ffman999

Have you had any luck using your AS miles to fly on Fiji Airways? Have you been able to book a stopover in Nadi before continuing on to another destination? My wife and I are considering taking them to Australia/New Zealand, but J class award space seems scattered at best. Thanks for your help!

LGACIC

Yes, I've been able to do both without problem. Lovely experience! Fiji Airways seems to have improved markedly in recent years, though I still hear reports of some inexplicably delayed flights.

dajazz

We just did this in November, booked 2 seats in J on Fiji Airways, flew from LAX-Nadi, stayed there for 3 nights, then onward to Auckland. I booked early, right at the 331 day mark, I called Alaska and booked the LAX-Nadi leg first, then a couple days later I called and had Nadi converted to a stopover and added Auckland. A few times a week FJ has flights from Nadi to Auckland using their A330 (vs 737) so we were able to catch that leg in the nicer J seats. The Alaska reps were great to work with both times, it only took a few minutes and it was really painless. I had a harder time calling Fiji Airways and getting actual seat assignments than I did booking the tickets.

PDXPremier

My mom and stepdad are flying Fiji next month and although they booked a very long time ago, J awards seem to be few and far between. They'd gladly upgrade to J if space opened up at the last minute like it does on many CX flights, but it appears that's not the way Fiji operates so it's likely they'll end up in Y. Speaking of Y....good luck getting seat assignments...despite what the website says, you can't just plug in your Fiji Airways confirmation # and get a seat assignment. Calling months in-advance results in getting a seat assignment but only if you pay an extra fee which she didn't want to do. It's a pretty good deal to fly Fiji to Australia, especially if you get the free stopover in Nadi, but it sounds like this airline is enough of a hassle that I'd just look for premium economy on Qantas and skip the Fiji stopover.

PV_Premier

the only time i considered booking FJ was OAK-HNL-CXI but found out it was two awards (cannot book it as a thru fare on one award for some dumb reason) so i scrapped the idea of a trip until the OAK-HNL goes on a good $$ sale at the time of year that i want to go, then i'll use miles for HNL-CXI which is usually mucho dinero $$$$$$$$$$$

Y awards are super easy on that segment, J not so much.

TravelingFitzMe

Bumping this thread because, in searching today for my own Honeymoon plans in November, I noticed August 2016 is wide open with Fiji biz availability. No idea why, but there are over 10 days with business space available for two passengers.

Been browsing for weeks now and the most I see is 3 or 4 days scattered throughout the year. Is it normal for a month to suddenly have wide open availability?

Edit: tested out a few days and availability to continue on to OZ in business class is just as wide open, even with no stopover in Fiji

ou81two

Be careful, there's a lot of mixed itineraries that get thrown in there. You can't filter them because AS's IT folks have their heads firmly planted where the sun doesn't shine.

ianp

I am looking at LAX-NAN-BNE in Feb 2017 , I can see award space on the Qantas FF website in C for 2 people , but I can only find Y available on the Alaska search engine.

Do Alaska have limited access to FJ award flights ?

PV_Premier

it might be worth a call, IIRC QF and AS should have equivalent access to FJ award space

LGACIC

More or less on topic ... does FJ V class earn miles on AS? I ask because when booking on the FJ website, it claims I will earn AS miles, but V is not listed as a mileage-earning fare on AS. Does anyone have experience with this?

LGACIC

My mistake! I meant N.

mrapollinax

If it isn't on the table you wouldn't be able to earn miles. You can double check with customer service to see if the web info is out of date just in case but I wouldn't hold your breath.

ifish110

Has anyone booked Auckland to Fiji to LAX? It seems like everything I'm finding has the Fiji stop on the way to NZ or Aust but not on the way back? Is it because the AS has to originate in the US?

fishywang

No. It's more likely FJ just doesn't have the award availability on your way home.

3Cforme

You can test that by offering the AS agent a few dates where ExpertFlyer shows award availability AKL-NAN-LAX. May 29 in coach is one such date.