Here’s another opportunity for a fall 2012 Hawaii vacation, when travelling from deal-starved Los Angeles. We have seen very few deals from the LA area in a long time. This represents about a $100 savings compared with United Airlines and is even $50 less than the published fare. Today’s Hawaii travel deal Route: Los Angeles to/from Honolulu Price: $171 […]
Southwest Air previously announced that there would be no Hawaii service announcements in 2012 although I believe their interest in Hawaii remains active. Previously we’d suggested that Southwest Air might easily decide to enter the inter-island airline market as well. There’s news now that gives us an indication of what to expect. Southwest Air’s Boeing 717’s Southwest inherited a […]
Last week’s one-day Hawaii airfare sale has been extended. You’ll have a choice of three airlines on this offer that’s now set to expire on May 23, 2012. This is an all too unusual opportunity to obtain decent reductions in the otherwise high cost of flying within Hawaii. Not all dates and flights are available and some flights are significantly more. Typically […]
Here’s a today only sale that’s a good enough Hawaii travel deal that I wanted to let you know about it. We’re so happy to have at least some relief in the inter-island airfares. This includes Hilo which has been left out of most sales. You can fly inter-island all summer long and save up to 50% of typically […]
Last month the State of Hawaii set a new record: 1.3 billion dollars in visitor spending. That was up 14% over the prior January thanks to an increase in the number of visitors (nearly 650,000) and dollars spent during their vacation. The unexpectedly good results were helped by a stronger than expected holiday season followed by the pent up […]
February 7, 2012. There’s another Hawaii travel deal this morning that makes it possible to spend less on a Spring Break Hawaii vacation. Hawaiian Air is fighting back after today’s excellent sale from Alaska Air. Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but this brings the cost of flying Hawaiian Air on those routes directly into alignment with Alaska’s pricing. You’ll […]
Strong competition makes Hawaii travel deals so much better. Such is the case with San Diego, which now has more competition from Alaska Airlines. Not to be outdone, however, Hawaiian Air has stepped back in with their best offer yet. Today's price is both $50 less round-trip than their prior sale, plus it includes Maui and peak Spring Break […]
With the cost of inter-island airfare, I’d love a chance to win one million Hawaiian Air Miles. If you enter this Aston Hotels and Resorts sweepstakes, you may fly away as the lucky winner. It’s open to legal residents of all fifty states and the District of Columbia (maybe President Obama should enter too), who are 21 years of […]
News today that US Airways is joining the ranks of other airlines and plans to close its Manila call center. It will return those jobs to U.S. based agents. Outsourcing resulted in unsatisfied customers In the past decade most major air carriers attempted reducing costs through moving to contracted call center companies located either in India or the Philippines. […]
There’s too much heat in the Hawaii domestic route kitchen right now, and it’s about to get much worse. As a result, Hawaiian is shifting its attention. Hawaiian’s new route from Honolulu to Haneda (Tokyo) will commence service next month. That will be followed early next year with service to Seoul. Hawaii is a premier destination for people living […]
Hawaiian Airlines recently started charging $25 for exit row seating. And, while limited free meals are still available, they are now offering $10 paid meals as well as snacks and bottled water. In case you thought that was the end of Hawaiian’s ancillary fees, think again. “Ancillary revenue…will become a bigger chunk of our total revenue.” Mark Dunkerley, CEO […]
Hawaiian Airlines is standing its ground amid an unexpected and unprecedented flurry of late Summer and Fall airfare wars. They just released an all-island Hawaii airfare sale that’s excellent. In many cases, you could spend this much just to travel between Honolulu and one of the outer islands. Here are the details: Book: 8/16 – 8/20 Travel: 8/23 – […]
