| Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020 | ![]() |
RTW Offer from Europe??Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea | ||
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Flights between Fiji and Rarotonga will stop at the end of next month. If you are on Air NZ, you can hit Fiji, OR Tonga and Samoa. | 1 | |
Note that if you choose to stop in Samoa and Tonga, you could add Fiji as a cheap side-trip from Tonga with Air Pacific. | 2 | |
Thanks a lot both for the information. | 3 | |
Not sure of the prices, but I think it was something like US$1500 or so, maybe a bit less or more. But the main thing for South Pacific travel is to pick which of the two main alliances you want to travel on, Star Alliance which includes Air NZ, or One World, which includes Qantas. And that of course depends on where you want to stop. Check the route maps for each, and see what the fares are for each, depending on where you plan to go. | 4 | |
If that is your route then consider a roundtrip ticket to Auckland instead of a RTW. That way you could stop at either Fiji or the Cooks in one direction and hit Samoa and Tonga on the return. I bet it would price out cheaper than a RTW. | 5 | |
Indeed, if you have no interest in Australia (which could still be a cheap add-on from NZ) and especially Asia (which could not), an Air NZ ticket would be worth looking into. | 6 | |
Thanks so much. | 7 | |