RichardMEL, All,

First, thanks for your help so far. My travels inside Australia wouldn't be taking place until the 1st or 2nd week of April so I guess there would be additional time for the Ansett thing to settle out a bit. Also, it is looking more likely that if I go to Hawaii it will be to Maui thus making the preferred airport OGG instead of HNL. How would this affect my getting to and from the US mainland and on to Auckland?