set my personal views aside here for a minute

.....ok no from a technical and logical sense its NOT worth paying that much more for F to from BLI-HNL
granted I dont always do the "logical" thing
Personally if it was me Id probably pay for F but its hard to tell as Ive not ever started at BLI although it really makes not much sense so Id have to think on that one. I flew HNL-BLI in F but was part of an F ticket that was HNL-BLI-SEA-ORD and IIRC I only paid $150 more than what the F price was just to BLI
And that trip probably earned you 1/3 of your MVPG status for the next year.