TravelPointsMeow

Are they still? I only see that they were and it ended 2/9.

edit: Ah looks like there is 100% bonus til 3/11. Didn’t have email or offer about it, but see it if go to buy points.

nasaflyer01

it it ok to tip using US dollars at the Conrad?

Traveler Dave

Yes

TravelPointsMeow

Pooled some points and used the point buy bonus to top off to book a stay.

Blivid316

Would say depends on when you're going. I booked nine nights on points /award certs (just came home yesterday) and was upgraded twice... From the standard room to a king horizon view with a pool 3 days out then to an overwater 1 day out. I'd say occupancy was around 25% so try to go off peak season to increase chances

Chris Cheng

Is it worth the Hassel to rebook my current reservation from Garden View to Lagoon View?

jphripjah

Why is that the calendar shows 89,000 points a night but then when I try to reserve five nights it says 329,000 points plus like 195,000 francs = $1800 for the reservation?

Is there a points only option?

freppa87

Probably the Standard Room Reward is no longer available for that date and it changes to a premium room reward. At least around my dates most days are already gone at the Standard Reward rate of 89k per night.

Traveler Dave

Looks like all the 89K availability is gone again.

TD

SFOvacations

I think they found the glitch and pulled all the Lagoon View Suite from inventory. Congrats to everyone who booked in the last 24 hrs.

SFOvacations

We are going at the end of March, so transitioning to shoulder season. We would be happy with a king horizon view with pool. Did you reach out prior to inquire about Diamond upgrades or was the upgrade 3 days out automatic on the resort's end?

coolbeans202

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I was able to snag another night to tack onto the end of our Conrad Bora Bora stay at the end of March. I need to change the Air Tahiti flight and the options are a 12:40 arrival or a 6:50pm arrival for the 9:10 United departure to SFO. Would the later flight be cutting it too close, and if so, what would be some ways to kill 8ish hours on Tahiti?

shingu79

I suspect that 6:50pm arrival is to the PPT. PPT is fairly small airport so 2 hour window should more than be enough needed. But if you do want to stay on the SAFER side, tahiti is a fairly big island to explore. There is a small museum and some waterfall places you can visit. Setting up a small tour would be a good option.

Charlie9

When I was there last (JUST before COVID), the outbound US flights on United didn't open the ticket window and allow entry into the international terminal until 2 hours prior to takeoff. Therefore, if you truly arrive at 6:50pm, it is almost perfect timing. However, this was pre-COVID, so maybe it is different

Majuki

I would take the later flight unless you are planning to get a car or something to travel around Tahiti for the day. The airport is small, so there isn't much to do if you decide to take the earlier flight and stick around the airport. While we were on the TN flight, which is currently the last flight out of the night, we were on the afternoon departure which was delayed by about an hour and arrived around 6 pm. When we arrived we still had about 2 hours before the check-in desks opened even with the delay. The later inbound flight, which was also delayed, had plenty of people who were outbound on the UA flight. They did not seem to be in a rush while walking over to the UA check-in desks.

The open item (and relevant for this thread) is whether the resort would allow you to stay in your villa with the afternoon flight. We were given a 4 pm checkout, which was great for a Hilton branded property. This isn't a guarantee, however, so it's possible you could get dropped off at BOB earlier. I did see something about VT (Air Tahiti) now allowing flight changes, but perhaps there would be a fare difference.