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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #920 on: January 05, 2018, 08:23:36 AM »
Gold and above get complimentary upgrades to OWB.
Or you can pay as a gold/plat $130ish a night for a deluxe OWB

Seriously - free upgrade automatically?

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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #921 on: January 05, 2018, 08:47:10 AM »
Seriously - free upgrade automatically?
For everyone but you ;)
It's officially at time of check-in, but people have had some success getting it a few days before. This was definitely true in the first few months of the property being open

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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #922 on: February 21, 2018, 01:03:17 PM »
With some time suddenly opening up for me, it got me thinking of a possible BOB trip for like 5 nights for the dates between March 8-19... Was hoping to do the Conrad, as I just rebuilt my Hilton Stash specifically for a BOB trip, but it seems that there is no 80k a night availability.

 Is there a chance of it opening up again? Or is there anywhere else I can/should look for availability this close to the trip date?

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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #923 on: February 21, 2018, 01:05:45 PM »
With some time suddenly opening up for me, it got me thinking of a possible BOB trip for like 5 nights for the dates between March 8-19... Was hoping to do the Conrad, as I just rebuilt my Hilton Stash specifically for a BOB trip, but it seems that there is no 80k a night availability.

 Is there a chance of it opening up again? Or is there anywhere else I can/should look for availability this close to the trip date?
Not open to Conrad MLE?
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #924 on: February 21, 2018, 01:18:50 PM »
Not open to Conrad MLE?
He just got back from MLE
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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #925 on: February 21, 2018, 09:25:27 PM »
He just got back from MLE

This is true. Besides the point that I want to try BOB, now that I have already done SR MLE, it's way more convenient flying from LAX then going back to MLE again.

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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #926 on: February 21, 2018, 10:18:40 PM »
This is true. Besides the point that I want to try BOB, now that I have already done SR MLE, it's way more convenient flying from LAX then going back to MLE again.
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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #927 on: February 21, 2018, 11:57:06 PM »
Risking it in the rainy season... If you don't get the weather you want in BOB, you might come to think MLE is better

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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #928 on: February 22, 2018, 03:05:06 AM »
Risking it in the rainy season... If you don't get the weather you want in BOB, you might come to think MLE is better

According to google, it seemed as if March is a great time to go...?

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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #929 on: February 22, 2018, 05:58:49 AM »
According to google, it seemed as if March is a great time to go...?
May-Sep ideal. March is risky.

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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #930 on: March 09, 2018, 05:15:36 PM »
HA has a flight from HNL on shabbos only though the return is motzei shabbos but would probably require you to be on PPT island for shabbos.

Hawaiian Airlines during the month of October and November 2018 is increasing service to Tahiti, as the airline introducing 2nd weekly rotation on Honolulu – Papeete route. From 02OCT18 to 20NOV18, additional flight will be served on Tuesdays, with A330-200.

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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #931 on: March 23, 2018, 04:51:28 PM »
Air Tahiti Nui going to be replacing the A340 with the 787, toward the end of this year.

Papeete – Los Angeles eff 07NOV18 3 weekly TN102/101 (Day 136 from PPT, Day 257 from LAX)

The other flights are going to be changed to the 787 during 2019.

The 787 will have lie-flat seats in J.

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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #932 on: March 23, 2018, 05:15:07 PM »
Air Tahiti Nui going to be replacing the A340 with the 787, toward the end of this year.

Papeete – Los Angeles eff 07NOV18 3 weekly TN102/101 (Day 136 from PPT, Day 257 from LAX)

The other flights are going to be changed to the 787 during 2019.

The 787 will have lie-flat seats in J.
No direct aisle access for all but still a huge improvement.
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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #933 on: March 23, 2018, 05:27:37 PM »
No direct aisle access for all but still a huge improvement.
You're going to have bigger issues than lack of direct aisle access if you're going to BOB where that will matter.
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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #934 on: March 23, 2018, 05:41:04 PM »
You're going to have bigger issues than lack of direct aisle access if you're going to BOB where that will matter.
I don't get what you're saying.
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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #935 on: March 23, 2018, 05:45:00 PM »
No one flies to BOB alone.
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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #936 on: March 23, 2018, 05:49:31 PM »
No one flies to BOB alone.
Ah, true say. My point was just to add that there's no direct aisle access, not that it's necessarily a big deal.
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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #937 on: March 23, 2018, 06:40:15 PM »
You're going to have bigger issues than lack of direct aisle access if you're going to BOB where that will matter.

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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #938 on: April 12, 2018, 12:39:14 AM »
Just thinking... if there's no availability for OWB with points is it crazy to use 80k UR (CSR) per night for a once in a lifetime trip?

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Re: Bora Bora Master Thread
« Reply #939 on: May 07, 2018, 01:10:17 PM »
Would getting the Chase Marriott 100K X4 = 400K get me to the SR BOB for a few nights? just called SPG they want 95K per night for the BOB SR and book 4 nights get the 5th night free.

Or what is a good strategy to get a points property in  BOB? intercontinental is not easy