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Neobie:
Assuming just one leg in Tahiti:
13 Nov: Los Angeles, evening flight to Tahiti
14 Nov: Arrive Tahiti in the morning, have a leg, Pit Stop
15 Nov: Sit around waiting for flights, then fly out in the afternoon
16 Nov: BAM! Disappears due to the Intl Dateline
17 Nov: Arrive in Auckland in the morning (and onwards to another flight if need be)
Japan doesn't work unless they waste an extra day in Tahiti.
Could a savvy team figure this out and try to book tickets to Auckland during Leg 1 with their credit card? :)
Reilly Queens:
Flights to Bora Bora to follow up on the sighting there..
•Air Tahiti 490 DEP 8:45AM ARR 9:35AM
•Air Tahiti 402 DEP 9:00AM ARR 9:50AM
•Air Tahiti 452 DEP 10:00AM ARR 10:50AM
•Air Tahiti 480 DEP 4:50PM ARR 5:30PM (unlikely unless its scheduled after tasks in Papeete)
If they are flying straight to Bora Bora, they likely split up the teams on either of the first 3 flights.
Then Bora Bora has no international flights, so they are to fly back to Tahiti to fly out to the next leg.
I'll just go with the 5PM Flights
•Air Tahiti 411 DEP 5:25PM ARR 6:15PM
•Air Tahiti 480 DEP 5:50PM ARR 6:40PM
•Air Tahiti 305 DEP 7:05PM ARR 7:50PM
Which works just fine for the speculated production(or teams?) flight that connects in Cook Islands leaving the 15th
Interesting to note how to get to Bora Bora mainland from wiki travel...
The airport is located on a small motu (islet) north of the main island. Transfer to the main island or to accommodations located on other motus is done by boat. The major accommodations have counters at the airport. For the accommodations located on the main island, you will need to take the (free) ferry to Vaitape. From there, small buses will usually pick you up. Air Tahiti operates a free shuttle boat transfer from the airport to the main village, Vaitape, by "Bora Bora Navette".
Neobie:
I wonder if they'll check in to the Pit Stop at Bora Bora and get transferred back to Papeete for the next leg?
Leaving Bora Bora on the evening of the 14th gets them into Auckland at 8.50pm on the 16th. Leaving the next evening, on the 15th, gets them in at 6.55am on the 17th. There are no exit options between these two.
Bora Bora leg takes place 14 Nov. Unless Phil has his own yacht he isn't going to make the flight via Noumea to Sydney.
Option 1
Earliest escape option for Phil
If teams are to take this, they would have to fly back to Papeete before the next leg starts
VT 305 from Bora Bora to Papeete: 14 1905-14 1955
Very long layover
VT 35 from Papeete to Rarotonga: 15 1220-15 1450
NZ 45 from Rarotonga to Auckland: 15 1730-16 2050
Option 2
Involves a very long wait in Bora Bora
Arrives in New Zealand at the right time to start a leg
VT 404 from Bora Bora to Papeete: 15 1845-15 1935
NZ 41 from Papeete to Auckland: 16 0200-17 0655
georgiapeach:
Looking more and more like NZ is in the cards,thanks Neobie!! Happy for Phil, I think the publicity could be very helpful to any NZ areas still struggling to recover from the earthquakes....
Neobie:
A quick revision to take into account of extra tasks and an extra day in Bora Bora, most likely hinting to a second leg:
Phil should be on:
VT 465 from Bora Bora to Papeete, 15 1830-15 1920 or
VT 404 from Bora Bora to Papeete, 15 1845-15 1935
NZ 41 from Papeete to Auckland, 16 0200-17 0655
And teams will be on:
VT 376 from Bora Bora to Papeete: 16 1925-16 2015, or any earlier flight
TN 101 from Papeete to Auckland: 17 0805-18 1255
13 Nov: Los Angeles, evening flight to Papeete
14 Nov: Morning flight to Bora Bora, LEG ONE
15 Nov: Bora Bora, LEG TWO
16 Nov: Afternoon flight to Papeete
17 Nov: Morning flight to Auckland, afternoon disappears due to Intl Date Line
18 Nov: Morning disappears due to Intl Date Line, afternoon arrive in Auckland, LEG THREE (maybe in Australia too?)
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