Originally Posted by
hscottm
just making sure European travelers realize "F domestic" is 2-class domestic First for a US carrier. Depending on the equipment, it could be a minor step up.
For example, UA flies real lie-flat seats on only 2 Hawaiian routes routinely: EWR-HNL and IAD-HNL. Most of the rest of the gateway cities to HNL on UA are recliner seats. And none of these really have great food service despite being long flights. Anyway, definitely check out details like this for other carriers. I think DL only has lie-flat from ATL (no surprise).
Your information isn't quite up to date. SFO/LAX-HNL on the UA 772s have almost completed conversion to lie flat seats. The last one of the Hawaiian configurations is in the process. All 772s will have lie flat seats in F. So choose your flights wisely and you can get lie flat all the way to HNL.