Just can't believe airline tx prices to hi

[Sugarcubesea]

I'm looking for an airfare deal for a family of 5 for August 2016… No FF miles and I'm hoping that any of you great TUGers that are looking and see a deal from the midwest will post…

thanks everyone and happy new year

 

[SMHarman]

I'm looking for an airfare deal for a family of 5 for August 2016… No FF miles and I'm hoping that any of you great TUGers that are looking and see a deal from the midwest will post…

thanks everyone and happy new year

Put skyscanner on your smart phone or set up alerts from your computer to email you.

 

[chexchy]

If you can travel off season, when the kids are in school, the tickets are a lot cheaper. Last year we traveled in May for $350 round trip to Vegas from Hawaii and got free bag check with my Hawaiian Airlines credit card. I am looking at May 2016 and see prices at $400 RT. To get those rates, you need to be flexible to travel any day and hunt for tickets when those fares are available.

how do you catch the sale? I have been browsing for april-may 2016. no luck. sept.,2016 is too far ahead, no schedule yet.
which island is cheaper fly? i like big island but if oahu is cheaper, we could stay in honolulu.
If I open credit card with alska air or hawaian air, would i get that free miles?
Thanks

 

[NTP66]

how do you catch the sale? I have been browsing for april-may 2016. no luck. sept.,2016 is too far ahead, no schedule yet.
which island is cheaper fly? i like big island but if oahu is cheaper, we could stay in honolulu.
If I open credit card with alska air or hawaian air, would i get that free miles?
Thanks

Most US airlines will allow you to book around 330 days in advance (it varies by carrier), and you should definitely be able to start searching for September 2016 flights, as I have been doing the same for the past month on American to OGG ($912/each from PHL as of today). I don't particularly care for the sites that alert you, and have found that they can miss lower prices. I simply setup a reminder in Outlook to check myself (using Google Flights, saving the flight itself), and log the data in an Excel spreadsheet. It comes in handy over the years because you can guestimate when you'll likely be purchasing tickets if we're talking about the same destination/time of year.

 

[taterhed]

Check out hipmunk too.... https://www.hipmunk.com/ easy to track fares by email. Remember too: you can fly southwest on cheap changeable fare to a good gateway (if you're on the east coast) and then grab a bargain fare or companion ticket deal to the island of your choice. One nite on a hotel or two hours in an airport might make the trip much more bearable


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[Tamaradarann]

Southwest to another Airline to Hawaii

Check out hipmunk too.... https://www.hipmunk.com/ easy to track fares by email. Remember too: you can fly southwest on cheap changeable fare to a good gateway (if you're on the east coast) and then grab a bargain fare or companion ticket deal to the island of your choice. One nite on a hotel or two hours in an airport might make the trip much more bearable


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We have been there and done that. We have used Southwest out of Islip Airport to the West Coast and then another airline to Hawaii. On the trip going we took a 3 day side trip to explore San Diego which worked out great. However, the return trip thru LAX required over a 4 hour layover(we couldn't even check our bags since we were so early) and required carting a great deal of luggage around the airport. My advice would be that if you are going to encompass side trips in between airline changes that would be a good alternative. However, changing airlines on route can be a physical challenge, as I stated above, as well as a connection problem if the first flight is delayed.

 

[kalima]

Just booked my flights today from YVR, Vancouver BC Canada

I found through Flighthub an Air Canada flight, from YVR to OGG, for $511 Cdn p/person round trip (plus taxes). This is for 24th November 2016 - 8th Dec 2016. I ended up paying a bit more though (around $561 per person) as my travel miles credit card (Manulife one credit card) couldn't get the exact deal. There are taxes on top of those figures but they are in Cdn dollars so I think that's a pretty decent deal. I have been wondering if I should switch credit cards though to Alaska Air so I can get the companion flight for $99 plus tax? Not sure if it works out better that way. I wonder how much you would have to spend on your Alaska Credit Card to get a return flight to Hawaii paid for? Trying to work it out makes my head hurt