Travellers got a second shot at buying $1 domestic flights from Air New Zealand online this afternoon, after technical problems earlier in the day.
The $1 flights were offered at 12 destinations on the airline's Grabaseat site from 9am, and it took just 32 minutes for people to snap up 500 of them.
The most popular route - Dunedin to Wellington - sold out within two minutes.
But shortly after the first deal was launched, the site was struck by technical difficulties because of high traffic demand.
"Dollar deals available this afternoon include seats in both directions for Auckland-New Plymouth, Auckland-Gisborne, Nelson-Wellington, Christchurch-Wellington and Christchurch-Invercargill," the airline said.
Air New Zealand chief revenue officer Cam Wallace said the insanely low fares attracted huge interest and unprecedented level of traffic.
"Our booking site did slow for a short time this morning under the weight of a phenomenal number of hits.
"For those who want to be first in line when the next big sale drops, we recommend downloading the Grabaseat app, and signing up to our email sales alerts."
Grabaseat was also offering cheap international fares.
Travellers looking for an international getaway could also snap up $99 one-way flights to Noumea and Niue, $299 one-way fares from Auckland to San Francisco and Houston, and 90 return trips to Shanghai from $649.
