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A Few Miles More: American Airlines First Class Kahului to Dallas-Forth Worth

For my return to New York, I took the redeye to Dallas.  Concerned that my upgrade might not clear—especially when booking ten days in advance, I used one of my systemwides expiring February 2013.  If I were flying from New … Continue reading

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A Few Miles More: The Westin Ka’anapali Resort and Spa

Locating a sanely priced hotel was the main logistical consideration in this trip. During my previous visit to Maui in 2011, I had stayed at the Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas thanks to Starwood’s Free Resort Nights promotion earlier that … Continue reading

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A Few Miles More: American Airlines First Class Los Angeles to Kahului

As seems to be the tradition at American’s LAX station, boarding started several minutes ahead of schedule. When I made it to the gate at the scheduled boarding time, boarding for group 3 had already been called. American 253 Los … Continue reading

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A Few Miles More: An Introduction

Since Hawaiian Airlines entered the New York market, there have been a number of fare wars for flights to Hawaii.  As I got to January 8th without any particular plans for MLK weekend, I decided to go to Maui. While … Continue reading

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Did I Spell the Airport Wrong…

There are a few things you do not want to see when you go to rent a car. This is one of them: This should make things interesting.

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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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