French Polynesia, which is a French overseas territory, has revealed plans to restart tourism without the need for quarantining as of July 15, 2020. French Polynesia is not only incredibly popular with French tourists (despite the incredibly long flight),…
While global aviation is struggling to cope with the ever-changing health advisories and travel restrictions, the situation of aviation to & from Tahiti is an especially challenging one at the moment. Airlines are dealing with it in some pretty innovative…
Historically the "big three" US airlines haven't let you redeem miles for premium economy on partner airlines. Presumably that's at least partly because in the past they haven't offered their own premium economy cabins, so they also didn't allow those…
Tahiti can be one of the toughest destinations in the world to get to using points. That's because there are limited airlines flying there, including from the US mainland. You have Air France and Air Tahiti Nui from Los Angeles, and then you have French…
Our flight from Bora Bora to Papeete arrived shortly before 8PM, while our United flight was departing at 10:40PM, leaving us over 2.5 hours to make our connection. The domestic and international terminals are just a short walk apart, so we collected…
We were connecting same day from American Airlines, and unfortunately our flight was delayed significantly. As a result, we sprinted to Tom Bradley International Terminal to make our flight (or so we thought at the time). As we were running towards TBIT…
Welcome to my next trip report, covering a trip last December to Tahiti, to review Air Tahiti Nui's new business class, and to compare that to United' new Tahiti to San Francisco flight. I'll also be reviewing our Air Tahiti flights between Papeete and…
I'm not really sure what to make of this. About a week ago I wrote about how Air Tahiti Nui's CEO claimed in an interview that the airline was considering launching a nonstop flight between Tahiti and Paris. Understandably Paris to Tahiti is a big market,…
Air Tahiti Nui is currently in the process of refreshing their fleet. The airline used to exclusively fly five A340-300s, though is retiring those planes in favor of four Boeing 787-9s. Over the course of about a year the airline will be going from an…
American Airlines is an operational mess. On top of that, I have really bad luck. In the past two months I've taken fewer than 10 flights on American. Of those: -- I had a flight on a 737 MAX from Miami to Quito that was delayed by around four hours…
Hello from Tahiti! Ford and I are vacationing here for a bit, though the primary motivation for booking this trip initially was to fly Air Tahiti Nui’s brand new 787, which just entered commercial service last month. The airline is in the process of…
While I've been to the Maldives several times, I've never been to Bora Bora. Even though they're on opposite sides of the world, those seem to be the two biggest "overwater bungalow" destinations out there. As you guys know, I often plan trips around…
Later this year, Air Tahiti Nui will be refreshing their fleet. The airline currently has five Airbus A340s, and later this year they'll take delivery of their first of four Boeing 787-9s, which will replace the A340 fleet by 2019. Air Tahiti Nui's average…
While redeeming American AAdvantage isn't as lucrative as it used to be (both in terms of redemption rates and in terms of partners, given the number of partners they've lost lately), there are still some great redemption opportunities. For example,…
While Air Tahiti Nui operates longhaul flights, they're a small airline, and have a fleet of just five Airbus A340-300s. The airline operates flights to Auckland, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo Narita. These A340s are outdated and not especially fuel…
I knew that Air Tahiti Nui uses the Los Angeles International Lounge at LAX, which I recently reviewed before my Fiji Airways flight to Nadi. Therefore I decided to get to the airport as close to departure as possible, and head straight to the gate.…
There are first class awards that are tough to book with miles through a partner program, like Qantas first, Qatar first, Etihad first, etc. Then there are awards that are generally impossible to book with miles through a partner program, like Air France…
As much as I suck at relaxing, I do love traveling to relaxing destinations. Having a beautiful place from which to work is my definition of relaxing, so I'd like to think I appreciate an overwater villa in the Maldives as much as the next person. While…
At the beginning of the year I wrote a post about the 16 airlines I want to review in 2016. I've heard the feedback loud and clear that you guys want me to review new airlines (especially in business class), so I've been making an effort to do so. So…
There are few things in life I love more than random, one-off flights. For example, I had booked myself on a mysterious Qatar Airways A350 flight before the inaugural flight even occurred, which they apparently never intended to sell. Unfortunately that…
