I've just read thru all my documents and thought I would post the itinerary for the direct flights from JFK, for anyone who is interested. The flight leaves JFK at 5:15 pm on Friday afternoon and arrives at 11:55 pm in Papeete. We are then transfered to the Radisson Plaza for the night. The next day, we transfer to the ship.
The return flight leaves Saturday night, after having a day room at the Radisson Plaza and we arrive in New York at 2:30 pm on Sunday.
Since we couldn't afford a pre-stay, this works out very well for us. Just to clarify, this is using Regent's air.
If anyone has any more questions, let me know and I will try and answer.
Thanks,
Jill