Originally Posted by
dcht
I'm looking to book an OWB using points and am wondering what other taxes, fees, costs I can expect. Do I pay all the taxes and fees that I see on Starwood's site if I were to make a cash booking (city tax, service charge, tourism tax, vat, boat transfer, turtle donation)?
As far as other costs go, I am seeing XPF 11,760 round trip for the boat transfer from the airport and XPF 2800 for boat shuttle to Vaitape. Anything else I'm missing other than food, drink, tips, excursions?
If I recall correctly, usually the taxes and fees are covered with a rewards booking. This should be on your summary when you make the reservation.
I doubt that the boat transfer is complimentary on a reward ticket. You can arrive at BOB airport and get a free transfer to the mainland since Air Tahiti pays for the boat shuttle from BOB - land and vice versa. I suppose one could get to the mainland, taxi to the boat shuttle, then take the shuttle from the mainland to the resort under the guise of transferring between resorts but I haven't tried it and don't have that kind of discretionary time in my holidays to want to game the system in order to save $100 or so.