Hi all, my GF and I are going to Bora Bora, Auckland, and Shanghai in either direction. The SFO-PPT is likely through French Bee bc it is significantly cheaper than United. As for PPT-AKL-PVG or in the reverse direction, I was looking for something that lets me do a stopover. PPT-AKL ($350) and AKL-PVG ($350) is around $700+. The reverse is about the same. I called Air New Zealand, they said stopovers are free but the total is also $700+. Is there a better way to do this with miles with free stopovers? I am not finding anything on seats.aero in either direction, economy or business. I thought Aeroplan did something like this?

The only thing remotely close is this 12:20 PVG/HKG/NAN/AKL/PPT 22:00 for 27H40M for 30K and 78USD. There are too many stops. Do you have any ideas about award redemption on Air NZ? Thank you very much!