Clik here to view.
Honolulu
To reach Honolulu, I flew on United 421 from Newark to Honolulu with a stop in San Francisco to change planes from an A320 to a Boeing 777. Since United’s domestic non-p.s. first class is rather...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Honolulu to Kahului
For my hop from Honolulu to Kahului, I was an a United-marketed codeshare operated by Hawaiian Airlines. HNL is an open airport: Hawaiian uses Boeing 717′s for its inter-island flights. They...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Best-Laid Plans: United Economy Guam to Honolulu
Since my upgrade did not clear for the island hopper, I was not looking forward to flying in coach for 24 hours on a 737. After a few calls to United (namely, to convince the agents that, yes, despite...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Best-Laid Plans: Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Honolulu
Switching to the nonstop to Honolulu meant I had an overnight to find myself accommodations for. At about $100/nt (plus the resort fee and taxes), I chose the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani again (I had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
American Airlines Admirals Club Honolulu
Having built too much padding into my schedule for getting to the airport, I had quite a bit of time to kill. Luckily, I had my Priority Pass card on me (making use of it for the second time since I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
American Airlines First Class Los Angeles to Honolulu
In light of the Starwood devaluation in March, I booked two nights at the Moana Surfrider in Waikiki. To get there, I flew American from New York. American 31 Los Angeles (LAX) – Honolulu (HNL)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Moana Surfrider Waikiki
As I discussed in March, I successfully booked two nights at the Moana Surfrider Waikiki under the old award chart by calling when the website began showing the new rates prematurely. I spent 24k...
View ArticleClik here to view.
American Airlines First Class Honolulu to Los Angeles
As I wanted to get back to New York in the early morning, I wound up booking an early afternoon departure from Honolulu, connecting in Los Angeles. United’s nonstop to Newark was scheduled to arrive...
View ArticleClik here to view.
United Club Honolulu
For Thanksgiving, I decided to visit Hong Kong, convincing myself that flying via Honolulu and Guam was a “good idea.” When I tried to go to Manila this way in 2012, I was bumped from one of my...
View Article
