How to Redeem Qantas Points for Air Tahiti Nui Flights

Since 2018, Qantas Frequent Flyer members have been able to redeem points to fly with Air Tahiti Nui on selected routes. This guide explains exactly how this works.

Qantas’ codeshare partnership with Air Tahiti Nui

Redeeming Qantas Points on Air Tahiti Nui works a bit differently to other partner airlines. Rather than being able to redeem points on all Air Tahiti Nui flights, Qantas frequent flyers can book codeshare flights on specific routes.

Qantas currently codeshares with Air Tahiti Nui on three routes:

• Auckland (AKL) – Papeete (PPT)
• Papeete (PPT) – Los Angeles (LAX)
• Sydney (SYD) – Papeete (PPT), which launches in December 2026

When booking Classic Reward seats on Air Tahiti Nui through Qantas, you’re actually booking a seat on the “QF” flight number. This is unusual as you would normally be booking a seat on the operating airline’s own flight number.

The upshot of this is that Qantas Points Club members can earn status credits when flying on Qantas Classic Rewards operated by Air Tahiti Nui.

In the past, when booked on the Qantas flight number, Qantas Club, Gold, Platinum and Platinum One members could also get lounge access when flying with the French Polynesian airline – even in Economy or Premium Economy. However, this is no longer the case.

Booking Classic Rewards with Qantas Points on Air Tahiti Nui

You can find Classic Reward seats in Economy and Business Class on the three codeshare routes. Some flights may even have multiple reward seats available, especially if you fly outside of school holidays.

In general, we find that there’s more availability if you book further in advance. You can book up to 353 days in advance.

If you’re planning a holiday in Tahiti and can’t find availability on the direct Sydney-Papeete flight, don’t forget to consider options via Auckland. The Auckland-Papeete flights are well-timed to connect to Qantas’ trans-Tasman services.

This partnership also opens another way to reach the United States using Qantas Points, if you can’t find seats on Qantas, American Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines or Fiji Airways. You could even stop over in Tahiti along the way. (I know, it’s a tough gig…)

Although Air Tahiti Nui does offer Premium Economy, those seats don’t appear to be available as Qantas Classic Rewards.

Unfortunately, Qantas Points cannot be earned or redeemed on the airline’s Papeete-Tokyo or fifth-freedom Los Angeles-Paris services.

How to book

You can book Air Tahiti Nui flights using Qantas Points on the Qantas website. This now includes bookings originating in Tahiti, which previously required a phone call to Qantas.

If you want to fly from Australia to Tahiti via Auckland, you might need to break up your search using the multi-city booking tool. Search for the leg from Australia to New Zealand as Flight 1, and Auckland-Papeete as Flight 2.

A one-way Classic Reward flight from Sydney to Papeete costs 29,000 Qantas points for Economy or 82,100 points for Business Class, one-way, plus taxes and carrier charges.