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Old Oct 28, 2004, 12:50 pm
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krug
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Try via HNL

I did this award in Business via Honolulu in 2003. 75,000 AAdvantage miles.

I booked about two months out and was prepared to be flexible in dates.

I got an AA FIRST class seat (sold as FIRST, but actually Business) on on the LAX-HNL sector, then had a three day layover on Waikiki Beach (la vie est dur...) followed by a Qantas 747-300 HNL-SYD, also in Business (there is no FIRST on this route).

These are the oldest Qantas 747s and did not even feature the Dreamtime (the previous seat incarnation before the latest wedgy flat bed was introduced), so quite uncomfortable on this night flight. But the service was good.

The lounge at midnight resembled a high-end drug dealership with all the yummy mummies swapping their sleeping pills like they were candy. I scored some splendid ones whcih knocked me out for the trip!

It's just another route that might be fun to enquire about if you cannot go direct, and fancy a layover in Hawaii.
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