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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 westbound segments … Continue reading

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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 too late and connecting in … Continue reading

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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 points for two nights when the … Continue reading

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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) Saturday, April 20th, 2013 Depart:  … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 last stayed here for my Honolulu … Continue reading

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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 their … Continue reading

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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 feature a first class as well, but for … Continue reading

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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 uniform, I’ll omit the … Continue reading

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