HELP! Air Moorea Baggage Limits

[AbelowDS]

We're arriving in Papeete around 6:30PM. There are no ferries over to Moorea that late in the day, so we'll need to take an Air Moorea flight over to Moorea. This is where my dilema begins....

 

AIR TAHITI NUI

per person

2 Carry on bags - up to 22 lbs per bag

2 checked bags - up to 50 lbs per bag

 

AIR MOOREA

per person

1 Carry on bag - up to 11 lbs

checked bags - up to 44 lbs total

 

So, we're allowed up to 144 lbs per person on Air Tahiti Nui but only 55 lbs per person on Air Moorea.

 

Anyone have any guidance (other than packing extremely lightly, which we already plan to do) on what to do? I can only imagine that Air Moorea charges a fortune for excess baggage. And even then, the planes are small, so I wouldn't be surprised if they sometimes don't take excess luggage due to the weight of the loaded aircraft...

 

Thanks

 

--David

[Princess-of-Quite-alot]

How long are you going to be on Moorea for? If only for a few days, you really do not need to bring much. Just a couple swimsuits, a cover-up, pair of shorts, couple shirts and a camera. Snorkle set if you want. Oh, and don't forget the sunscreen. Leave the rest at the airport in their storage area for a slight fee.

[twin123185]

I would swim to Moorea before boarding that plane

 

Larry

[Shelebeen]

We took the flight to Moorea at night... our luggage was fine.. they don't have scales or anything as far as we saw.

[Seal]

We packed for the limitations for Bora Bora--similar to yours for

oorea--our carry on could only be 6# as I remember--we left our luggage for the cruise at the flower shop across the street from the airport--they charge us about $70 for our luggage--at least 3 good-size bags--maybe more

 

Good Luck--just take what you'll need for the time you're there--it'll work out--easy to get dressed when you have hardly anything to pick from !!!!

 

Nancy:D

[udamudda]

We just returned from a trip to Moorea pre-cruise. We packed so that our carryons were the ones we checked and we stored two bags at the airport storage behind the lei sales. It cost us less than $60 US to store both bags from Saturday night until Wednesday when we returned.

 

Air Moorea does not weight or check anything. We could carry on liquids or anything we wanted. No weighing or checking of any kind. They were very careful with their preflight checks and we felt completely safe the entire time of the 8 minute flight. ;)

 

Don't fret and only pack what you need for the island (which isn't much).

 

Bren <-- can't wait to get back to paradise!!

[mipps]

I would swim to Moorea before boarding that plane

 

Larry

 

especially after the last one crashed in the lagoon