This is the story of us trying to make it to New Zealand - it's pretty boring, so read it only if you have absolutely nothing better to do.

The plan:
Fly to NZ via UK on one-way ticket and stay as long as we like. Then go to Australia.

The preparation:
We've booked tickets Prage -> London, London -> Auckland (fuel stop at Los Angeles).
Kacka brough up interesting question:
Kacka: Do i need transit visa for USA, since we have a stop-over in LA?
Me: Nah.
Kacka: Are you sure?
Me: Yeah, I think. Right Pepino?
Pepino: Yeah.

The reality in Prague:
As we arrive at Prague's airport, the following conversation happens at the check-in:
Check-in lady: I see you're travelling to Auckland through LA, do you have a transit visa?
Kacka: {gives me deadly stare}
Me: Doh!
Now, this is where I'd like to point out that yes, I did say that the VISA is not necessary, but it was also me who had a laptop (geek!) and was able to get online right there and get it in like 5 minutes. Whew, all good now. Or is it?

The reality in London:
We arrived 1 hour delayed, but we still made it to the New Zealand's Air counter on time. Or so we thought. Until we had yet another discussion:
Check-in dude: You need a VISA to go to New Zealand.
Me & Kacka: No we don't!
Check-in dude: Yes you do!
Me & Kacka: No we don't!
{repeat for 3 minutes}. Then he finally figures out what the system is telling him. Problem is that we can't travel to NZ on one-way ticket without having an onward ticket or valid residence VISA. So, we told him that we're planning on going to Australia next and we're willing to book the ticket now if that solves the situation.
Check-in dude: You need a VISA to go to Australia!
Me & Kacka: Ugh! @*&#$% your kiwi #(*$&@#
Anyway, long story short, we missed the plane. We had to book a ticket from NZ to Australia, apply for Australia's VISA (thank god for my laptop and that you can do all this online these days). Only then they'd let us to check-in for the next flight, which luckily was only 2 hours or so later. Oh guess what - this one was through Thaiwan, so we didn't need the US transfer VISA after all :)

Thanks for reading this far - I hope you all are having a good time and we miss you all!
V+K