Originally Posted by Hoc
OK, so once you hit HNL, your next stop on your xONEx ticket has to be to another continent. If I do a surface trip back to LAX, then it has to be a round trip, and if I go from North America to Australia, and plan on stopping in HNL before I leave, I can only take the SYD flight from HNL, which has no F seats.\
I dont think that's what I said. What I said is that when you get to HNL, you only have a choice from leaving from HNL or another continent.
Coming to think of it, that is not completely correct. I am tired so if I make no sense then I apologize. Here are the *only* routings including HNL (and ignoring the other HI destinations because it would be the same).
Eastbound
1. SYD-HNL-LAX
2. SYD-HNL-DFW
3. SYD-HNL-ORD
4. SYD-HNL-SJC
5. SYD-HNL-SFO
6. SYD-HNL//LAX
7. SYD-HNL//DFW
8. SYD-HNL//ORD
9. SYD-HNL//SJC
10. SYD-HNL//SFO
Westbound
1. LAX-HNL-SYD
2. DFW-HNL-SYD
3. ORD-HNL-SYD
4. SJC-HNL-SYD
5. SFO-HNL-SYD
6. LAX//HNL-SYD
7. DFW//HNL-SYD
8. ORD//HNL-SYD
9. SJC//HNL-SYD
10. SFO//HNL-SYD
The // is an open jaw. These are almost the only combinations you can take and use Honolulu, again assuming that you are not interested in visiting other islands. So yes, you can open jaw but it would make absolutely no sense to me for you to do so. So in that regard I stand corrected.
The three rules implicated are 1) no open jaws across the pacific ocean, 2) only one flight to or from Hawaii is permitted, and 3) no backtracking between Hawaii and the mainland. The third is what very explicitly prohibits you from open jawing back to the mainland after getting to Hawaii from the US.