are drawn at random. It won’t matter when they enter (unless it’s instant win, where prizes are awarded at pre-determined times). If it’s a game of skill, then all entries are judged. So again it doesn’t matter what time you enter.
Then there’s the small matter as to what the T&Cs say – when does the promotion start? The promoter likely won’t be able to accept entries ahead of the start time/date in the T&Cs.
The page has been updated now (probably coz of your article) to say the competition is coming soon.
Tsk tsk.