Originally Posted by
Pi7473000
I avoid the 737Max and 777 2 class to Hawaii. I made sure to book the 777-300 from SFO to HNL and then connect to OGG. The Max and 777 2 class are awful for long flights. It is too bad as last summer there were so many 777s with First, Premium and Coach along with the 767s. They have really cut back to Hawaii this summer compared to last year.
It's going back to pre-pandemic normal a/c serving Hawaii. A lot of people who were riding in style during the pandemic will find themselves stranded deep on the waitlist before summer's out if/when the 77HDs are brought back. Avoiding 737s and the 772HD will leave you with the 753s at some point. And at that point, anyone with less than 1K status is going to have a much harder time getting upgrades. Just prior to pandemic, this 1K was hit or miss on instrument-support upgrade requests, even mid-week.