If you are struggling to redeem your points and miles across the Pacific for lie-flat comfort, I have a tip for you.<\/p>\n
It’s an airline you might not have considered when flying between North America and Australia or New Zealand<\/a><\/span> that’s based on a tropical island archipelago with fewer than 1 million inhabitants.<\/p>\n I’ve flown dozens of airlines in business class, but my recent flight from Fiji to Dallas was my first time on Fiji Airways.<\/p>\n It has leaped into my list of top five airlines I’ve flown \u2014 here’s why.<\/p>\n Related: Racing to Fiji: American Airlines vs. Cathay Pacific vs. Fiji Airways<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Although a small airline in terms of fleet size, Fiji Airways offers multiple transpacific routes on its flagship Airbus A350 aircraft, flying from the following mainland North American gateways to its hub at Fiji’s Nadi International Airport (NAN):<\/p>\n While business-class award availability across the Pacific can be exceptionally tough to find, I have found Fiji Airways to be easier to secure in advance at the lowest saver rates than Qantas- and American Airlines-operated flights. Fiji Airways occasionally releases additional business-class award seats after initial seat availability is loaded 330 to 350 days in advance, so it’s worth setting alerts with the handy Seats.aero tool<\/a><\/span>, as you might wake up to a pleasant surprise (as I did).<\/p>\n As a Oneworld alliance member, you can book Fiji Airways business class with points and miles from partner airline programs like Qantas Frequent Flyer<\/a><\/span> and British Airways Club<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Reward your inbox with the TPG Daily newsletter<\/p>\n Join over 700,000 readers for breaking news, in-depth guides and exclusive deals from TPG\u2019s experts<\/p>\nGood award availability with partner miles<\/h2>\n
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