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princess cruises: charter flights to tahiti
All,
Booked my 10-day tahitian cruise may 7 - 17 through Princess. We booked airfare from LAX because we have enough miles to fly free to LAX from our hometown, so we only used the cruise line for the LAX - PPT portion. Anyway, we pushed on the cruise line to give us exact dates for the flights out of LAX so we could book our hometown - LAX flight early. Turns out that Air Tahiti Nui is *sold out* of flights from LAX - PPT, so the cruise line reported that they would "charter" a flight to take any cruise pax that didn't get booked before it was sold out. My question is, "charter" to me means "small", but how the hell can you fly small planes across the pacific? Does Air Tahiti/Princess charter through other airlines, like United or maybe Quantas?? Are there spare 747's or 767 ER's sitting around in hangars at LAX for this purpose? I doubt it. What should I expect in terms of service? I don't want some fly-by-night crappy airline with questionable maintenance records flying me 3000 miles over water. cj |
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princess cruises: charter flights to tahiti
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 02:01:43 GMT, Chris Jarshant
wrote: My question is, "charter" to me means "small", but how the hell can you fly small planes across the pacific? Hi Chris, They don't fly small planes. It will be a large plane, not a commuter type plane. Does Air Tahiti/Princess charter through other airlines, like United or maybe Quantas?? There are many charter companies with large planes. Are there spare 747's or 767 ER's sitting around in hangars at LAX for this purpose? I doubt it. There are companies with these planes available all over the country including at LAX. That being said, your plane may come from anywhere. What should I expect in terms of service? I don't want some fly-by-night crappy airline with questionable maintenance records flying me 3000 miles over water. When was the last time you heard of a large US charter falling out of the sky? ;=) Best regards, Ray LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL 800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905 http://www.lighthousetravel.com |
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princess cruises: charter flights to tahiti
it means that your knees will get to know your chin throughout the flight!
Very very cramped! "Chris Jarshant" wrote in message ... All, Booked my 10-day tahitian cruise may 7 - 17 through Princess. We booked airfare from LAX because we have enough miles to fly free to LAX from our hometown, so we only used the cruise line for the LAX - PPT portion. Anyway, we pushed on the cruise line to give us exact dates for the flights out of LAX so we could book our hometown - LAX flight early. Turns out that Air Tahiti Nui is *sold out* of flights from LAX - PPT, so the cruise line reported that they would "charter" a flight to take any cruise pax that didn't get booked before it was sold out. My question is, "charter" to me means "small", but how the hell can you fly small planes across the pacific? Does Air Tahiti/Princess charter through other airlines, like United or maybe Quantas?? Are there spare 747's or 767 ER's sitting around in hangars at LAX for this purpose? I doubt it. What should I expect in terms of service? I don't want some fly-by-night crappy airline with questionable maintenance records flying me 3000 miles over water. cj |
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princess cruises: charter flights to tahiti
You have the WRONG thought in your head of small planes =Charter IN
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princess cruises: charter flights to tahiti
We booked our own air on Air Tahiti Nui. Everything was nice except
our knees met our chin a lot. The charter plane to LAX two hours after we left Papette was large, an Airbus I think, but it was kind of dark. The incoming Princess passengers we met in Tahiti were pleased with their charter arrangements. A word of advice, use Princess transfers, enjoy the beauty of French Polynesia keeping to the water oriented sides of the islands. Inland areas were mostly shacks and mosquitos. We believe that Princess shore excursions will be the cheapest thing you will find in that area of the world. Papeete, Moorea, Bora Bora cheeseburger $18. Cabs about $2/minute. A cheap beer $4.80. Cheapest ratty souveneir T shirt $25. Cheapest room at Sheraton Moorea $399. Those quaint little over water huts you see in the brochures--a cheapee in Moorea was $750, in Bora Bora they were having a sale for only $1007 a night. French Polynesian Francs--not worth worrying about. They are light like potato chips, but big like silver dollars and make good souveneirs for the grandkids. Congratulations, you have picked the very best way to visit French Polynesia, by cruise ship. During our time there we observed the Paul Gaughin and Windstar or wind something. The Tahitian Princess from an outward appearance looked much better than the others. Chris Jarshant wrote in message ... All, Booked my 10-day tahitian cruise may 7 - 17 through Princess. We booked airfare from LAX because we have enough miles to fly free to LAX from our hometown, so we only used the cruise line for the LAX - PPT portion. Anyway, we pushed on the cruise line to give us exact dates for the flights out of LAX so we could book our hometown - LAX flight early. Turns out that Air Tahiti Nui is *sold out* of flights from LAX - PPT, so the cruise line reported that they would "charter" a flight to take any cruise pax that didn't get booked before it was sold out. My question is, "charter" to me means "small", but how the hell can you fly small planes across the pacific? Does Air Tahiti/Princess charter through other airlines, like United or maybe Quantas?? Are there spare 747's or 767 ER's sitting around in hangars at LAX for this purpose? I doubt it. What should I expect in terms of service? I don't want some fly-by-night crappy airline with questionable maintenance records flying me 3000 miles over water. cj |
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