I agree with those who have opined that something is missing from this story. I don't think we can know what went wrong without all the pieces. But I have to admit the story is giving me pause. I'm on the 4/28 PG sailing, and arranged my own air. I'll be coming into Papeete a couple of days early, and was planning to make full use of the sailing day to enjoy the island. My docs say embarkation at 3:00, sailing at 10:00. That's quite a lag time between boarding and sailing. I'd planned to board later, thinking that a lot of px are bound to be on that day's version of the flight I'm on a couple days before that arrives at 6:20 pm, but now I'm thinking I need to be there at 3:00.