There have been rumors of this happening for a while, though it's finally official as of today -- Hawaiian Airlines signed a letter of intent for the purchase of 10 Boeing 787-9s, with an option for an additional 10 aircraft. Assuming all goes to plan,…
I'm a huge fan of JetBlue, in particular when it comes to their onboard product. They offer an almost unrivaled experience domestically, and as far as I'm concerned Mint is the best domestic product offered by any US airline. I even like their TrueBlue…
They were exclusively using door L1 to board passengers, meaning everyone walked through first class to get to their seats (given how narrow the aisle is, that means I took a lot of bags to the face). The cabin on this flight was identical to the one…
We arrived at Maui's Kahului Airport at around 12:30PM for our 2:15PM flight to Honolulu. While the airport has one big check-in hall, Hawaiian's check-in is located at the far left of the building. We still had to add our Korean Air SkyPass numbers…
After spending a bit of the time at the Four Seasons lounge we headed towards gate 49, which was just a five minute walk away. As we approached the gate we saw an ATR42 parked outside, which I initially assumed was our plane. It's clear that the boarding…
Our flight to Honolulu was departing LAX at 7AM, so we got to the airport at around 5:30AM. Not only were we checking a bag (BYOB), but we needed to stop by the check-in counter to add our Korean Air SkyPass numbers to the reservation. Oddly Hawaiian's…
Welcome to my next trip report, covering flights in Hawaiian Airlines first class, and stays at three hotels on three different islands in Hawaii. Ford's birthday is in October, so earlier in the year I asked him where he wanted to go for his birthday.…
Hello from Hawaii! Yesterday I flew from Los Angeles to Honolulu in Hawaiian's new first class, which they began rolling out a bit over a year ago. Tiffany flew the product recently and also wrote a review, though in this post I wanted to share my initial…
As I mentioned in the introductory post, we'd booked regular economy, but were offered the option to upgrade to Extra Comfort during the check-in process. We paid $50 per person, but looking at the Hawaiian website it seems the prices have either increased…
Our flight to Maui left from LAX Terminal 2 (Hawaiian Airlines now uses Terminal 5), and since we tend to be early risers anyway we arrived at the airport well in advance of our 9AM flight. We weren't checking bags, and had mobile boarding passes, but…
As some of you may recall, I flew Hawaiian's new lie-flat A330 between Los Angeles and Maui last year. I had plenty to say about the seat at the time, but haven't had a chance to publish the full review (don't worry, I took good notes). Given that Ben…
Hawaii is a hugely popular tourist destination from Japan, and the number of daily flights between the sets of islands is staggering. For example, just between Tokyo and Honolulu there are flights by ANA, China Airlines, Delta, JAL, Korean Air, and United.…
The short answer is no, but with a few caveats. I flew Hawaiian Airlines with my boyfriend recently from Honolulu to Kahului on Maui. When we checked in online, we were offered an upgrade to first class for $50 per person. We were both planning to check…
Spoiler alert: it's terrible. Virtually everywhere I went in Hawaii, I found amazing hospitality, and everything had a local feel to it. After I returned, it took me a week to stop instinctively saying “aloha” and “mahalo” to people. The one place in…
The US Amex Membership Rewards program is offering a 25% transfer bonus to HawaiianMiles through June 21, 2017. These are points earned with cards like The Business Platinum® Card from American Express OPEN, The Platinum Card® from American Express,…
For as long as I can remember, Hawaiian has been operating widebody aircraft between Hawaii and the mainland. Thy operate a combination of Airbus A330 and Boeing 767 aircraft. In late 2015 they even introduced a new fully flat first class product, which…
I hadn't heard about this story before, though reader Ari2244 made a post about it in the "Ask Lucky" forum: "I was on the flight in this article below. We were almost to California when they turned us around. Do you think they should have landed in…
Earlier I wrote about the story that Hawaiian Airlines was supposedly weighing passengers traveling on their flight between Honolulu and Pago Pago in American Samoa. It was being claimed that this was due to the weight & balance issues caused by passengers…
If you've taken enough flights on regional jets or props, you may have dealt with a case of "weight and balance," where passengers had to be reseated to balance out the weight on the plane. Typically this doesn't involve actually weighing passengers,…
Bloomberg ran an interesting article yesterday about Hawaiian Airlines, and specifically about how they're considering the A380 and how they eventually want to expand to London. Well, there's no denying that A380s could probably be had for pretty cheap…
Aloha from Maui! I flew here in Hawaiian Airlines' new A330 Business/First cabin. I'll have a full review eventually, but I wanted to share some initial photos, and my thoughts on this very unique cabin. Oh my gosh, the cabin is stunning! From the wavy…
