Air Tahiti Nui Business Class for 2 (Spring 2023)
If you're looking for an island adventure, might I suggest Tahiti. There's not a ton of award space but there are some dates spread across February, March, and April of this year with business class space for two people.
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Straight To The Points:
Routes: LAX-PPT
Operating airline: Air Tahiti Nui
Class of service: Business class
Dates: February - April 2023
Seats available: 2
Cabin layout: 2-2-2
Book with (per person, one-way):
- *Alaska Mileage Plan: 60,000 miles
- *American AAdvantage: 80,000 miles
*No surcharges
Taxes/fees (per person):
- From LAX: $5.60
- From PPT: ~$51
Alaska has a $12.50 partner booking fee per person per direction.
Bank transfer partners:
- Alaska: Marriott
- American: Bilt, Marriott
Don't forget to let me know if you book and how you did it!
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Flight Experience
Let's be honest, a 2-2-2 cabin layout isn't exactly in the conversation for best business class layouts (Apex Suites are an exception). While only some seats will have direct aisle access, the seats are still lie-flat. Just skip the row 4 window seats which don't actually have a window.
The inflight food and beverage options get good marks and the crews are generally friendly.
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Available Dates
LAX-PPT
February: 12, 19, 20, 26
March: 5, 6, 9, 12, 19, 26, 28
April: 1, 6, 8, 9, 11, 28-30
PPT-LAX
February: 10, 13
March: 2, 3, 13, 16, 25, 26
April: 23
May: 3
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Best Ways To Book
Alaska Mileage Plan: Best Award Rate + Stopovers
At 60,000 miles one-way, Alaska has a big advantage over American. Plus, you can include a stopover on a one-way award ticket for no extra miles. The tough part is earning the necessary miles since you can only transfer Marriott points or earn Alaska miles directly with its co-branded cards.
American AAdvantage: Solid Award Rate + Hold Award Space
American's rate isn't quite as good at 80,000 miles one-way. However, you can transfer Bilt and Marriott points or earn miles directly with co-branded cards so it's easier to earn the miles you need to book. Plus, you can put award space on hold for up to 5 days while you finalize plans.
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How To Book
- Go to AA's site
- Select Advanced / Multi-city search (just click this link)
- Select Redeem miles
- Select One way or Round trip
- Enter From & To cities
- Select departure date(s)
- Choose the number of passengers
- Select Class as Business/First
- Click Search
- If you're searching for a nonstop, select Calendar then sort by nonstop.
- Once you know which dates have space, you can run a search from your home airport if you're not booking nonstop
Remember: American will let you hold award space for up to 5 days.
Searching with Alaska is easy as well. Just select Use Miles on Alaska's homepage and run the search.
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Final Thoughts
It can be tough to find business class space to Tahiti so it's great to see a nice some space on Air Tahiti Nui's route from Los Angeles. Since space is tough to find, I would book sooner rather than later.
Happy Booking!
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