The All Whites are well versed in demanding travel schedules but what they are about to undertake over the next two weeks is at the extreme end of the scale.
In the space of seven days they will fly more than 26,000km from New Zealand to Mexico City, via Los Angeles, and back again.
There is no time for jet lag. The team arrive on Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles and have two training sessions the next day. They have another training session on Monday (US time) before flying to Mexico that night.
The game will be played at the lung-busting altitude of 2300m at the Azteca Stadium. The Mexican Federation has also deliberately fixed a 2.30pm kickoff time (Thursday 9.30am NZT) when the temperature is at its hottest and air quality at its worst in the city of around 20 million people.
The following day the team will begin their long journey back to New Zealand, which will take more than 30 hours door to door. They arrive in Wellington next Saturday, before hitting the training field on the Sunday and Monday. There is a captain's run on Tuesday before Wednesday's game at Westpac Stadium (7pm).