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Polypass - Polynesian Air

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Hello All: I need to visit Melbourne from California and am looking at the POLYPASS from Polynesian Air. The info is below. It looks like a fun way to get to Melbourne, but the website is primitive and the email address doesn't work. Neither is a good sign.

Who here knows this airline - or better yet has used a POLYPASS? Thanks All.

http://www.pacificislands.com/air_passes/polypass.html

PolyPass
6 countries for US$999
plus Honolulu for US$150 extra
or Los Angeles for US$400 extra
With Polynesian Airlines' PolyPass you can explore all corners of the Pacific: Samoa, Polynesia's home of history, myths, and legends; the friendliness of Fiji; the enchantment of Pago Pago in American Samoa; Honolulu with its year-round beach lifestyle; the city of Angels - Los Angeles; the choice of three Australian destinations-cosmopolitan Sydney, cultural Melbourne, or sporty Brisbane; and the choice of two destinations in New Zealand-Wellington, the nation's capital, or Auckland, the city of sails.

Take up to 45 days of unlimited travel; write your own itinerary and explore Polynesia. Your PolyPass is your ticket to paradise.

It's a great business deal, too! If you're flying the Pacific on business, you'll soon see how well Polynesian Airlines' PolyPass adds up to the best deal available. For a surcharge, your PolyPass may be upgraded to Business Class.

www.polynesianairlines.co.nz

That webpage is from 1999 and has obviously never been updated since. There is no more Polypass for quite a while already. Polynesian Airlines still exists but has only one single 19-seater aircraft left to fly regionally between both Samoas.

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Thank you. I can now mark this question as answered.

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Air NZ is probably the best way to get across the Pacific and back, taking in as many islands as possible as stop-overs on their direct routes.

Otherwise, for trips out of NZ or Australia into the Pacific, Virgin's "Pacific Blue" is pretty good.

Rob

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