Inter-Island Fare War Resumes: $39
Updated 1/7/09: The best available price is currently $48. Inasmuch as Mokulele will start competing to Kahului Maui starting February 1, I expect to see a resumption in the airfare war at any time. So if the current deals don’t fit into your plans, keep checking back for more inter-island deals.
As promised, the inter-island battle between Go!, Hawaiian and Mokulele continues. Today the fare war was again sparked, this time with all three players offering fares of $39 through December 31, and $48 through January 31. Fares are one-way plus tax. While availability is very good, these fares aren’t available on all flights.
At present, tickets must be purchased by this Wednesday, so if you can take advantage of this current offer, I’d do it by tomorrow at the latest. On the other hand, this isn’t the end of the fare wars, so stay tuned here for more.
Note: These fares are valid between Honolulu, Kona and Lihue. Maui should get its share of good fares when Mokulele starts flying there early in the New Year.
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This year, we decided to book a week on Maui then a week on the Big Island, and we’ve got our airfare between home to Hawaii, but not our inter-island trip between Maui and Kona. $39 and $49 fares sound like pretty darn good deals, but right now, the best fare appears to be $69 between Maui and Kona. Should I wait for this to drop as well, or is $69 about as good as you expect at this point? I’ve watched it bounce between $69, $74, and $89 the last month.
Hi Mike,
You’re so right. I appended the post to note that these fare wars are only on the routes where all three players compete, between Honolulu, Kona and Lihue. I haven’t seen any updates on exactly when Mokulele will add the service to Maui, which will trigger that market’s fare sales. That will likely be between January and March.
Aloha, Jeff
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