Australia and French Polynesia

[VinZ]

Hey all

I’m trying to crack the code on a trip for next year. I have sort of fixed dates and some fixed destinations so I’m trying to work out what’s feasible.

LHR-SYD on 27/3/26 booked
Spend a few days in Sydney (not sure what else is there to do around the area)
I then need to go to Tetiaroa via PPT (Tahiti) as I have a free stay there for 3 nights max. This is pretty straightforward from SYD (9h35m via AKL).
From there I would have to fly to BOB via PPT again, as I have another 3 nights for free there.

Then the trickiest part. Going back to SYD to fly back to LHR seems a bit silly – at present there aren’t many possibilities and it looks like it’s at least 10h via AKL and then 24h to get back to LHR (34/35h in total without accounting for waiting times etc)
The other possibility is to fly to LAX via PPT then LHR. That’s 50m + 3h connecting wait, 7h46 to LAX then 10h to LHR. All in all about 30h if you include waiting time at LAX.

But is there a better solution? Has anybody been around the area and done a similar trip? I’m starting to wonder whether it’s worth spending all this time flying to be gone 2 weeks (return date is 12/4/26). Sounds too good to throw away such an amazing opportunity but it’s definitely too far, unless there’s a more straightforward way to get back?

Also there aren’t many flight options at present, but it may be too early for a full flight schedule.

Thanks for any tips!

[phantomchickenz]

What’s the actual question here? Is it just what is the best route back from PPT?

Distance wise it’s clearly via the US – you can get it down to 21-22 hours depending on route and alliance preference, which is fairly reasonable for the distance.

Two weeks to that part of the world is on the short side – jet lag will be tough (both ways), but assuming it’s just a relaxing holiday it’s less of a big deal. Can you stretch it out any longer?

[John]

Do you really need to go to Australia? TN operates NRT-PPT nonstop