How to book Tahiti using Alaska Atmos Rewards

Darren Murph

February 16, 2026

Table of Contents

Why Air Tahiti Nui miles weren't an option
Enter Atmos Rewards
How I earned enough points

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Points Path readers may have picked up on this by now, but just in case you hadn’t heard: Alaska points are quite valuable and flexible, as I recently learned on a bucket-list redemption to the South Pacific.

Given that my home airport (RDU) is barely a blip on Alaska Airlines’ radar, I discovered why it was worth it for me to go all in on Atmos Rewards to build up my balance for some valuable partner redemptions.

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Why Air Tahiti Nui miles weren't an option

Air Tahiti Nui is one of the more niche airlines, operating just a few aircraft and having a relatively tiny route map. As you can guess from the name, it specializes in getting vacationers to and from Tahiti in French Polynesia. For the majority of Points Path readers, amassing a stash of the airline’s own Club Tiare miles just isn’t in the cards. Moreover, paid tickets on the carrier are known to be quite pricey.

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Enter Atmos Rewards

Alaska does an admirable job integrating Air Tahiti Nui flights into its online booking engine. I logged into my Alaska account, used the flexible calendar tool to search for round-trip flights between Los Angeles (LAX) and Tahiti (PPT) — in the middle of my winter, no less — and spotted a gem. Three tickets to paradise for a total of 210,000 points. To boot, the redeye return was in premium economy!

Cash rates for these flights were pushing $1,900 apiece, which means I received about 2.7 cents per point in value. Even better? The Atmos Rewards Summit Visa Infinite credit card covers Alaska’s typical partner award booking fee, saving me $12.50 per person per direction.

How I earned enough points

So, how does an infrequent Alaska flyer obtain 210,000 points to fly his family to paradise? I achieved the spend goals to obtain sign-up bonuses for both the Atmos Rewards Summit Visa Infinite credit card as well as the Atmos Rewards Ascent Visa Signature credit card, which covered 180,000 of those points. Then, I focused my everyday spend on the cards in order to pad the balance a bit more.

It’s worth noting that if you only need two tickets, the two sign-up bonuses would have you covered. Also, had I wanted to fly both ways in economy (instead of cruising back in premium economy), I could have saved 10,000 points per ticket.

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