its just sooooo long.

the only real surprise is that there are no showers in either the hnl or gum presidents clubs. this makes little sense to me, because the odds are you have just emerged from a flight of 5 hours, and if you're changing planes, it will be at least another 5 hours of flying. the club in gum is a nice size with limited seating based on the size of traffic to/from there. the most shocking thing about their airport, which appears to be fairly new, is that it is just as overpriced, if not more so than us airports. to see burger king charge $3.50 for a whopper was a shock. (i was going through junk food withdrawal, but at that price, i left it there.) i guess it costs alot to ship all that stuff over there.

when coming back to the us, they look at your passport in guam, and stamp it with the red stamp you usually get in your passport or on your customs form. however, you don't get a customs form until you're on board, and when you get to hnl, you must have your boarding pass available for presentation with the stamp on it. then you claim your bags and procedd to present your forms. finally you are then lead through a maze to get you into the main terminal. it was kinda wierd. i had never been to or through hawaii, but i felt as if i had seen all of the bowels of the hnl airport when i was done.

the entertainment system was cool, but i was surprised that many of the choices were the same on the na-hnl as well as the hnl-gum flights. these flights allow me to catch up on all the flims i missed as i was traveling during the summer film season, so with these two flights being so long, the less duplication the better.

as for location with the biz1st cabin, i'd opt for the front 1-4 vs the back 9-11. you get the full rolling cart service, vs the fa's bringing out the trays and placing it on your tray tables(which are bigger than most btw).