Goo luck to all who got this fare. ^

Just a reminder. For 20,000 United or US Air miles you can fly from Fiji to AUSTRALIA via a stopover in Auckland NZ if you wish. Same deal is 40K in Biz class RT.

All on Air NZ - a quality carrier.

That deal allows you to fly not only to SYD, but even to MEL, BNE or PERTH ... look that up on a map - it is a LAX-NYC type distance from Sydney. All for 20K from Fiji! Thats a LOT of flying. :p

Lots of FT'ers are coming down here soon from USA for OZFest and many were b!tching that fares ex USA were real high late May. Anyone doing the Fiji run late May may like to look into this possibility. :)

Glen

FlyerTalk 'Oz Fest #2' in Sydney May 27/29, 2005. Click for details

Howdy Oz. I got excited by your suggestion. What an opportunity. But, alas, no availability ! Thanks for the heads-up nonetheless. Someday we'll get there!

Put me down for the Denarau as well. ^ As I am a Hilton and Hyatt kind of guy, I only had 500 Starpoints in my account. I went to the SPG website, discovered you can buy Starpoints at 500 point increments. I bought 500 SPG points which posted to my account and was able to reserve a beachfront room for $300 FJD a night. This was $85 FJD a night less than the 35% off link someone posted in the original mileage run thread.

So...even if you dont have a SPG account. Sign up, spend $50 to obtain 1000 points, save $250 on a 5 night stay and come out ahead $200 after the cost of purchasing the points.

We are staying the night near LAX on the return (5/28) and leaving 8:30am the next morning.

MilageAddict, did you call SPG today? I called them a couple a days ago to try and use a SPG50 but was told there was no availability, maybe something opened up (will call again) in the interim I have a res at the villas 5/30 to 6/5 party of 4 :)

BTW, does anyone know of any hotels in the LAX area that offer day rates?

I believe the Sheraton Four Points LAX does. You'll probably have to call the hotel for reservations, if you want them. Lots of positive feedback about that hotel in the Starwood forum.

Thx for the tip Doppy, will give them a call today. :)

Book on PL for ~$40.

Supposed to stay overnight, but how do they know if you are auto checkout? you'll get Sheraton probably anyway. :p

Glen

FlyerTalk 'Oz Fest #2' in Sydney May 27/29, 2005. Click for details

I had made a 35% off reservation back on the first day of the fare mistake. I guess they simply adjusted the rate of the reservation I already held since I kept the same res number. Regardless, the strategy worked for me.

Sweet. So book - and change - if full. ^

OK. Here's the review.

thank you very much
 

Thanks for the review, I really appreciate it.. and definitely don't think I'll be able to top that :)

By the way, anyone else planning to go check out other parts of the country such as Suva, etc?

Mrs Afish and I (2) will be leaving MSP to LAX to NAN May 24 - June 2 will land in LA around 6:30p

Afish

PS:
We are looking forward to this trip and spending some time in and on the water

Will spend some time in Suva as well as a couple other places. We intend to find our accomodations once we arrive. Except that we will have reservations for our first night.

Remember Monday May 30 is a national Holiday

Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day

Most businesses, banks, and government offices will be closed

Leaving in a few days...:D

For those arriving in LAX early-ish (around 5:30p) on 5/21 is there a plan to have a proper dinner before the flight or just hang in the PC for the 6hrs til we depart for NAN?

I've got my EUA into LAX but the wife has not (also co plat). But...it's my turn since I gave her my UG last time we were split! :)

The MileageAddict gang will arrive in LAX in the morning (5/21) and spend the day at Universal Studios. We probably will show up for the flight to NAN about 2.5 hours before flight time. Look for us: an incredibly handsome man with a redhead wife and redhead 7 year old son. :D