Hawaiian Airlines (Alaska Airlines) to Raro, most interesting things, getting disinfected, forgot they feed you, and Starlink wifi.
Air Tahiti from Raro to Papeete, plane must be small, I got weighed with my carry on. Glancing at the flight attendant taking the weight counts … it looked like a seating chart 😳 🤣. They sprayed the carry on bins again but this time we didn’t even land yet. I put a mask on and wiped my eyes with a wet napkin, I felt prepared. And food was a part of the package, I had a tuna sandwich and a little citrus filled pastry. The flight was only 2hr30min and I was so amazed how small the airport felt. It reminded me of Island Air.
Air New Zealand Papeete to Auckland, couch seats. Loved this. It made it a little more comfortable having the extra space. Especially on a late evening flight. One meal and it was breakfast.
Air New Zealand Auckland to Honolulu. No declaration forms, just verbal declaration. OK. That is easy. I actually don’t know how I feel about that given that I was sprayed with pesticide and had a more rigorous procedure going into New Zealand on a short flight. Two meals because the flight was 8hrs 30mins long, started at 7 am and arrived at 4ish.
Sad that the wifi wasn’t working especially after the flight had been delayed by nine hours but considering the plane had been hit by lightning, hence the delay … I guess it makes sense.
Air New Zealand did comp rooms for us overnight and shuttle us to and from the airport. It was recommended that we go early by the hotel people because we weren’t the only ones delayed and everyone would be trying to check in. This was one of the earlier flights and the international checkpoint wasn’t even open once we went through Air New Zealand check in.
I have to say though they had an impressive system though, it moved. Once we got through the checkpoint it was to duty-free for me. I didn’t realize how far the gate was from there and then that wasn’t open either. But it was nice to be in the same boat as so many others.
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