Rare ORV Posted January 14, 2020 #26 Share Posted January 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, pinotlover said: We were on the Marina last February in the FP, Papeete- Papeete, for a 12 day cruise. I might be off a year as to when she stopped sailing Sydney-Auckland. I thought it was 2016! I guess it runs from Lima now? I'd like to do that, but been to Tahiti three time already and would only take it to go to Easter Island, and from all reports that seems to be a crap shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitraveler Posted January 14, 2020 #27 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) I deviated on my November SF to Papeete, waiting 2 days before I returned to NY. Oceania booked me on the Papeete-SF-EWR route on United.. Edited January 14, 2020 by sitraveler add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted January 14, 2020 #28 Share Posted January 14, 2020 4 hours ago, ORV said: That wasn't Flattop, that was FlyerTalker. We must be accurate here. C'mon Dan. see post 15.. by Flatbush......saying Ual Premier and better flyers would suck up ALL Ups......Flyer talk repeated in in a broad sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted January 14, 2020 #29 Share Posted January 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Paulchili said: Unless Air Tahiti Nui upgraded their business class seats I wouldn’t pay for them. We flew with them twice in business some time ago but only because we used miles. They are "angle seats not lie flat"... Condor uses them too . play slip and slide without getting up... For good seats today look at Air CANADA and Lufthansa ( in the star alliance.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted January 14, 2020 #30 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, ORV said: I guess it runs from Lima now? I'd like to do that, but been to Tahiti three time already and would only take it to go to Easter Island, and from all reports that seems to be a crap shoot. in 2014 they did PPT NYC....via easter island, and the canal...keywest- charleston NY 35 days Edited January 14, 2020 by Hawaiidan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted January 14, 2020 #31 Share Posted January 14, 2020 2 hours ago, ORV said: would only take it to go to Easter Island, and from all reports that seems to be a crap shoot. You are right. If you are ever on a cruise that starts or ends in Santiago, take the 3 day trip to Easter Island from there. You are guaranteed to see EI and have some time to really enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted January 14, 2020 #32 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Hawaiidan said: For good seats today look at Air CANADA and Lufthansa ( in the star alliance.) Dan - I am spoiled. I've flown Emirates First with a shower and Singapore First Suites (as well as ANA, JL, Etihad, QF, CX all in F ) - AC & LH would be a "downgrade" 😀 PS - all of that (except Emirates) and a lot more in J all or miles. Edited January 14, 2020 by Paulchili Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted January 14, 2020 #33 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Paulchili said: Dan - I am spoiled. I've flown Emirates First with a shower and Singapore First Suites (as well as ANA, JL, Etihad, QF, CX all in F ) - AC & LH would be a "downgrade" 😀 only ANA is Star mainstream Singapore sort of... I took the ANA LAX-NRT 3 months ago... Business... the seats were designes for Japanese who use a wood bloc for a pillow. after 3 hours they hurt. Of course for 80K and $5.60 I have little to complain. Took UAL SYD LAX a month later for 80K but woops UAL lost my res.. "we need another 120K amigo is ya want to see home , pal!..... Id take Luft business over their and others first ! the pillow alone is un equaled. Edited January 14, 2020 by Hawaiidan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted January 14, 2020 #34 Share Posted January 14, 2020 17 minutes ago, Hawaiidan said: Id take Luft business over their and others first ! the pillow alone is un equaled. To each their own - nice to have choices 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlyerTalker Posted January 14, 2020 #35 Share Posted January 14, 2020 9 hours ago, Petoonya said: Sorry you are offended. Charter is what my TA called it and described to me as. I apologize if if I passed on misinformation from her. Nomenclature is important. I apologize for this misinformation especially if you or anyone else is bothered because there are operational differences as well as how ticketing and irops are processed. Plus the other factors you can't get into here. I stand corrected. Not offended, but misinformation needs to be corrected. Also, since you have a TA that doesn't understand the difference between a charter and a group booking, perhaps you might want to re-evaluate their qualifications as your agent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petoonya Posted January 15, 2020 #36 Share Posted January 15, 2020 2 hours ago, FlyerTalker said: Not offended, but misinformation needs to be corrected. Also, since you have a TA that doesn't understand the difference between a charter and a group booking, perhaps you might want to re-evaluate their qualifications as your agent. Flyer Talker- it's not my agent who was in error but me. This was two years ago and Oceania DID charter at that time. What I had wrong was the 100 people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cayman09 Posted January 16, 2020 #37 Share Posted January 16, 2020 I'm looking at United from SFO to Tahiti. They are using a 787 Dreamliner with PE seats, but I cannot find any pricing for them. All of my searches are coming up with only Economy or Business Class. Has anyone been successful booking a revenue PE seat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petoonya Posted January 16, 2020 #38 Share Posted January 16, 2020 6 hours ago, cayman09 said: I'm looking at United from SFO to Tahiti. They are using a 787 Dreamliner with PE seats, but I cannot find any pricing for them. All of my searches are coming up with only Economy or Business Class. Has anyone been successful booking a revenue PE seat? I looked at some random Saturdays in April/May and booking "economy flexible" gives you "economy plus", United's PE seats. I may not be understanding, but is this what you're referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cayman09 Posted January 16, 2020 #39 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Yes Petoonya, that's what I'm referring to. Are you saying that economy flex will give you PE seats for no additional cost? In other UAL flights they show 4 distinct classes & pricing levels; Econ, Econ Flex, PE and Business. The PPT flight doesn't show a PE class pricing, just separate seating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pinotlover Posted January 16, 2020 #40 Share Posted January 16, 2020 There aren’t very many PE seats on UA’s Dreamliner. When you look at the seating chart are any available ? If PE seats are available for sale , UA’s website lists them and their prices. It’s listed under Premium Economy. They could be already sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petoonya Posted January 16, 2020 #41 Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, cayman09 said: Yes Petoonya, that's what I'm referring to. Are you saying that economy flex will give you PE seats for no additional cost? In other UAL flights they show 4 distinct classes & pricing levels; Econ, Econ Flex, PE and Business. The PPT flight doesn't show a PE class pricing, just separate seating. Yes. If the day you want has economy flex available, there you go. It does look different than booking the 4 classes on other UA flights. But when you book flex economy on the Tahiti flights there is a picture of seat- press it and it tells you what you get. Looks like PE size to me.... the economy pricing and flex are different prices. Talking to United every rep has a different explanation. Last I spoke to says book it to the point of purchasing and it'll tell you exactly what you are getting. Seems weird but oh well. Edited January 16, 2020 by Petoonya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted January 16, 2020 #42 Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, cayman09 said: I'm looking at United from SFO to Tahiti. They are using a 787 Dreamliner with PE seats, but I cannot find any pricing for them. All of my searches are coming up with only Economy or Business Class. Has anyone been successful booking a revenue PE seat? They are not on all aircraft types I think only the 787-10 has the PE seating, and UAL runs the 787-8/9 to ppt So booking a Flex fare is only going to get you , on those aircraft, Economy Plus... Be aware that Prem Econ on UAL and all but Delta are 2-4-2 seating That center row of 4 sucks... Edited January 16, 2020 by Hawaiidan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justalone Posted January 16, 2020 #43 Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) On 1/7/2020 at 2:52 PM, raverski said: We are booked on the Legends to Lagoons cruise starting in Papeete on March 15, 2020. All flights appear to go through LAX with a substantial (6 hour) layover. Our flight on Air Tahiti Nui is scheduled to arrive in Papeete at 10:25 pm. By the time we pick up our luggage and arrange transport we will likely get to the ship (Regatta) just before midnight. So we will have lost the better part of the 1st day, including meals and settling in, just traveling. This is a day we have paid for and Oceania is unwilling to compensate us in any way for this situation. It would have been helpful if Oceania had provided us with travel options. For example we could have been asked if we wished to fly on March 14. We know there is a deviation charge but this could have been waived under the circumstances. In addition we would have needed overnight accommodation on the 14th. Surely that could have been offered at a reasonable rate. We have cruised with Oceania 5-6 times before. We have always accepted their package including air fare. The travel issue with this cruise was unknown to us. But it couldn't have been unknown to Oceania. We are extremely disappointed with Oceania at this time. It puts further cruises in doubt. I wonder how many others are finding themselves in this predicament. Sounds unreasonable that Oceania would not give you some compensation. Good luck. Edited January 16, 2020 by Justalone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pinotlover Posted January 17, 2020 #44 Share Posted January 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Justalone said: Sounds unreasonable that Oceania would not give you some compensation. Good luck. Not unreasonable at all. The OP knew they could ask about a deviation and didn’t. The OP chose to fly in the day of departure. I don’t know if a single poster here that believes that’s a good idea. What does the OP miss? One dinner aboard ship! Whoopee! How much comp is that worth? FWIW, we boarded a cruise in Hong Kong a couple years back. Same deal! For those that want to fly in on Embarkment day the flights get in the evening there. If missing a meal aboard ship is a huge deal, trust me, the price of a hotel is a lot more! All cruisers have the option to request air at 270 days pre cruise. Had the OP exercised any energy at all, O would have probably put them on the AF flight arriving early morning so they wouldn’t miss a meal. The OP obviously opted to wait and get whatever was left air wise. They chose to fly in on Embarkment day and did so. Why should Oceania compensate them for a meal while giving them what their actions appeared to request? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KS&JW Posted January 17, 2020 #45 Share Posted January 17, 2020 On 1/14/2020 at 9:01 AM, Paulchili said: Unless Air Tahiti Nui upgraded their business class seats I wouldn’t pay for them. We flew with them twice in business some time ago but only because we used miles. This is good information. We have a bunch of American miles I was going to use for ATN business class flight. Now I will think again and find a better use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted January 17, 2020 #46 Share Posted January 17, 2020 25 minutes ago, KS&JW said: This is good information. We have a bunch of American miles I was going to use for ATN business class flight. Now I will think again and find a better use. You may want to check the latest info about ATN. Our flight was a few years ago - they might have upgraded their business to lie flat seats. FlyerTalk is a good place to ask or the airline itself: https://www.flyertalk.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petoonya Posted January 17, 2020 #47 Share Posted January 17, 2020 1 hour ago, KS&JW said: This is good information. We have a bunch of American miles I was going to use for ATN business class flight. Now I will think again and find a better use. The business class Dreamliner seats on Air Tahiti Nui LAX-PPT do fold flat. Those planes only fly on certain days of the week and can't tell you which ones! But might be a place for you to plunk your American miles down🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitraveler Posted January 17, 2020 #48 Share Posted January 17, 2020 I attempted to add PE on my O booked flight from Papeete. The website let me get all the way through, and then there was a glitch. I saw the pending charge on my Chase/United CC and gave it no further thought. The charge was never posted, but my bulkhead seat was there when I boarded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted January 17, 2020 #49 Share Posted January 17, 2020 16 hours ago, KS&JW said: This is good information. We have a bunch of American miles I was going to use for ATN business class flight. Now I will think again and find a better use. I took Air Tahiti in business and found the seats very comfortable for the 7.5-8 hour trip. Not Lie flat but the go back like 150 degrees Food was excellent...... think again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pinotlover Posted January 17, 2020 #50 Share Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) United does not appear to offer true Premium Economy on these flights. They only offer Economy Plus. There is a significant difference in services, seats, and costs in these two distinctly different categories. There was no pricing for PE because it isn’t offered as a class of service on those flights. The issue arises because some inexperienced travelers don’t understand what true PE is. On United flights, as with all other carriers, if true Premium Economy service is offered on a flight it is distinctly listed on the menu along with Economy, Business, and First when available. Edited January 17, 2020 by pinotlover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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