Originally Posted by
ankc
We are in the early stages of planning our 2013 Fall trip to Maui with our 2 children (ages at the time of travel 7 and 10). e will be there for 10-12 nights. I have been to the Big Island and Oahu but is was back in my college years when I could sleep on planes and 4 connections did not bother me! This time will be much different as my children have never flown and I over the years have become an anxious flyer to say the least. I am trying to do my homework before buying the cheapest/fastest flight there.
I know know that the jumbo jets that are more comfortable do not fly into OGG and I really think we want to fly direct into Maui instead of into HNL so what are my options to fly into OGG? Or maybe flying into HNL on an international configured plane is worth it? I dunno...?
OR
Should we get to the west coast and get a flight out of CA somewhere direct into Maui?
Looks like a UA flight on Saturdays leaves Chicago on a 777 and flies direct into Maui but I believe it is a domestic plane and we will be in economy seats no upgrading here
but hoping to book early enough to get the best seats we can...
I know the day of travel there and back is going to stink regardless but trying to do what little I can by flying on a more comfortable airplane or least amount of connections etc...
Thanks for reading and thanks for the advice in advance!
You should do some price comparisons between the NYC airports, Boston, and Philadelphia for some cheaper flights.
Many of the hub aiports have direct Maui flights (United out of Ohell, Americam out of Dallas, etc).
The problem is what sort of price do you budget for because you could find a cheaper flight if you break up your trip by booking on different airlines where you fly to Seattle, San Francisco, LAX, Oakland, San Jose, or Portland. What you can do is fly to one city then fly to Hawaii, then return to another city then fly back.
Some of the west coast cities is cheaper because Hawaii is our caribbean on the west coast. So airlines will have direct flights serving more of the "local" market and not comon from a hub city so flights are cheaper. From the east coast flying out of Hub cities you are serving travelers from all east coast cities who are traveling to this hub for travel to Hawaii---thus it fills quicker and prices tend to be higher.
One issue...will you have enough electrical power on the plane for your kids entertainment.
An option youcan think of is for your travel doing Maui for 8 days then spend some time in the west coast cities such as LA or SF.