Almost everything about Hawaii travel changes from here on out. Premium or bust; all aboard.
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Almost everything about Hawaii travel changes from here on out. Premium or bust; all aboard.
$200 for extra legroom seating in the future? I just paid $187 for 4inches of extra legroom on a older United 777 from Maui to SFO!
The future is already now.
This is very nice to add to premium flights, But I do pray they dont do anything to economy seats as I can not afford to schedule my winter flight right now and so worried, it will be priced out of my already expensive itenerary. Please airlines, if you see this, give us poor folks a break for a atleast a few more years. I don;t have many more left to fly and really will miss my home in paradise that is getting further and further away to acomplish visiting ohana, etc.
Flew AA 116 Maui – Dallas on 4/4-5. We had seats 7D & H. Great lie flat seats & service. Flight DFW – AUS was delayed due to AUS having weather closing. When we finally arrived at AUS had to wait for a gate then wait for someone to move jet bridge to our a/c.
How are the local people who live here going to afford to travel to & from Hawaii? I guess Southwest will be our affordable airline sad but true. My advice for the budget traveler start booking now because yes you got choices now but when it changes the supply & demand determines the outcome. Priced out of paradise.
This money thing is getting into ridiculous thinking.
It’s absolutely ludicrous to think standing up is an option in flying. Taking away legroom and no doubt seat size from existing tight seating is sadistic. FAA should establish minimum standards for seating as well as the aisle. You can just barely get your carry on roller bag down the aisle. Alcohol isn’t the only reason plane rage exists! Write your congressman! They care! What A Joke!
Hmmmm.. for being such a supporting State, the Hawaii high end push isn’t very inclusive to the less fortunate who wish to visit. Call me shocked.
Aloha from the 9th Island! I feel some of this is just poor decisioning by top execs at the airlines. I know a lot of us have worked for major corporations and we have all seen this happen before. They tend to base their decisions on the recent past. However, revenge travel will end! Also, I would venture to guess that a lot of the revenge travel was paid for by accumulated points or vacation funds not used during Covid. You guys at BOH just reported on weaker advance bookings a couple of days ago.
I do think that people coming from the east coast will pay up a bit for extra comfort. That’s a long flight! However, that premium will be determined by what sells.
Future travel prices to Hawaii will be decided by supply and demand.
Speaking of on the wing we missed a connecting flight one time to Honolulu because of the weather in San Francisco. I panicked. An airline employee saw me standing in the back of a line trying to fix the situation with my son who uses a wheelchair. He took us to his area and started checking his computer. I said just find a seat for him. I don’t care.
I’ll sit on the wing! He got us on a later flight and I got to sit inside beside my son! We notified the hotel and the shuttle that was picking us up. It was another great Hawaii trip.
You don’t consider Hawaiian’s existing Extra Comfort option as a premium coach product?