I've never been to the south pacific, but I am pretty sure American Eagle operates similar planes to regional airports across the USA. I've flown on a saab turboprop a couple times before, from College Station, TX(CLL) to Dallas(DFW).

3 rows of seats, its soooo nice to be on the side with only 1 seat. Turbulence is kind of fun though, we went through a big thunderstorm and it shook a lot. Also kind of freaky when they start the engines and you can smell the exhaust inside the cabin.

In a way its worth paying the extra $100 on a puddle jumper flight versus the full cost of gas and long term parking. In the great scheme of life you remember what you did on a vacation not what you didn't do because you wanted a later fligt to save money.