Is NWA Hawaii Fare Sale Any Good?

In a nutshell:  The deals offered are not very good.

I received an email from NWA today with a seemingly good fare sale between the Mainland and Hawaii.  The offers are valid for travel through February 8, if you purchase your tickets by December 16. They’re even throwing in 3,000 (relatively worthless) bonus miles.

The problem is that from checking their site, I could not find any availability over the Christmas/New Year holiday times.  Inasmuch as most of the other deals we’ve recently written about have validity through mid-December, this offer is really for January travel to Hawaii.

Given that we’ve already said we expect very low tourism until June 2009, with the possible exception of the upcoming holidays, these deals just aren’t good enough.  If the airlines intend to maintain their routes at current levels, significantly better offers will be required.

Tip:  If you intend to come to Hawaii after the holidays but before June 2009, just hang tight.  There will be better deals to come.