Originally Posted by chazas
Pinniped, you obviously haven't done this in a while. AA's 2 for 100K miles first class award is long gone, as are $55 interisland fares. You need to come back soon to . . . um . . . research changes in the intra- and inter-island air markets. Yeah, that's a good reason.
Sorry...I guess I didn't make it clear in my first post that the P100JJJ is no longer available. I did that in 2002, and my last trip to HI (United, in coach) was in summer 2003. Now the J tickets are 75k each and a true F ticket (on a three-class plane) is 90k.
The fare structure for Hawaiian Air last year was something like $55-75-85, with $55 being the most restrictive and $85 being a nearly-unrestricted ticket. (I forget what the $75 was, but I do recall a middle fare in there.) I guess with higher fuel costs, they've all gone up...