Airfare to Hawaii from the East coast

[rickandcindy23]

United has already changed our flight NS from SFO to Maui once. I decided the flight change was actually not a bad thing for us. When Alaska decided to stop the flight on Saturdays from OGG to SJC, they just adjusted the arranged flight to fly into OAK, which is fine. It required a phone call. I don't like making phone calls.

We used our FF miles to fly 1st home from Oakland through Seattle to Denver. I figured we get the FF points free, so might as well use those. SW didn't have any cheap options from Oak to Denver for anything other than late at night. I didn't want to stay in Oakland until 7:30 PM. First class is always preferable.

Now that our SW companion pass is expiring at the end of next month, it's going to be first class for most of our trips. Anything 3.5+ hours or longer, it's first class from now on.

 

[TXTortoise]

I fly Premium Economy on the 777 DFW-FRA often, and find it acceptable. Much better than MCE further back in the plane. Room in FC is better, but PE seat size is enough for me to be comfortable. The arm rests are more than 2x the width of the arm rests in the back.

MCE in the 777 is lacking in width. They’ve added an extra seat in each row, making the seats and aisles very narrow. I find the MCE leg room perhaps manageable, but now the shoulder room is an issue if you have a couple of 6’+ guys next to each other. The arm rests are so narrow that two people can’t share them. It is not possible for two wide-shoulder people to not rub shoulders.

Good point... and why, with me at 6’3” and 245, my wife is kind enough to take the middle seat in a three across config.

Just wish we got the extra PE perks for domestic service like the international flights do, e.g., food upgrade, Bose, etc.

 

[pedro47]

Thanks everyone for sharing some excellent Tips & Information. We are planning for our granddaughter college graduation to Hawaii in 2020.