Originally Posted by blueskeyes
I recently was on a flight from Honolulu to California. (I made platinum on that flight).
I decided to pay $250 to upgrade at the airport to first class. It was a 5-hour flight.
Unless you really need the slightly larger seat, paying $250 is generally not worth the upgrade on the Hawaii-West Coast route (different story for HNL-MSP-HNL at $350 o/w DOD upgrade). You're really not paying for much and the money could probably be spent for another night in HNL.
Originally Posted by blueskeyes
Due to an unnamed difficulty - there was no IFE on the flight. (If they'd announced it earlier I would have purchased a book...)
There should have been IFE--so the unnamed difficulty was that the IFE wasn't working. I would write to nwa via the TTU link on the nwa.com homepage. They might throw some miles your way depending on your status. I received 6k miles as a GE for a SFO-HNL flight with inoperable audio.
Originally Posted by blueskeyes
I didn't eat the meal, and asked for a can of the Pringles, they asked me for $2.
Is this typical?
Anything purchased through the Buy-on-board program is cash only even for first class. If the FAs don't get the cash for it, they end up eating the cost.
It's just what NW's domestic service has been reduced to. And, FWIW, although some airlines might give free food in Y, the grass ain't that greener on the other side of the fence (to/from Hawaii). That is, unless you're flying CO.