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Oct 2, 2015 | 1:15 pm

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dukerau

Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: CLT

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Originally Posted by Smiley90

I was going by http://www.economicalexcursionists.com/travelTools/ which said those routes have service, I now realize the tool might've lumped in Air Nui Tahiti as a general oneworld partner when it's only an AA partner...

Guess one would have to fly LAX-DFW/LIM/MEX-SCL-IPC-PPT, which ticks in at 60k avios one-way.

Yeah, as far as I know, the only 3 airlines that fly US-PPT are Air Tahiti, Air France, and Hawaiian. Air France releases almost no availability, even in economy it seems. Hawaiian only flies the route 1x per week. So that leaves Air Tahiti, not a bad option:

Decent availability, often ~6 seats in Y, 2 in J released per flight when schedule opens up. No additional seats open up except in the case of cancellations I believe.
Can be booked with AA (37.5k/62.5k) or DL (50k/80k) (one way Y / one way J)

Maybe the fact that it can't be searched on any airlines' website helps with TN availability, but I'm glad for it. I'm booked in J round trip for June 2016.

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