Hawaiian Airlines Extra Comfort Seat Question
Mar 5, 2016, 6:10 pm
#16
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 188
You can rent an iPad mini preloaded with movies, TV shows, and games on 767 flights: https://www.hawaiianairlines.com/our...inment-devices
Mar 5, 2016, 6:31 pm
#17
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 479
I sit here reading this, simply jealous because out of SMF, the plane is the old 767s and there is *no* Extra Comfort seating available. And no entertainment typically (no seatback monitors and they don't seem to play in-flight video entertainment any longer). I guess it's only five hours...but I'm positively jealous of the option to purchase Extra Comfort...
Were you, by chance, able to upgrade to EC with cash (or even miles?) after using miles only to purchase the reservation?
Were you, by chance, able to upgrade to EC with cash (or even miles?) after using miles only to purchase the reservation?
They are phasing out the 767s over the next few years, so pretty soon they will have new planes (A330 or A321neo) with full IFE for all their flights, including SMF.
Mar 12, 2016, 12:32 am
#18
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Boston, MA USA
Programs: TrueBlue/Hawaiian Miles
Posts: 349
I sit here reading this, simply jealous because out of SMF, the plane is the old 767s and there is *no* Extra Comfort seating available. And no entertainment typically (no seatback monitors and they don't seem to play in-flight video entertainment any longer). I guess it's only five hours...but I'm positively jealous of the option to purchase Extra Comfort...
Were you, by chance, able to upgrade to EC with cash (or even miles?) after using miles only to purchase the reservation?
Were you, by chance, able to upgrade to EC with cash (or even miles?) after using miles only to purchase the reservation?
Apr 15, 2016, 11:50 am
#19
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Some where in the Mountains
Posts: 5,339
A330 Comfort seat
Flying out of SEA-OGG on HA29 on Saturday. Plane is A330. They had two comfort seats available - 14A&B. So booked them for $75. I check the seat map on the upgrade page, and it doesn't look like the one on the HA website. HA web page map shows row 14 being a bulkhead row. Looks like there is a partition between FC seats, and no lav between comfort class and first class when I selected row 14. So hoping the seats are decent, and at least looking to the final destination of Maui! Any recent experiences on A330 off the West Coast appreciated. Thanks.
Apr 15, 2016, 12:32 pm
#20
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 479
Flying out of SEA-OGG on HA29 on Saturday. Plane is A330. They had two comfort seats available - 14A&B. So booked them for $75. I check the seat map on the upgrade page, and it doesn't look like the one on the HA website. HA web page map shows row 14 being a bulkhead row. Looks like there is a partition between FC seats, and no lav between comfort class and first class when I selected row 14. So hoping the seats are decent, and at least looking to the final destination of Maui! Any recent experiences on A330 off the West Coast appreciated. Thanks.
It sounds like you may have picked row 11 instead, which is directly behind the back row of first class. There is no partition or barrier in front of it, except curtains. There is a ton of legroom and unlike the bulkhead row, you can store stuff under the FC seats in front of you.
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Haw...s_A330-200.php
Apr 15, 2016, 3:04 pm
#21
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Some where in the Mountains
Posts: 5,339
Row 14 is a bulkhead row and nowhere near first class. There are lavs and a galley in front of it.
It sounds like you may have picked row 11 instead, which is directly behind the back row of first class. There is no partition or barrier in front of it, except curtains. There is a ton of legroom and unlike the bulkhead row, you can store stuff under the FC seats in front of you.
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Haw...s_A330-200.php
It sounds like you may have picked row 11 instead, which is directly behind the back row of first class. There is no partition or barrier in front of it, except curtains. There is a ton of legroom and unlike the bulkhead row, you can store stuff under the FC seats in front of you.
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Haw...s_A330-200.php
Apr 18, 2016, 12:34 pm
#24
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Boston, MA USA
Programs: TrueBlue/Hawaiian Miles
Posts: 349
Apr 20, 2016, 8:23 am
#26
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Boston, MA USA
Programs: TrueBlue/Hawaiian Miles
Posts: 349
HA does offer day of upgrades for a fee. Here's the link. I know JFK used to be $650 and it seems to have gone up!
http://hawaiianair.custhelp.com/app/...business-class
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Apr 24, 2016, 1:55 pm
#27
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Some where in the Mountains
Posts: 5,339
Row 14 on the A330 is not bad. Decent leg room but as it is bulkhead, no place to store stuff under the seat. You get to board early, so it's really a non-issue. Also get access to the priority lane. Which right now, at least in Seattle, was well worth it. TSA lines have been in the 60-75 minute range these days.
It doesn't quite compare to the Delta Transcon service in Comfort + but overall it was worth the $75 for the added leg room, early boarding, and ability to check a bag for no fee. One thing I would change is allow for use of free premium movie package on the video entertainment set up.
It doesn't quite compare to the Delta Transcon service in Comfort + but overall it was worth the $75 for the added leg room, early boarding, and ability to check a bag for no fee. One thing I would change is allow for use of free premium movie package on the video entertainment set up.
May 12, 2016, 8:43 pm
#28
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 6
Looking at SEA-HNL flights, to attend a wedding this summer. Row 13 EC seats are available outbound, but from what I can tell the A-B and H-J seats may have their backs to bulkhead, and C-G seats sit back against the galley. Does anyone know if those seats have same recline as other EC seats, or are they limited recline?
Flying KOA-LAX for inbound to mainland. A few more options, but just in case does HA website let you change seat selection to a different, open seat after original booking?
Thanks.
Flying KOA-LAX for inbound to mainland. A few more options, but just in case does HA website let you change seat selection to a different, open seat after original booking?
Thanks.
Last edited by Umami; May 12, 2016 at 9:13 pm
May 14, 2016, 11:46 pm
#29
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 479
Looking at SEA-HNL flights, to attend a wedding this summer. Row 13 EC seats are available outbound, but from what I can tell the A-B and H-J seats may have their backs to bulkhead, and C-G seats sit back against the galley. Does anyone know if those seats have same recline as other EC seats, or are they limited recline?
Flying KOA-LAX for inbound to mainland. A few more options, but just in case does HA website let you change seat selection to a different, open seat after original booking?
Thanks.
Flying KOA-LAX for inbound to mainland. A few more options, but just in case does HA website let you change seat selection to a different, open seat after original booking?
Thanks.
Oct 24, 2016, 7:33 pm
#30
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: BUF
Programs: HH Diamond,,B6,DL,WN
Posts: 156
A330 row 11 there/13 back?
Flying to/from Hawaii in April-JFK-HNL and back. Day flight there, red eye back. So I was thinking row 11 extra comfort there for extra leg room since we probably wont be sleeping and row 13 home so we can recline without encroaching on anyone behind us. My concern is being so close to the bathroom. On seatguru it looks like there is a fair distance between row 13 and the restrooms but it is just a schematic. It's a long flight so bathroom is used frequently I am assuming, though hoping not as much overnight. Anyone with row 13 experience at night able to weigh in on this?
Thanks!
Thanks!
