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New Booking Procedure for Air Tahiti Nui Using AA Miles (Again)

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 26, 2018January 26, 2018 14 Comments

There’s a new way to book Air Tahiti Nui award space with your American Airlines miles. Again…

Air Tahiti Nui recently changed its fare class codes for economy class and business class awards.

  • F = Business Class Award
  • U = Economy Class Award

This has caused some confusion at American Airlines, where many agents are used to checking Air Tahiti Nui award space under the old fare buckets (I for business class, W for economy class).

The good news is that the with the fare code changes agents no longer have to use the trick I outlined here to book. The bad news is that you still often need to gently instruct an AA agent on how to search for this award space.

How to Book Air Tahiti Nui Award Travel Using AA Miles

You can use Expert Flyer to search for Air Tahiti Nui award space. Once you find space on your preferred date(s), you must call AA to book.

Reference the flight number you are looking to book and say something like this–

The previous agent told me that Air Tahiti Nui has new booking codes for award space. I’m not quite sure what that means, but she said F like Foxtrot is now for business class and U like uniform is now economy class. Do you know what she is talking about?

Better to act dumb, because few agents enjoy being told how to do their jobs. But this always does the trick.

CONCLUSION

Air Tahiti Nui remains an excellent use of your American Airlines miles, but familiarize yourself with how to book…or face a headache on the phone. Finally, note that Delta agents seems to have received the memo on this. While you may have to remind Delta of the new booking codes, that has not been my experience.

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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14 Comments

  1. PeterW Reply
    January 26, 2018 at 9:56 am

    Thank you! I was just looking for it! I need to check availability for PPT to AKL

  2. Gene Reply
    January 26, 2018 at 10:11 am

    @ Matthew — As long as I am not pushing the rules, I prefer not to act dumb since it is disingenuous. I actually prefer to be honest and let them know I am a stable genius like our Fearless Leader. 🙂 Some agents actually appreciate being kept up to date by frequent travelers.

    • Gene Reply
      January 26, 2018 at 10:12 am

      @ Matthew — I meant “Dear Leader”…not enough coffee yet. 🙂

      • surfintx Reply
        January 26, 2018 at 10:44 am

        Just don’t say Code F,U too quickly.

  3. Kevin B Reply
    January 26, 2018 at 10:48 am

    Am I the only one who finds it funny that the ones that changed are F-U? Sorry – had to go there…

  4. askmrlee Reply
    January 26, 2018 at 2:54 pm

    If I have to speak on the phone with an agent, usually I state something like “my PNR is…”, “can you confirm the fare code/fare basis?” and giving an airport codes i.e. “San Jose SJC” sets the appropriate tone and signal that they’re not dealing with an inexperienced traveler without sounding like a duffel bag.

  5. Matt Reply
    April 22, 2018 at 12:53 am

    Struggling with agents on this at present. Seems that, at times, LAX-AKL (TN101) shows F4 (noting that TN101 is direct with a stop), but the same LAX-PPT (TN101) and PPT-AKL (TN101) will show F0. Agents citing this as the problem, but it’s unclear to me why that would be a problem (it’s just TN releasing space differently, right)?

    • Matthew Reply
      April 22, 2018 at 3:59 pm

      This married segment availability happens. If you just want TN1001 as far as PPT, book the through flight (same number of miles) and skip the second segment.

      • Matt Reply
        April 22, 2018 at 4:16 pm

        Thanks. I actually want it through, but I can’t find an agent to book it. Will keep calling. Cheers.

  6. NickP Reply
    August 16, 2018 at 8:55 pm

    Hi Matt,

    Thanks for the tips. I have a basic question about AA points. It seems folks are generally talking about LAX to PPT as being 40k points. I live on the east coast. Could I get NYC to PPT for the same 40k points, or does that require 2 reward flights (JFK to LAX and separately LAX to PPT).

    Thanks in advance for your help

    • Matthew Reply
      August 17, 2018 at 12:42 am

      Hi Nick, you can do everything on one award! All you need saver space on both flights.

      • John Beaver Reply
        September 14, 2018 at 6:02 am

        I had the same question. I am new to expert flyer. This is what I see when trying to get from CMH to PPT. Does this mean there are no award space on the first leg (CMH to LAX)?

        AA 2102 0 CMH
        02/22/19
        4:30 PM LAX
        02/22/19
        6:26 PM 319
        Unavailable
        100% / 7m

        TN 101 0 LAX
        02/22/19
        10:55 PM PPT
        02/23/19
        5:05 AM 789
        Unavailable
        67% / 21m
        Business – Award F 0
        Economy – Award U 7

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