Originally Posted by
ChicagoDave
Thank you to everyone who contributed. I've been reading about Air Tahiti's (VT) baggage limits, and would appreciate any help. Their website says that Y class allows 20kg/44lbs per passenger and Z class allows 50kg/110lbs per passenger. We don't need 110lbs each, but we'll definitely be over the 44lb limit especially since carry on is limited to 3kg/6.6lbs. I tried to buy Z class tickets so we wouldn't have to worry about the baggage limits, but have been unable to figure out how to do it. Has anyone been able to do it? Anyone suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Specifics:
MOZ - BOB July 5
BOB - PPT July 9
Thanks
Dave,
You can book your flights as single one-ways or multi-island itinerary on the Air Tahiti website:
https://reservation.airtahiti.pf
When you enter your island choices and dates, a page will appear with available flights and give you a choice of either the Y or Z options. Choose Z and submit the res request; Air Tahiti will send you an email within 72 hours confirming availability and giving you instructions how to complete payment, if necessary.
Below is an example of the page that comes up with the Y and Z options (it's badly formatted, sorry!)
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Flights
• Please select your flights and fares to continue.
• Prices include fare, taxes, carrier surcharge and applicable service fee.
• You can sort flights by departure or arrival time or by flight duration when clicking on the respective column titles.
Previous Day Your departure flight : Moorea (MOZ) to Bora Bora (BOB) Fri Jul 5, 2013 Next day
Flights Departure Arrival Duration Stop Aircraft Base fare
Including baggage allowance of
20kg/44lb (Y) 50kg/110lb (Z)
VT 268 Fri 09:50 Moorea Fri 11:05 Bora Bora 1h 15m 1 ATR 24 466 XPF 28 566 XPF
VT 298 Fri 10:50 Moorea Fri 11:35 Bora Bora 0h 45m 0 ATR 24 466 XPF 28 566 XPF
VT 244 Fri 12:30 Moorea Fri 13:15 Bora Bora 0h 45m 0 ATR 24 466 XPF 28 566 XPF
VT 447 Fri 14:40 Moorea Fri 15:55 Bora Bora 1h 15m 1 ATR 24 466 XPF 28 566 XPF
Schedules in local time : 3 seats or less left. Clear selection
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You might also want to consider starting your itinerary with a PPT-MOZ flight (rather than taking the ferry), which may be the same price or only slightly higher as a round-trip multi-island itinerary than your two one-ways from MOZ-BOB and BOB-PPT.
Additionally, if your combined luggage weight (up to 3 bags per pax) is over 44 pounds each but not by a great deal, it might be cheaper to book a Y fare and pay the discounted round-trip excess luggage fee. For your itinerary, the charge round-trip would only be 2.60 Euro per kilo (2.2 pounds).
http://www.airtahiti.aero/articles.php?id=712
Hope this helps!